Accounts Payable Clerk

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November 5

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Darien High School

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Education • Public Sector • Non-profit

Darien High School is a public secondary school serving the Darien, Connecticut community as part of the Darien Public Schools district. The school provides a comprehensive K-12-aligned curriculum for grades 9-12 (and is listed among district schools), offering academic programs across subjects including English, math, science, social studies, world languages, arts, music, and physical education. It supports student health and safety services, special education, technology and assistive technology, transportation, food services, counseling and social-emotional learning, and extracurriculars like clubs, athletics, and honor societies. The school also participates in district-wide planning and governance (Board of Education) and publishes calendars, policies, and community communications.

51 - 200 employees

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

📋 Description

• Processing the accounts along with the incoming payments in compliance with the financial procedures and policies. • Performing routine financial transactions including classifying, verifying, posting, computing and recording all the accounts receivable data. • Reconciling the accounts receivable ledger to make certain that all the payments are accounted for and accurately posted. • Preparing invoices, bills and bank deposits. • Preparing purchase orders for the company supplies and other goods. • Ensuring the pending invoices are cleared on time by contacting clients and sending bill reminders. • Ensuring payments (payable) are cleared on time. • Verifying any discrepancies by well as resolving clients’ billing issues. • Maintaining and managing the company’s balance sheet on a timely basis. • Generating expense reports, and financial statements detailing the status of accounts receivable.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelors’ degree in the field of Accounting, Finance or Business Administration. • Proven work experience as Accounts Payable Clerk, Accountant or a similar role. • Sound understanding of basic accounting payable principles and bookkeeping. • Expertise to calculate, post and manage all the financial records and accounting figures. • Outstanding knowledge of financial procedures and policies. • Quick in making data entry. • Hands-on experience with accounting programs and spreadsheets. • Excellent customer service orientation skills. • Proficiency in MS Office especially Word and Excel. • A high degree of accuracy with attention to detail. • Excellent communication skills.