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Senior Accountant JobID: 3143

+ Position Type:

Unaffiliated/ Accountant

+ Date Posted:

11/12/2025

+ Location:

District Office

+ Date Available:

Immediate

+ Closing Date:

12/08/2025

Brooklyn Center Community Schools is seeking a skilled,Senior Accountant to join our team.

BCCS is looking for applicants driven to uphold our Mission:To become a justice-center school community who fuels each student's unique genius.BCCS Core Values - Written on a foundation of students' voice, our district core values communicate the culture and character of Brooklyn Center Community Schools.

+ We stand front and center

+ We demonstrate passion, pride, and perseverance

+ We acknowledge and disrupt oppressive systems

+ Our diversity fuels learning

+ We fiercely lead in justice-centered educated

Job Summary: Under limited supervision of the finance director, directly performs complex and highly accurate fiscal analysis, reconciliations, and postings. This role involves preparing or assisting in the preparation of financial statements and reports. Responsible for auditing revenue and expenditure records to ensure strict compliance with GAAP, Federal and State laws, regulations (including UFARS), and related job requirements. Essential Functions:

+ Perform reconciliation functions pertaining to cash and investments, general ledger accounts, payables, receivables, accrued liabilities and other balance sheet items, along with various revenue and expenditure items and accounts.

+ Perform a variety of financial record keeping functions related to Districts, accounting and budget control operations.

+ Prepare fiscal, financial and narrative statements and reports in a clear and concise manner.

+ Review, audit and verify financial statements and related summaries and reports, including computer­ prepared management output reports.

+ Perform a variety of financial record keeping functions related to District's accounting and budget control operations.

+ Maintain journals, ledgers, and other accounting records.

+ Maintain a system that ensures compliance to track and report programs and grants revenue and expenditures.

+ Manage and oversee all State, Local & Federal Grants.

+ Accounts Receivable: Work with grant managers to ensure draw-downs are done accurately and timely, manage SERVS reporting and draw-down system and reconcile with year-end UFARS data, prepare all invoices related to grants and other miscellaneous receivables, record all revenue according to UFARS requirements.

+ Prepare for the district’s annual audit and work with external audit firm to ensure accurate year-end financial data and reports.

+ Prepare long and short-term debt schedules and enter into the AP module to make debt payments.

+ Assist with managing and preparing documents related to LTFM, construction bonds, Truth-in-Taxation, levy certification and investments.

+ Assist and advise the Finance Director.

+ Other duties as apparent or assigned.

Equipment

+ Uses standard office equipment such as personal computer, copy machine, fax machine, telephone.

+ Uses calculating devices.

Qualifications:Any combination of education and experience providing the required skill and knowledge for successful performance would be qualifying. Typical qualifications would be equivalent to:

+ Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related field, with course work in business, math, accounting, bookkeeping and recordkeeping.

+ Successful bookkeeping or accounting experience, generally a minimum of two years.

Pay and Benefits: $70,000- $87,000 based on education and experienceDuty Days: 260/year round, 8 hours a day, includes 12 paid holidays Why Choose BCCS?

+ Flexible and Affordable Health Insurance Options

+ Dental Insurance

+ Group Life and AD&D Insurance

+ Supplemental Life and Dependent Life Insurance

+ Long Term Disability (LTD) Insurance

+ Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

+ Pet Insurance

+ Full service community school

+ AllOne Health Supportive counseling and coaching

+ Breastfeeding Friendly Certified Workplace

+ Staff Wellness Opportunities: Annual benefits fair, wellness challenges and campaigns, free yoga and personal trainer sessions

+ Good Human Work: Free onsite therapy service

+ Kavira Health Clinic: Onsite/ home visit medical care to help you and your qualified dependents improve your overall health and wellness. The clinic offers all of the primary care services you would expect from a family physician/general practitioner.

We're not a community on the fringe, we're a community moving toward a center. Moving in unison with a shift in cultural expectations. Our voice and achievement will not be disqualified, we're moving toward a change in history and hearts. Standing FRONT AND CENTER so we are seen and heard.

Application Process:Please select this link to learn more about Brooklyn Center Community Schools: https://www.bccs286.org/Please select this link to apply online: https://www.applitrack.com/brooklyncenterschools/onlineapp/BROOKLYN CENTER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: Brooklyn Center Community Schools is committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment in accordance with all applicable Equal Opportunity laws, directives, and regulations of Federal, State, and Local governing bodies or agencies. Brooklyn Center Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, gender identity and expression, disability, age, or status.

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