Senior General Ledger Accountant

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required; Master's degree preferred, or equivalent experience.
• CPA preferred.
• 3+ years of accounting or finance experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Strong reconciliation and accounting skills.

Essential Competencies

• Customer Service Orientation: Keeps internal and/or external key stakeholders, students, parents, faculty, staff, and community partners in mind at all times.
• Professionalism: Displays a high level of professionalism, e.g., timeliness, reliability, communication, and work ethic.
• Christ-first Faith: Provides spiritual support to community members, including students, on their Christian faith journey.
• Adaptable/Flexibility: Ability to change or adjust to change.
• Analytical Thinking & Decision Making: Identifies and understands trends and/or issues, connects data points through analysis and logical conclusions/actionable strategies.
• Attention to Detail: Ability to efficiently and accurately focus on a specific task or number of tasks. Reviews details with a critical eye.
• Business & Financial/Budget Acumen: Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of financial concepts, accounting, marketing, and organizational functions.
• Confidentiality: Maintains the necessary confidentiality and discretion required for the position.
• Effective Communication: Expresses ideas and information in a clear and concise manner both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well-articulated messaging across a wide variety of audiences.
• Problem-solving: Anticipates, evaluates, diagnoses, and resolves problems in a systematic and fact-based manner.
• Project and Time Management: Effective planning and priority setting. Ability to manage several complex projects simultaneously while working under pressure to meet deadlines.
• Self-development: Grow one’s self-awareness, abilities, skills, and/or talent.
• Teamwork & Collaboration: Creates a climate that fosters commitment to a common vision and shared values that promote cooperation and working together through trust and support of others both departmentally and cross-functionally.
• Technology: Strong aptitude to learn new technologies as department processes evolve.