Accounting Manager

Overview:
The Accounting Manager reports to the Chief Financial Officer and is responsible for overseeing the general accounting and financial reporting functions, including general ledger, payroll, accounts receivable and accounts payables. The position is responsible for implementing and maintaining a system of internal controls that will ensure that company assets are adequately safeguarded and that all financial reporting is prepared in compliance with all financial policies and GAAP. This position also plays a major role in the financial analysis of the school’s operations. The Accounting Manager manages two part-time accounting staff members.

Responsibilities:
• Oversees the general accounting function, which includes general ledger accounting, fixed assets, capital expenditures, cash management/reconciliation, financial reporting, and balance sheet management
• Remain up-to-date on accounting pronouncements and analyze their impact on the school’s financial reporting
• Lead the monthly and annual accounting close process
• Create and maintain accounting policies and procedures that inform accounting and financial business practices across the organization
• Ensure that policies and procedures (internal controls) are in place to provide reasonable assurance that the school’s assets are protected
• Responsible for adequate design and documentation of internal controls and segregation of duties
• Ensures that the company financial records are timely maintained and in compliance with company policies and GAAP
• Lead preparation of schedules and work papers for annual audit and IRS Form 990 and prepare annual financial reports in collaboration with the audit firm. Is further responsible for the implementation of agreed-upon recommendations from audit findings
• Supervise the annual retirement plan
• Responsible for all regulatory reporting including quarterly and annual bank covenant calculations
• Monitor the school’s cash balances and make internal transfers to maintain sufficient liquidity to ensure that the school can satisfy its payment obligations
• Research and recommend short-term investment strategies consistent with the school’s objectives
• Analyze business and financial data to make informed decisions and recommendations about school operations
• Create financial models based on analysis to support organizational decision-making
• Assist with monitoring annual financial operating results and investigating any variances
• Assist with preparation of the annual budget
• Prepare routine and ad hoc financial statements that meet Administration and Board needs
• Assist with the preparation of various industry/professional group surveys
• Responsible for all aspects of payroll and benefits administration to include: Monthly payroll preparation and related journal entries, Benefit enrollment data entry and updates
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree required (accounting or business administration preferred)
• Three or more years of related experience required
• Team leadership required in traditional business accounting responsibilities

Strong preference:
• CPA designation
• Independent school experience
• Not-for-profit accounting experience
• Experience with Blackbaud and FACTS

Requirements:
• Familiarity with and a commitment to the mission of independent schools and Trinity Episcopal School, and a commitment to our core values of scholarship, diversity, spirituality, honor and integrity is a must
• Leader of teams with business objectives and/or productivity improvement goals
• Confidence when dealing with people: students, direct reports, peers, colleagues, parents, auditors, attorneys, professional service providers, and boards
• Leader of cross-discipline projects
• Self-starter, decision maker, problem solver, and analyst
• Detail-oriented, but strategic thinker
• Manage concurrent tasks and responsibilities
• Exposure to back-office software solutions serving accounting and financial needs
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Remain well organized. Meet deadlines
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Meet physical requirements of the position