Job Title Staff Accountant Work Year 12 months
Department Administration
Supervisory Reporting Chief Financial Officer
Works closely with CEO, Administrative Team, Faculty, Staff, Alumni Association, Families &
Students
Professional Expectations
● Professional development - show initiative in increasing present skills and learning new ones.
● Dependability - on time and on task throughout the day, and complete tasks in a timely manner.
● Cooperativeness - positive attitude with others; cooperative and helpful with co-workers; fosters an open and
trusting work environment.
● Professionalism - maintain appropriate boundaries with students; dress appropriately; maintain
confidentiality; use appropriate channels of communication to express concerns; accept responsibility.
● Adaptability - accept and apply constructive feedback; demonstrate flexibility to meet new needs or
challenges, and to incorporate new ideas; suggest better ways to do things.
● Communication skills - respond in a timely manner to phone and email messages; communicate effectively
with staff, students, and parents; listen carefully and ask questions when needed; clear and accurate verbal and
written communication.
● Decision making/problem solving - make sound and timely decisions by analyzing facts; reach logical
conclusions by use of foresight and planning; independent, but seek help from the right source when
appropriate; prompt response to safety and security concerns.
● Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - demonstrate in personal actions and decision making, and
in interactions with colleagues and students, the ability to create, promote, and maintain a safe and positive
environment for all students and employees, regardless of race, religion, religious belief, sexual orientation,
gender or gender identity, and socio-economic status; call out violations of the DEI policy when encountered.
● Service to Franklin - act as an ambassador in any setting, supporting both the school’s mission and handbooks;
support students in both the context of the job and involvement in their extra-curricular and co-curricular
activities.
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Job Specific Expectations
● Credit Cards - weekly coding and recordation of charges
● Expense Management System - weekly monitoring and management of a stand-alone expense management
system
● General Ledger - monthly non-cash balance sheet reconciliations, and schedule preparation
● Grants Management - budgets and submissions, monthly monitoring, quarterly reimbursements, quarterly
expense reporting, year-end closeout, and timesheets for grants, including but not limited to Super App, CSP,
and other grants
● Coding and recording monthly deposits
● Budget to Actual reporting - monthly and interim reporting for clubs and departments
● State and local government agency reporting
● Annual 1099’s
● Other duties as deemed necessary
Qualifications
● Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a closely related business field
● Three to five years of direct experience as an accountant
● Proficiency with Blackbaud, SFO Accounting, RAMP, Microsoft Office, and Google Workspace, all a plus
● Ability to prioritize and execute tasks (in a team-oriented and collaborative environment)
● Ability to manage tasks efficiently while meeting deadlines
● Exceptional attention to detail and a high level of accuracy
Physical Requirements of the Position (list any that occur on a regular basis)
Accommodations will be provided
Required to exert physical effort in handling objects more than 35lbs. rarely.
Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, calculator) most of the day.
Required to be exposed to a physical environment which could involve dirt, odors, noise, weather extremes, or similar
elements rarely.
Required to work in standard office conditions.
Required to sit, stand, bend, crouch, stoop, reach, grab, pull, hear, and speak on a daily basis.
Normal setting for a job is an office/school setting.