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Position at IDEA Public Schools

About IDEA Public Schools :  

 

At IDEA Public Schools, we believe in college for ALL and we are committed to ensuring that   all   our students graduate from college. IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school to the fastest-growing network of tuition-free Pre-K-12 public charter schools in the United States sending 100% of our students to college. 50% of our students graduate from college in 6 years - that's 3 times the national rate for students in our communities!  

 
IDEA was founded in 2000 as a single school with 150 students in the Rio Grande Valley. When interest exceeded building capacity, to meet the demands, IDEA's co-founders committed to serving more students in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and beyond. We now serve  over 65,000  students across Texas and Louisiana. Be on the lookout for IDEA schools opening near you-with continued growth in our current regions an d new launches in  Tampa Bay , FL  (2021) ,  and  Jacksonville, FL (2022) !  

 

When you choose to work at IDEA, you are part of our IDEA Team and Family. You will work alongside team members who set and reach ambitious goals every day, are excited to continue to grow with IDEA, and work relentlessly to make college for all a reality.  

 

To learn more about IDEA, check out this   video .  

About Baton Rouge

 

Baton Rouge is ranked in the top 100 on the U.S. News and World Report Best Places to Live Rankings. It is also home to IDEA Innovation and IDEA Bridge, the first IDEA Public School regions outside of the state of Texas. We are honored to pledge our passion and focus to the students of Baton Rouge and provide an educational experience that will end with college acceptance and matriculation.

 

While Baton Rouge is well known for its delicious cuisine and entertainment, it is also a nucleus for an abundant culture and history. We are ecstatic to enlist a cohort of strong individuals that will help support our students' dreams to get to and through college.  

About IDEA Public Schools :  

 

At IDEA Public Schools, we believe in college for ALL and we are committed to ensuring that   all   our students graduate from college. IDEA Public Schools has grown from a small school to the fastest-growing network of tuition-free Pre-K-12 public charter schools in the United States sending 100% of our students to college. 50% of our students graduate from college in 6 years - that's 3 times the national rate for students in our communities!  

 
IDEA was founded in 2000 as a single school with 150 students in the Rio Grande Valley. When interest exceeded building capacity, to meet the demands, IDEA's co-founders committed to serving more students in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and beyond. We now serve  over 65,000  students across Texas and Louisiana. Be on the lookout for IDEA schools opening near you-with continued growth in our current regions an d new launches in  Tampa Bay , FL  (2021) ,  and  Jacksonville, FL (2022) !  

 

When you choose to work at IDEA, you are part of our IDEA Team and Family. You will work alongside team members who set and reach ambitious goals every day, are excited to continue to grow with IDEA, and work relentlessly to make college for all a reality.  

 

To learn more about IDEA, check out this   video .  

About Baton Rouge  

Baton Rouge is ranked in the top 100 on the U.S. News and World Report Best Places to Live Rankings. It is also home to IDEA Innovation and IDEA Bridge, the first IDEA Public School regions outside of the state of Texas. We are honored to pledge our passion and focus to the students of Baton Rouge and provide an educational experience that will end with college acceptance and matriculation.

While Baton Rouge is well known for its delicious cuisine and entertainment, it is also a nucleus for an abundant culture and history. We are ecstatic to enlist a cohort of strong individuals that will help support our students' dreams to get to and through college.  

Role Mission: Business Clerks serve as a financial steward for their campus. This includes managing $600K-$1.4M across two Principal budgets, procurement through purchase orders and leader purchase cards, school-based activity accounts central to local fundraising, supporting student recruitment, enrollment and average daily attendance. Business Clerks are essential to ensuring students and staff have the resources they need to accomplish our ambitious student achievement goals.

Accountabilities:

Build and manage school budgets.

• • Submit 100% accurate campus discretionary budget requests overall and by fund in IDEA's enterprise resource planning system, Tyler Munis, by April 4, 2019.
• • Manage $600K-$1.4M in Principal discretionary budgets which support student and staff across both schools of a campus. Ensure school leaders are informed regarding the financial state of their school through consistent monthly check-ins and robust report sharing.
• • Reconcile negative discretionary budget accounts by the 8th business day every month.
• • Partner with the Financial Planning Team to accurately forecast results by school to ensure local financial goals are met and schools end the year with a surplus or on target.

Procure goods and services in compliance with IDEA policies and procedures.

• • Enter 100% of requisitions in Tyler Munis within two business days of the initial request from campus staff.
• • Ensure timely vendor payments by receiving 100% of all goods or services in Tyler Munis within one business day of delivery and include all appropriate documentation such as packing slips.
• • Procure all goods or services with an approved purchase order (with the exception of purchase card expenses).
• • Reconcile all assigned purchase cards by the 2nd business day of the following month. Ensure all corresponding purchase card receipts are shared by the 3rd business day of the following month and include an accurate transaction summary report.
• • Assist school leaders in delivering training sessions to campus staff regarding procurement policies and procedures, including student travel for field lessons, short-term rentals, and food for students and staff.

Manage local campus and student activity accounts.

• • Support precise fundraising balance reporting by submitting accurate and complete cash receipt documentation for all campus and student activity fund deposits by the last day of the month.
• • Enter 100% of local account requisitions in Tyler Munis within two business days of the initial request from campus staff.
• • Assist school leaders in delivering training to campus staff regarding campus and student activity fund policies and procedures.
• • Ensure all staff managing fundraising efforts have completed cash handling training.

Complete an annual physical inventory.

• • Locate and scan 100% of campus capital assets and 90% of inventory items by the provided deadline.
• • Tag all new assets with a per unit cost greater than $1,000 with the correct label.

We look for Team and Family who embody the following values and characteristics:

• • Believes and is committed to our mission and being an agent of change: that all students are capable of getting to and through college
• • Has demonstrated effective outcomes and results, and wants to be held accountable for them
• • Has a propensity for action, willing to make mistakes by doing in order to learn and improve quickly
• • Works with urgency and purpose to drive student outcomes
• • Thrives in an entrepreneurial, high-growth environment; is comfortable with ambiguity and change
• • Seeks and responds well to feedback, which is shared often and freely across all levels of the organization
• • Works through silos and forges strong cross-departmental relationships in order to achieve outcomes
• • We believe in education as a profession and hold ourselves to high level of conduct, professionalism and behaviors as models for our colleagues and students.

Competencies:

• • Mission Focus - focuses on IDEA's core purpose of getting all students into college
• • Record of Results - holds high expectations for self and others to achieve and surpass intended goals
• • Problem Solving - able to synthesize, analyze, and prioritize data and opportunities to develop strategies for achieving quantifiable goals
• • Communication - effectively conveys information using a variety of channels and techniques
• • Continuous Improvement - proactively identifies opportunities to improve and consistently reflects on past actions to guide future decisions

Qualifications:

• • Education: HS diploma or GED required
• • Experience: 1-2 years of accounting experience preferred

Knowledge and Skills:

• • Knowledge of basic accounting procedures. Ability to utilize Enterprise Resource Planning System databases and analyze data in Excel.
• • Ability to communicate effectively communicate financial goals, recommendations and results.

Compensation:
Salaries for this role typically fall between $14.56 and $18.20, commensurate with relevant experience and qualifications.   This role is also eligible for a performance bonus based on individual and organizational performance and goal attainment.


IDEA Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex or disability, in admission or access to, or treatment of employment in its programs and activities. Any person having inquiries concerning the organization's compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), or Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), may contact IDEA Human Resources at (956) 377-8000.