Accountant

Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES
Financial
- Establishes and follows sound accounting practices in consultation with the Board Finance Committee and Principal.
- Supports the Business Manager and collaborates with the Board Finance Committee to prepare the capital budget.
- Supports the Business Manager and works with the Staff, Department Chairs, and Administration to establish the annual operating budget.
- Prepares monthly financial reports, budget variances, and cash flow projections for both capital and operating accounts for the Board of Trustees and Principal.
- Prepares capital and operating forecasts for financial decision-making.
- Regularly meets with Department Chairs/Heads of Offices regarding budget status.
- Manages the bank relationship for account management and financial issue resolution.
- Oversees bookkeeping and general ledger functions including payables, receivables, revenue, and expenses.
- Maintains operational and financial records for the school.
- Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local tax laws and regulations.
- Manages payroll, salaries, and benefits payments.
- Monitors cash flow and participates in year-end financial record closure.
- Works with the Board Treasurer to complete the annual audit and prepares and files the annual 990 Report.
- Acts as a member of the Tuition Assistance Committee and monitors tuition accounts, reporting status to the Business Manager.
- Communicates financial holds to relevant school personnel for re-enrollment or transcript release.
- Assists in financial stewardship and long-range planning efforts.
Collaborates with advancement on capital campaign pledge payment collection.

Human Resources - As needed, assist the Business Manager in the following areas:
- On-boarding new employees, ensures all employment documentation reviewed with and collected from new employee
- Administering salary and benefit policies
- Benefits administration for all insurance and benefits packages
- Vendor relations for all benefit providers
- Contract administration with school staff

- Knowledgeable and supportive in word and action of the school's mission, vision and educational philosophy
- Implement mission of the school through witness
- Represent the school in a positive way on and off the school campus

QUALIFICATIONS
- A bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
- 2+ years of Accounting/Bookkeeping experience, preferably in a non-profit environment.
- Experience in general business management
- Advanced computer software skills in Excel and Quick Books to ensure accurate recordkeeping.
- Ability to manage and manipulate large database to provide accurate reports and assessment of financial trend, as well as ad hoc reporting requests.
- Knowledge of accounting and record keeping principles and practices.
- Knowledge of cash flow management.
- Knowledge and ability in budgetary principles
- Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships and trust.
- Ability to maintain accurate collection and deposit records.
- Ability to communicate and offer assistance in regard to finances and recordkeeping, as needed.
- Strong interpersonal skills to work with small groups of volunteers and interact with diverse populations.
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality

About the Employer

Through a robust college-preparatory curriculum rooted in the Catholic faith, Frassati Catholic High School will prepare students to walk on the path of true happiness. Inspired by our patron Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Man of the Beatitudes, graduates of Frassati Catholic will be true moral, intellectual, and civic leaders who lead others on the path to beatitude. Frassati Catholic graduates will be agents of change in all sectors of society, building a culture that embodies the truth about the human person who is destined to share in God's own divine life.
Frassati Catholic High School is a co-educational high school administered by the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia (Nashville Dominicans). Frassati Catholic opened with 46 students in 2013 and now serves 319 students in grades 9-12.