Accountant: Budget

Job Title:
Accountant Budget

Wage/Hour Status:
Exempt

Reports to:
Director of Budget

Pay Grade: BU 3

Position#:

Dept./School:
Business, Finance & Administrative Services

Initiated Date: June 2025

La Joya Independent School District (ISD) is committed to excellence for students and our community. We have a strong, 100-year, legacy in the Rio Grande Valley. The district’s vision - Educational Excellence:
The Right of Every Student - conveys our urgent focus on students.

Our work is rooted in five district priorities, which require collaboration and deep commitment to supporting one another as we serve the community.

• Customer Service
• Trust & Transparency
• High-Quality Instruction
• Excellence in Leadership
• Integrity & Accountability

We are focused on ensuring every student in La Joya ISD has access to high-quality, best-fit schools as we work to improve from a B-district to an A-rated district. We serve more than 22,000 students in more than 30 schools and span six municipalities, covering more than 220 square miles.

We are seeking a detail-oriented, analytical, and collaborative Accountant for Budget and Position Control. A strategic thinker with a strong understanding of school finance and personnel budgeting who can ensure alignment between district staffing and board-approved allocations, while ensuring compliance with budgeting laws and regulations, monitor budget-to-actuals, maintain strong internal controls, and provide data-informed insights to enhance efficiency and support student success.

This role requires someone who can manage complex financial data with accuracy and integrity, build productive partnerships across departments—especially with Human Resources and Payroll—and proactively support district leadership in developing fiscally responsible budgeting and staffing plans. This position requires precision, confidentiality, and cross-functional coordination.

You will be joining a district that is building on a legacy of achievement while rapidly improving and creating systems to reach new heights for student outcomes and improving the District's overall operational efficiency and effectiveness. You will receive intentional, targeted support in your essential role in serving the Business, Finance and Administrative Services Department of the District. We are also a district focused on continuous improvement and rigorous analysis of the policies and procedures we have in place to ensure that the financial and business operations of the District are transparent to the public and in keeping with generally acceptable accounting principles.

• Education:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field required.
• Experience:
  • Experience in school finance, budgeting, or governmental accounting preferred.
  • Experience with TEA’s Financial Accountability System Resource Guide (FASRG) and position control systems strongly preferred.

• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills;
• Ability to participate in finance and management audits;
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles;
• Familiarity with the Financial Accounting System Resources Guide;
• Strong knowledge of computers and associated software.
• Commitment to transparency, accuracy, and fiscal accountability
• Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills (pivot tables, formulas, data validation).

• Assist the Director of Budget in preparing annual budget development timelines, staffing models, and salary projections.
• Support Campuses and departments on their budget management, including guidance in best practices and allowability.
• Support the analysis of transfers and amendments and support the tracking of such activities.
• Maintain and monitor the district’s Position Control system to ensure accurate tracking and alignment of full-time equivalent (FTE) positions with approved budgets and staffing allocations.
• Run regular variance reports to monitor budget-to-actuals for payroll and staffing lines and flag discrepancies.
• Serve as a liaison between Human Resources, Budget,…