Senior Accountant

Job Summary:

The Senior Accountant assists the Director of Finance with the financial functions of the school, ensuring accurate and timely financial information for constituents.

Qualifications:

 Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

• Minimum 5 years experience with nonprofit and/or school financial management
• Solid understanding of generally accepted accounting practices (GAAP)
• Experience with Blackbaud Financial Edge
• Current (dated within a year) Act 34, 114, and 151 clearances
• Highly proficiency in spreadsheets and word processing

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain the accuracy of student tuition and fee accounts, overseeing the billing and receipt process to ensure timely and accurate invoicing for students
• Prepare monthly journal entries and perform bank reconciliations
• Prepare monthly workpapers to reconcile various general ledger accounts
• Assist the Director of Finance in the monthly close and preparation of financial reports
• Assist the Director of Finance in the year-end close, audit and 990 preparation
• Assist the Director of Finance with the annual budget and perform other financial analysis as needed

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure all information is kept private and confidential
• Ensure working environment holds to ASUA’s privacy and confidentiality standards
• To read and abide by the Employee Handbook including updates and changes
• To attend all mandatory meetings, including those that fall outside of regularly scheduled school hours and as described in the Employee Handbook.
• Adhere to ASUA’s policies, procedures and methodologies
• This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The Senior Accountant will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other related duties as assigned by the Head of School or Director of Finance.

Competencies Required:

 Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Good team member able to work without close supervision

Work Environment Requirements:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.               

• Moderate degree of physical stamina, with frequent lifting of up to 25 pounds and the possibility of lifting and/or carrying up to 50 pounds
• Frequent standing, walking, sitting, and bending
• Ability to move through the physical space of the building which may or may not require stairs, distances, and the operation of doors and gates
• Moving light furniture may be required
• Adequate vision and hearing ability for monitoring the verbal and non-verbal responses of students
• May require driving school vehicles operated under a standard driver’s license
• Exposure to noise and activity of a special needs school setting
• May involve exposure to communicable diseases and other adverse conditions
• Knowledge of universal hygiene precautions

Equipment/Material Handled                                   

The individual in this position shall be assigned a variety of resources and materials which are to be appropriately stored and accounted for. All media resources and borrowed material are to be judiciously used, and are to be maintained in a reasonably unsoiled and non- damaged fashion. Must know how to properly operate or be willing to learn to operate all multimedia equipment including current technology.

A Step Up Academy reserves the right to update, revise, or change this job description and related duties at any time.