Accounting Manager

Company: The School District Of Philadelphia
Location: Philadelphia
Posted on: May 28, 2023

Job Description:

Title: Accounting Manager (General)
Department: Financial Services
Reports To: Comptroller
For forward-thinking administrators and educators opportunities abound in the School District of Philadelphia. The School District of Philadelphia is committed to transforming the education opportunities it offers the city's more than 203,000 school-aged children. The District seeks leaders who have a passion for working with schools, principals and communities who are committed to ensuring all students achieve. Serving a population as diverse as ours requires creativity, commitment and vision. Will you join us?
THIS IS A FULL TIME, 12 MONTH, NON UNION REPRESENTED ROLE. SALARY GRADE: 4026
Job Summary
Oversees and participates in the review and preparation of complex fiscal transactions and financial reports or grants fiscal transactions and grants financial reports or accounts receivable fiscal transactions and financial reports or Accounts Payable transactions and processes. Directs the work activities of professional and paraprofessional accounting staff or grants professional and paraprofessional accounting staff or Accounts Payable paraprofessional and clerical staff responsible for preparing a variety of accounting entries and financial reports and conducting financial analyses for the assigned area. Coordinates and prepares subsidiary and general ledger information and journal entries with business users as well as consolidated reporting as part of the annual reporting process. Coordinates financial reporting with the District's Auditors as it relates to accounting and reporting. Serves as an expert on accounting or accounts payable matters related to the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Finance system. Coordinates audit requests for applicable areas.
For accounts receivable, coordinates and prepares subsidiary and general ledger information and journal vouchers with business users as well as consolidated reporting as part of the daily and annual reporting process. Serves as an expert on accounting matters related to the sub-ledger system for accounts receivable. Evaluates the collectability of accounts receivable.
For general accounting, coordinates month-end close processes and reconciliations from all sub-ledgers to the general ledger. Also, maintains the chart of account values, reporting hierarchies and third-party interfaces into the general ledger.
For accounts payable, coordinates and prepares transactions, with internal and external business users, performs monthly and annual accounts payable close processes, and prepares reports and analyzes results to ensure processes and policies are being followed consistently.
Essential Functions
All Specialties (General Accounting, Grants Accounting or Accounts Receivable or Accounts Payable)

• Manages key components and performs advanced work related to accounting and financial reporting functions; participates in the development and implementation of accounting policies and procedures; leads and implements key accounting projects.
• Assigns and reviews the work of senior accountants and/or accountants and/or paraprofessionals and/or clerical staff engaged in financial recording, analysis and reporting.
• Oversees and participates in the preparation of key financial data and accounting information essential to the District's financial stability and controls or accounts receivable accounting information; or accounts payable and conducts financial analyses to evaluate financial results.
• Reviews the propriety of accounting entries or accounts receivable related entries; ensures compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and government accounting standards including fund and grant accounting.
• Serves as a technical expert as it relates to the accounting or grants accounting side or accounts receivable or accounts payable sub-ledger accounting side of the ERP Finance system; validates information which is input into it and provides team leadership.
• Develops and establishes daily and/or monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting processes for assigned areas.
• Develops performance measurements and management reports; develops and leads process improvement projects for the assigned area.
• Works with systems staff to ensure accounting needs are met; works with internal and external auditors and outside vendors/suppliers or internal and external customers on complex accounting or accounts receivable or accounts payable matters; provides assistance and direction to business operations on their accounting entries, data maintenance and accounting requirements.
• Uses financial spreadsheet programs (Excel, Access and Oracle Reporting) to perform financial analyses and to prepare a variety of accounting reports and financial information as needed.
• Uses the District's ERP Finance System and financial spreadsheet programs (Oracle ERP General Ledger, Accounts Receivable Module, Oracle Accounts Payable Module, Excel, and Access) to perform financial analyses and to prepare a variety of accounting reports and financial information as needed. Minimum Requirements
  
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in accounting or a related field.
  • Seven years of full-time, paid, professional accounting or auditing or accounts payable experience for a large public or private employer.
  • Preferred experience to be inclusive of government accounting using an ERP system.
  • At least three years of administrative or supervisory experience which included responsibilities for advanced financial analysis work, project management and the development and implementation of process improvement initiatives in related areas. Note: A CPA or master's degree in business administration or accounting from an accredited college or university may be substituted for one year of experience.
    Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
    All Specialties (General Accounting, Grants Accounting or Accounts Receivable or Accounts Payable)
    • Demonstrated knowledge of:
      • T he principles, practices and procedures of general and government accounting inclusive of governmental accounting, grant accounting or accounts receivable accounting or accounts payable accounting.
      • Th e use of a wide variety of data processing systems and personal computer software, especially as they relate to accounting, financial analyses and reporting information. Advanced excel skills and Oracle Finance ERP System experience preferred.
      • Business process and workflow practices.
      • Accounting and financial reporting systems experience in related areas using a personal computer and enterprise reporting financial system.
      • Supervisory methods and techniques.
      • Project management, system implementation and process improvement practices .
        • Ability to:
          • Plan, schedule, oversee and review the work of professional and paraprofessional and clerical staff members.
          • Oversee and coordinate the work of business users who provide input data.
          • Analyze organizational and procedural problems and to make recommendations for improvements.
          • Prepare advanced accounting entries and financial reports.
          • Lead accounting and financial projects
          • Serve as the liaison for audits of the District, when applicable.
          • Participate in the development, modification and implementation of accounting policies and procedures.
          • Effectively train and communicate new processes and procedures to accounting staff and other end users of the ERP finance system throughout the District.
          • Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
          • Establish and maintain effective working relationships.
            Disclaimer
            The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.
            Nondiscrimination
            The School District of Philadelphia provides to all persons equal access to all categories of employment in this District, regardless of race, color, age, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, ancestry, national origin or handicap/disability, gender identity, or genetic information. Please refer to Board Policy 104 for further information regarding the District's commitment to Nondiscrimination in Employment Practices.

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