Job Details
Position:
Staff Accountant
Company:
EDM - Remote, PA , USA
Job Description:
Staff Accountant - Remote
The staff accountant position is an opportunity to apply your school finance experience
to improving financial processes and outcomes for schools and other government
entities working with audit, budget, accounts payable and payroll.
The staff accountant serves a portfolio of 3-5 school and/or governmental entities,
acting as those schools’ outsourced accountant ensuring timely completion of audits,
budget, grant reports and other financial matters with the Superintendent and onsite
staff. Based on the assigned entities you data enter and follow procedures to ensure
accurate accounting, accounts payable and payroll either produced with onsite staff or
through EDM’s back office staff.
The firm was founded in 2022 seeking to improve school finance and operations. At this
time, we are specifically interested in candidates in the Pittsburgh Area though a
part-time remote opportunity exists where a candidate can be located in any region.
● Act as an outsourced staff accountant, ensuring financial reports are completed
and day to day operations are successful including accounts payable, accounts
receivable, cash flow, benefits and payroll.
● Prepare audit workpapers, budget worksheets, reporting documents and other
reports as requested from financial software and other data collection.
● Enter data into a variety of portals including websites, financial software, excel
and produce information for the Superintendent and Board to analyze.
● Recommend improvements to move the organization’s financial performance
forward.
What you need:
● Experience excelling in a school/government finance role specifically with an
understanding of governmental accounting and reporting is REQUIRED.
● Experience as part of a progressive and forward thinking team.
● Comfort with accounting. A CPA or extensive expertise is not required, but
experience navigating accounting software and reading and analyzing financial
reports is a must.
● Intermediate Excel knowledge, such as formulas like vlookups and sumifs.
● Strong quantitative analysis, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills, as
every school is different, and approaches and solutions often have to be
customized.
● Excellent client communication and interpersonal skills. Comfort presenting and
explaining information (both verbally and in writing) to people with varying
financial literacy.
● Strong organization and time management skills.
● General comfort with technology systems (e.g., Google suite), Powerschool,
ProSoft, CSIU FIS, PDE Apps.
Final terms of employment will be negotiated with the successful candidates.
Contact Information
Mark LentzPhone: NA
Fax: NA
[email protected]
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