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About our school:
Located in the hills of southwest Austin Texas St. Michaels Catholic Preparatory School is an outstanding coeducational Independent Catholic school serving students from PreKindergarten through 12th grade in Austin Texas. The Lower School is comprised of PreK 34th grades the Middle School houses grades 58 and the Upper School contains grades 912. We are distinguished by our Catholic tradition a welcoming and diverse community excellent academic programs and a variety of extracurricular activities. We are one community on two campuses with three divisions united in our commitment to put students first as we educate them in mind body and spirit
- Our values: Integrity Courage & Excellence
- Our mission: St. Michaels Prep cultivates a transformative Independent school experience rooted in Catholic spirituality where we seek excellence in every pursuit and form virtuous leaders who positively impact the world.
Position Summary:
St. Michaels Prep is looking for a Staff Accountant to join its Business Office team. This is a fulltime 12month position on campus. The Staff Accountant provides support to the Business Office by assisting with the Schools accounting functions including daily cash receipt entry journal entry preparation monthend closings account reconciliations and other administrative support.
Strong communication skills the ability to build relationships at all levels organizational skills and proficiency in Excel are essential. The Staff Accountant must be detailoriented proactive and demonstrate a high level of accuracy in their work. The candidate must also be discrete with sensitive information. The position reports directly to the Controller.
Essential Job Functions:
- Works with Controller on all accounting functions relating to accounts receivable activities including journal entries reconciliation of general ledger accounts and preparation of accounting schedules as required for external audits.
- Record daily cash and online deposits including but not limited to afterschool programs and facility rentals.
- Prepare monthly credit card payment reconciliations and assist department cardholders with monthly reports.
- Works with FACTS which currently handles payment plans and incidental charges. Enters all charges and credits and reconciles FACTS database to the schools general ledger.
- Communicate with families on incidental billing issues payment issues and other questions with sensitivity understanding and customer service orientation.
- Communicates with the Advancement department to ensure timely and accurate recording of contribution and pledge activity.
- Crosstrain roles within the Business Office; act as a backup for Accounts Payable functions.
- Maintains appropriate filing system (paper and digital) to ensure compliance with archiving requirements for Business Office functions.
- Work to continuously improve the Schools accounting financial reporting and internal control policies and procedures and maximize department utilization of current accounting systems.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Associates degree required Bachelors degree in accounting or related field preferred.
- 3 years in overall combined accounting and finance experience nonprofit experience preferred.
- Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures.
- Advanced facility with computer technology and software including Google Suite and Microsoft Excel.
- Prior experience with Blackbaud FENXT preferred.
Application Requirements:
Qualified candidates should complete an online application for employment. You will receive an email confirming receipt of your application. Please contact with any questions.
St. Michaels Catholic Preparatory School is an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers equal employment opportunity to all applicants for employment and all employees without regard to race color religion sex gender national origin age physical or mental disability genetic information veteran status military service application for military service or any other status protected by applicable law.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
