Staff Accountant

Harding Academy is a warm and caring school environment where respect is the key ingredient. Every child, parent, and colleague is a unique individual worthy of our understanding and greatest effort. Harding Academy employs outstanding faculty, staff, and administrators, provides technologically enhanced facilities, and offers a broad and challenging curriculum designed to develop the whole person.

The mission of our school is to educate and inspire young people to become thoughtful, creative, lifelong learners and self-disciplined, responsible, caring citizens. Members of the staff are an important part of this effort. We strive and serve so that the students may become individuals who are able to make choices that will benefit themselves, our society, and our world.

The Staff Accountant position serves in the Business Office and reports to our Controller. The Staff Accountant supports the Business Office with various accounting functions and book-keeping tasks. This role requires a range of financial, accounting, and administrative/organizational skill levels, from routine monthly tasks and reconciliations to complex analysis and special projects. This position requires strong interpersonal and communication skills; experience in effectively communicating key data, and the ability to balance day to day priorities with long-term goals and projects. Responsibilities are:

• Bank Reconciliations
• G/L Journal Entries
• Generate and manage reports for budget holders and other financial analysis
• Audit report assistance and data analysis in Excel 
• Prep of Bank Deposits, including processing of Cash Receipts Journals and collaboration with Advancement office
• Management of record scanning
• HPA support including monthly reconciliation of CC purchases, HPA Cash Receipts & A/P, and Concessions and School Store support
• Apply for all Beer Permit Licenses for Special events
• Purchasing Card ("P-Card") Program Administration including management of P-Card users, credit limits, and Expense Reporting problem-solving
• Purchasing Card reconciliation and Journal Entry creation
• Purchasing Card receipt tracking
• A/P check and ACH processing; Vendor management including W-9 collection, credit applications & tax-exempt applications
• A/P and Cash Receipt filing
• Coffee Supply Management
• General Office Supply oversight and replenishment
• Monthly Petty Cash reconciliation and cash box management and procurement for school activities and events
• School supply procurement for students and teachers
• Procurement of office orders (Amazon, Office Depot, etc.)

This is a full-time 12-month hourly non-exempt position for 35 hours per week offering applicable full-time benefits which may include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life and Disability insurance.

Click HERE to view the full Job Description outlining the Essential Responsibilities and Competencies of this position as well as Harding Academy Work Values.

Requirements: Bachelor's degree from four-year college/university in accounting

                          C.P.A. license desired, but not required

                          Strong background (3+ years) in office accounting

                          Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office, especially Excel

                          Experience with Square usage and reporting is a plus

                          Knowledge of schools and educational landscape is a plus

Additional desired Competencies can be found in the Job Description link above.

Harding Academy is a warm and caring school environment where respect is the key ingredient. Every child, parent, and colleague is a unique individual worthy of our understanding and greatest effort. Harding Academy employs outstanding faculty, staff, and administrators, provides technologically enhanced facilities, and offers a broad and challenging curriculum designed to develop the whole person.  It is Harding Academy’s policy to provide equal employment opportunity to al