Business Manager

FLSA:  
Non-Exempt 

COMPENSATION SCHEDULE:
Link to https://www.cherrycreekschools.org/Page/2906
Educational Support Personnel Compensation 

PAY GRADE:
Range 9 

BENEFITS:
Our employee benefits package includes medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment, long term disability, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance. Visit our website for full details. 

SUPERVISOR:
Principal or designee.

SUMMARY:  
Administers the bookkeeping office. Performs various bookkeeping functions, including posting, general ledger, reconciliation, journal entries, accounts receivable, accounts payable, trial balance reporting, and management reporting. Maintains student fines, fees, and yearbook purchases registers. Develops and promotes good community relations among various community and school clientele. Works with large numbers of adult professionals and with student activities.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

1. Advises and trains building employees on proper paperwork procedures to make purchases with building funds. Works with district departments and staff to assist or resolve problems with orders, shipments and payments.
2. Assists in the development and preparation of decentralized budgets. Meets with administrators, department coordinators, coaches and club sponsors on budget procedures. May prepare special reports and statistical analyses for budget development as needed.
3. Maintains ledgers and daily journals in a set of automated records to indicate financial transactions for all budgets.
4. Maintains database and issues drafts of the annual building budget, requests activity, athletic and decentralized budgets for the principal, associate principal, athletic/activities director and the district accountant.
5. Reconciles and balances the books of accounts. May prepare and distribute monthly statements and reports to administration.
6. Inputs all building warehouse orders and purchase orders.
7. Compiles, sets up, types and mails parent newsletter.
8. Provides direction and review for the activities bookkeeper and performs the duties of the activities bookkeeper in his/her absence.
9. Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
10. Designs, revises and implements the building, activity, and student check-in accounting and budgeting systems, including both manual and automated procedures.
11. Coordinates check-in and check-out of students throughout the year. May also collect fines, fees and maintain records.
12. Providing problem-solving assistance to less experienced employees.
13. Scheduling and assigning work.
14. Providing work direction and reviewing similar work.
15. Training.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 

1. Vocational/Technical/Business School.
2. Balance figures.
3. Basic accounting (e.g., posting, account reconciliation).
4. Basic math (add/subtract/multiply/divide).
5. Develop computerized spreadsheets.
6. Operate software packages (e.g., accounting, purchasing, educational).

REQUIRED CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, AND REGISTRATIONS:

N/A

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

1. 1 to 2 years in accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, or bookkeeping experience.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT:

1. Occasional bending, reaching climbing.
2.. Light physical effort (lifting under 10 pounds).
3. Eye/hand coordination (e.g., typing, ten key).
4. Visual concentration on equipment.
5. Concentrated reading/writing/mathematics.
6. Normal office environment.
7. Working alone.
8. Working with others.

Last Updated: 07/2026