Hybrid 2025-2026 Financial Secretary presso Oklahoma City Public Schools

Position Summary:

Essential Duties:

• Completes all purchase orders, requisitions, and manages all inventory of supplies, including Library books for the assigned school.
• Manages various campus accounts (Title I, Fine Arts, Activity Fund, etc.) by keeping a register of funds and balancing the bank statement.
• Collects and receipts all monies from activity funds and makes bank deposits when funds reach over $100.00.
• Writes checks to pay vendors for services rendered.
• Prepares and reconciles monthly financial reports for the assigned school.
• Completes necessary paperwork for the travel of the staff and students and submits the paperwork to the proper departments.
• May distribute medications to students when no nurse is present at the school.
• Performs various clerical duties including answering phones, greeting and screening visitors, making copies, etc.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills and/or Abilities Required):

• High school diploma or GED required PLUS one of the following
• Associates degree or higher
• Completed at least two (2) years (48 credit hours) of study at an institution of higher education
• Passed the OGET
• Passed the ETS Parapro Assessment (with a score of 455 or better) or the WorkKeys Assessment (with a score of 4 or better on all three parts)
• Bilingual interpretation and translation skills preferred.
• Additional course work in bookkeeping and accounting preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of bookkeeping terminology and methods.
• Ability to make mathematical computations quickly and accurately and post accounts with speed and accuracy.
• Ability to maintain complex financial records and prepare records and statements.
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions; ability to prioritize workload.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others using good judgment, tact, and courtesy.
• Ability to serve as a team member in a collaborative department suite.

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:

• Able to sit and stand for extended periods of time
• Exhibit manual dexterity to enter data into a computer
• Able to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids
• Hear and understand speech at normal levels, outdoors and on the telephone
• Speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly
• Physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds, to bend, stoop, climb stairs, walk and reach
• Duties are normally performed in an office environment.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.