Bookkeeper (Brownsville Child Care)

Responsibilities

• Checks computation of bills.
• Checks deposits, fees collected and receipts issued.
• Checks petty cash payments.
• Prepares the food claim reports.
• Collections fees, issues receipts and reconciles receipts totals with actual cash collected.
• Prepares bank deposit slips and deposits receipts weekly.
• Posts and summarizes fee cards.
• Reports weekly to director on fees in arrears.
• Prepares children’s attendance reports and data enter attendance in DOE Vendor Portal.
• Maintains petty cash funds, as follows: Receives from recipient of petty cash the bills and necessary change. Enter the petty cash expenditures daily in petty cash book. Balances petty cash daily. Enters receipt of petty cash funds. Keeps daily records of staff attendance including vacation and sick leave balances.
• Acts as receptionist for childcare center and answer phone.
• Performs all typing for center, i.e., lists, children’s records, absence notices, late fee notices, permanent equipment requisitions, minutes and agenda for staff meetings, reports, etc.
• Does filing and related clerical work.
• Maintains permanent equipment inventory.
• Affords assistance to parents to complete Child Intake Packages.
• Affords assistance to parents to complete Child Certification and Recertification paperwork.
• Maintains up to date child files.

Qualifications

• Graduation from a commercial high school or business school including one year of high school Bookkeeping courses or six credits of college accounting.
• Knowledge of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• One-year experience related in Bookkeeping.