Staff Accountant (Receivables and General Accounting)

Position/Title: Staff Accountant (Receivables and General Accounting)

Reports To: Controller

Laurel School seeks talented faculty and staff who will put our students first and strive to make a difference in their lives. We seek to attract faculty and staff who thrive on being engaged participants in our community and are committed to developing young women as authentic learners and leaders. The most successful candidates are solutions-driven, are willing to listen to learn, embrace iteration and practice as a necessary part of the product, see opportunities before problems, and thrive in a fast-paced, forward-thinking educational environment. Laurel lives our mission: to inspire each girl to fulfill her promise and to better the world.

Position Summary

Laurel School is currently seeking a Staff Accountant (Receivables and General Accounting). The Staff Accountant is primarily responsible for maintaining an accurate and timely billing and collection process, completing month-end closing responsibilities and account reconciliations for designated accounts and assisting with financial systems projects in the Business Office.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree in Accounting is required. Additional qualities should include:

• Approximately 3-5 years’ experience
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and listening skills.
• Commitment to and ability to execute superior customer service
• Basic knowledge of accounting theory and business
• Accuracy, attention to detail and ability to follow through
• Excellent organizational skills with ability to multi-task and prioritize work
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Power Point)

The candidate must successfully pass a BCI/FBI criminal background check upon hire as well as complete several training modules.

Work Environment

Laurel School is a dynamic, forward-thinking, K-12 girls’ school with a co-ed early childhood division, where every child is well known.

Laurel enjoys an outstanding local and national reputation and is home to the Laurel Center for Research on Girls. In a highly competitive school landscape, Laurel is fortunate to be a school of choice in Cleveland. Our emphasis on the whole child and our legacy of excellence in the teaching of girls set us apart. Located in Shaker Heights, OH (15 minutes from downtown Cleveland) with an additional rural campus 17 minutes away, the school has a suburban/rural advantage. The work environment is noted for being family-friendly and flexible. The feeling in the school is joyous, collaborative and innovative. Our curricular philosophy emphasizes community-based, interdisciplinary and experiential learning. Collaboration and reflective practice are key to pedagogy at Laurel. The school is fully committed to a culturally diverse faculty and student body.

Laurel School is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities to all personnel and applicants for employment without regard to race; color; religion; sex; gender identity; national origin; handicap or disability; sexual orientation; or status as a veteran, Vietnam era, or special disabled veteran.

Requirements

• Maintain process for tracking, billing & collecting revenues for various online payment platforms (Venmo, Blackbaud, Hometown Ticketing and Campbrain) and recording these in the general ledger
• Maintain proper accounting for student billing and reconcile subledger to the general ledger
• Maintain the blackbaud tuition management system including entering tuition and fees, generating invoices and statements for families, maintain proper student billing and reconciliations. Also assist families with the calculation, establishment and maintenance of their payment plans.
• Primary school contact for matters related to student accounts, responsible for the investigation and prompt resolution of billing questions and concerns. Assist in outstanding account collections.
• Maintain and process claims regarding tuition refund insurance
• Calculation of year-end allowance for doubtful accounts and reconcile all accounts receivable accounts at year-end
• Perform bank account reconciliations
• Prepare and enter all payroll entries
• Calculate prepaid expenses and monitor prepaid accounts
• Monitor all receivable accounts and reconcile them periodically
• Maintain and enter vendor profiles in blackbaud
• Assist the controller with month-end and year-end closing procedures, gift recording and annual audit preparation
• Assist with depositing and recording checks and other miscellaneous payments received by the business office.
• Assist department with recording credit card transactions
• Assist Controller with department reports
• Administer petty cash
• Other duties as assigned