Connelly School of the Holy Child
Staff Accountant
Remote | $113K - $188K
Qualifications
- Knowledge Skills and Ability Required: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:
- Ability to learn and teach others established processes
- Can learn and reproduce the current processes and recommend best practices to streamline them
- Respected for the ability to “find” or “make” time to finish things
- Organizational Skills - Creates action plans to meet divisional goals and objectives
- Problem-Solving Skills - Considers a broad range of internal and external factors when solving problems
- Grasps complexities and perceives relationships among different problems or issues
- Computer Skills – Excellent computer skills including the ability to work in a paperless environment, advanced knowledge of Excel, as well as other Microsoft Office applications
- A Staff Accountant must have excellent client service skills, including excellent oral and written communication skills, high levels of empathy and patience, and sense of humor
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with 1-3 years relevant experience or an Associate’s degree with a minimum of 5 years’ experience
- Most possess a full understanding of accounting principles
- Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, operate a computer, hand-held learning devices and other office equipment, reach with hands and arms, and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds
Responsibilities
- Ensuring all PO’s and disbursements are properly approved and supported by required documentation
- Processing all invoices through bill.com and routing for approval
- Processing all credit card expense reports and uploading them to bill.com for payment
- Monitoring the budget to identify potential overages
- Preparing and sending tuition, fee, transportation an ancillary charge to parents; posting related receipts and monitoring accounts receivable aging
- Assisting parents with the set-up of payments through Veracross
- Process payroll and related benefits payments
- Make Daily Bank Deposits
- Working with the Advancement office on the posting of donations, monitoring pledges and preparing a pledge aging schedule
- Bank Reconciliations
- Petty Cash Custodian
- Custodial Account Reconciliations
- Special projects as assigned by the Controller and Chief Financial Office
- Time Management Skills - Manages tasks and projects simultaneously, adhering to deadlines and promises
- Conducts periodic reviews of progress and measures against goals
- Assist with the development of broad policies for the office to ensure success
- Communications Skills - Effectively communicates accounting, financial and service issues that are complex in nature
- Maintains open communications channels with peers, administrators, and customers at the School
Benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts
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