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Finance

The Department of Finance is dedicated to providing complete, timely and accurate financial information regarding the operations of the school system. The Chief Financial Officer provides financial leadership in ensuring that the most effective and cost-effective business practices are implemented. Maximizing the value of the available financial resources for the benefit of student achievement is paramount. Leadership is provided in the operations of accounting, budget, payroll, accounts payable, restricted programs, accounts receivable, capital project accounting, auditing, school activity funds, fixed asset inventory, risk management, casualty, liability, property and health insurances.

Finance Directory

Scott Johnson

Chief Financial Officer

 

CFO Responsibilities:

  • Assist with audit preparation
  • Develop and monitor budgets
  • Manage cash and investments
  • Provide collective bargaining support
  • Recommend finance policy and procedure revisions
  • Provide executive support to child nutrition program
  • Investments
  • Prepare BOE recommendations

Barbara Sikora

Supervisor, Finance

Responsibilities:

  • Assist with audit preparation
  • Prepare financial reports for external entities
  • Review journal entries before posting
  • Supervise accounts payable team
  • Supervise payroll team

Sheldon Taylor

Supervisor, Finance

Responsibilities:

  • Assist with audit preparation
  • Conduct bid openings
  • Develop bid specifications
  • Issue vendor contracts
  • Post RFPs on state website
  • Prepare/present bid award recommendations to BOE
  • Review/approve high dollar purchase requisitions

Caleb Brannon

Staff Accountant, State Grants

Responsibilities:

  • Assist with audit preparation
  • Input journal entries
  • Monitor bank balances
  • Reconcile bank statements
  • Process budget transfers (with CFO's review)
  • Process fixed asset changes

Elizabeth Burchinal

Payroll Systems Manager

Responsibilities:

  • Assist with audit preparation
  • Distribute live (paper) payroll checks
  • Process substitute pay
  • Process timesheets
  • Respond to payroll questions regarding time sheets and sub pay
  • Process voluntary payroll deductions (e.g., AFLAC, CareFlex, gym, pool, National Ins., etc.)

Shelly Gray

Accounts Payable Clerk

Responsibilities:

  • Assist with audit preparation
  • Process vendor payments, Accounts N-Z
  • Review invoices

Ha Hoang-Gadson

Staff Accountant, Restricted Grants

Responsibilities:

  • Assist grant managers with their budget development and amendments
  • Assist with audit preparation
  • Conduct/coordinate annual inventory for federal grant programs as required
  • Input grant budget updates in eFinance

April Kelley

Payroll Clerk

Responsibilities:

  • Assist with audit preparation
  • Process FMLA leave audits
  • Process absence corrections
  • Process direct deposit changes
  • Process W4 and MW507 tax withholding changes
  • Respond to leave balance and usage questions

Tammy Latour

Financial Secretary

Responsibilities:

  • Add new vendors in eFinance
  • Answer telephone for department
  • Assist with audit preparation
  • Assist with special projects in department
  • Make purchases with district credit cards
  • Order office supplies for department
  • Perform clerical work for Finance Department
  • Prepare billings for IAC and CCGov

Adrienne Marshall

Accounts Payable Clerk

Responsibilities:

  • Assist with audit preparation
  • Process vendor payments, Accounts A-M
  • Review invoices

Cynthia Pearson

Staff Accountant, Transportation

Responsibilities:

  • Process bus contractor payments
  • Prepare bus service contracts
  • Prepare Form 941's
  • Serve on transportation committee

Marcy Roberts

Accounts Payable Clerk, Fiscal Accounts

Responsibilities:

  • Assist secretaries with encumbrance issues
  • Convert purchase reqs to P.O.s
  • Review schools' completed SAF bank recs
  • Support school financial secretaries

Shane Sweeney

Staff Accountant, Payroll

Responsibilities:

  • Assist with audit preparation
  • Prepare W2's
  • Process payroll
  • Process 403(b), 457, and Roth deductions
  • Prepare salary calculations
  • Respond to payroll questions