Accountant III

Billings Public Schools • Montana • Contractor

Posted on Sat, Jun 13, 2026


  • Position Type:
      Secretarial/Clerical/Accountant
  • Date Posted:
      6/12/2026
  • Location:
      Lincoln Center Business Office
  • Date Available:
      June 2026
  • Closing Date:
      OPEN UNTIL FILLED
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    ACCOUNTANT III
    LINCOLN CENTER BUSINESS OFFICE
    12 Month position; Monday - Friday; 8 hours a day; 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
    $20.74/hour for 90 work-day probationary period; then $23.04/hour

    FULLY PAID INSURANCE; PERS RETIREMENT; VACATION/SICK DAYS
    ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES may include but are not limited to the following.  Other duties may be assigned.
    PROVIDES DAILY/ON-GOING ACCOUNTING DUTIES BY

    • Processing paid invoices and accounts payable payments
    • Process and maintain vendors
    • process and maintain purchase orders
    • Printing accounts payable checks and reports
    • Preparing and entering journals to move budgets, transfer expenditures and revenues, and void warrants
    • Recording Accts Receivable and cash receipts and reporting to County Treasurer.
    • Setting up balance sheets, expenditure and revenue codes and budgets
    • Setting up general ledger information for Bi-Tech computer system

    PROVIDES WEEKLY ACCOUNTING DUTIES BY

    • Reconciling accounts

    PROVIDES MONTHLY ACCOUNTING DUTIES BY

    • Preparing and entering journals
    • Gift certificates:  get lists of recipients to attach to the copy of the warrant
    • Group admissions:  get lists of attendees to attach to the copy of the warrant
    • Student incentives:  get lists of recipients to attach to the copy of the warrant
    • MAC:  run reports and prepare spreadsheets used to complete quarterly report
    • Maintaining lists of cell phones and preparing a journal to charge schools or departments for their use
    • Running budget check registers
    • Fixed assets � maintain list of machinery and equipment that agrees with the general ledger
    • Going through detail transaction reports, corresponding with administrators and correcting transaction errors

    PROVIDES QUARTERLY/ANNUAL ACCOUNTING DUTIES BY

    • Prepare various worksheets for the audit
    • MAC:  run reports and prepare spreadsheets used to complete quarterly report
    • Enrollment:  collect data from schools to submit semi-annual reports  to OPI
    • Records retention:  maintaining lists of records to be retained or disposed of.  Preparing notices of records to be destroyed.


    QUALIFICATIONS: 
    To perform this job successfully, an employee must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  High school diploma and college accounting coursework; two years accounting experience and/or combination of education and experience; special knowledge, skills and abilities in accounting procedures, computers and printers, and communication.


    WORK ENVIRONMENT:  The work environment an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job include an open office environment and a frequently noisy work area.

    Go to www.billingsschools.org and click on "Departments" and then click on "Employment Opportunities" for either the online application for external applicants or the internal application for internal applicants (currently employed by BPS in a regular or temporary position). "AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: This employer does not knowingly discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or national origin."
    Closes: Open Until Filled
    * Please Note: Positions posted as "Open Until Filled" must be posted for a minimum of 10 calendar days and then can close at any time after that. 

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