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JOB SUMMARY

The Senior Accountant position is a full-time year-round position and reports directly to the Controller. Major responsibilities include the school’s payables function, managing the school’s participation in its credit card programs, and performing general accounting functions and financial and analytical work.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• Manage accounts payable, including invoice coding and processing, ACH maintenance, 1099 statement issuance, positive pay maintenance, and other details.
• Manage the corporate credit card accounts, including distribution of month end statements to cardholders, collection of reconciliation reports and supporting documentation and posting the card activity
• Record general ledger transactions via journal entry.
• Maintain fixed asset detail schedule. Regularly reconcile to general ledger.
• Assist with the tuition billing during student enrollment annually.
• Manage the depositing of funds received at the school.
• Manage the school’s petty cash and perform reconciliations quarterly.
• Assist auxiliary programs with accounting support and manage needs as they arise.
• Assist with monthly closings and analysis, including distribution of reports to budget managers.
• Assist with annual audit.
• Learn and occasionally perform functions of other employees within department.
• Proactively seek and propose process improvements and automation.
• Provide support to Controller, Director of Finance and Chief Financial Officer.
• Promote the school’s statement of mission and philosophy.

MARGINAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Marginal duties of this position include the following. Employees in this position perform some or all of the following tasks. Other duties may be assigned.

• Attends Staff Development Meetings as needed
• Attends School Functions as needed
• Attends Chapel

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for overseeing accounts payable. All school employees have some responsibility for supervising students and assisting in maintaining a safe environment.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or similar.  CPA license or pursuing preferred
• Minimum two years of experience in staff accountant or senior accountant role
• Experience in fund accounting working in an independent school is a plus
• Experience performing or supervising payables function
• Experience with integrated accounting software systems including accounts payable and general ledger
• Experience working in a company with a minimum $25 million in annual revenue and 100 employees
• Computer proficiency, including MS Word and MS Excel, collaboration software and Google suite (display of experience with MS Excel will be required for onsite interviews)
• Ability to use basic office equipment

Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• A team player with strong interpersonal skills to effectively and professionally communicate with outside vendors and the entire school community, including staff, faculty and parent volunteers
• Must have excellent Microsoft Office skills; advanced proficiency in Excel is required
• Must possess a strong knowledge of accounting theory, experience with journal entries, account reconciliations and month end and year end close processes
• Must be adept at problem-solving, including being able to identify issues and resolve problems in a timely manner
• Must possess strong communications skills, both written and oral; articulate in translating accounting vernacular to others who are not accountants in order to conclude quickly on problem resolution.
• Must be able to manage difficult situations while always being respectful and even tempered.
• Must be able to effectively read and interpret information, present numerical data in a resourceful manner, and skillfully gather and analyze information
• Must be able to prioritize and plan work activities as to use time effectively and efficiently
• Must be able to switch between unrelated tasks seamlessly and quickly in order to keep up with daily required tasks
• Must be organized, accurate, thorough, and able to monitor work for quality
• Must be dependable, able to follow instructions, respond to management direction, and must be able to improve performance through management feedback
• Ability to work both independently and with supervision
• Responds well to criticism and deals successfully with challenging people and circumstances

About Parish Episcopal School

Thank you for exploring the professional opportunities available at Parish Episcopal School. As a place that seeks to add value to the lives of the students in our community, we search for faculty members who possess a passion for their subject, an eagerness to build meaningful relationships with those they teach and a recognition of the important place that contemplation and reflection hold in the educational process. If you are committed to purposeful work and possess a spirit of possibility, I would invite you to learn more about Parish through our website and to apply for an appropriate position. Parish Episcopal School is an equal opportunity employer and affords equal opportunity to all applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by law.

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