Senior Staff Accountant @ California College of the Arts

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The Senior Staff Accountant plays a key role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the College’s financial records while gaining hands-on experience across a wide range of accounting functions. This position offers the opportunity to work closely with the accounting team on reconciliations, audit preparation, and financial reporting, making it an excellent role for someone looking to deepen their accounting expertise in a mission-driven higher education environment. With exposure to both day-to-day operations and year-end financial statement processes, the Staff Accountant will build strong technical skills while contributing to the College’s financial stewardship and long-term success.

This position requires a successful background check.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

Complex Account Reconciliations - 80%

Perform monthly and annual reconciliations and analyses to ensure accuracy and completeness of financial data
Reconcile all monthly bank accounts.
Review procurement and expense documents for compliance, accuracy, and proper account coding.
Record and assist with maintaining general ledger journal and budget entries supporting the month-end and year-end close processes.
Support monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial reporting.
Utilize accounting software and systems to prepare financial reports, ensuring adherence to accounting standards such as GAAP
Supports tracking and reconciliation of grant funds or restricted accounts
Prepare year-end accruals and supporting schedules for the annual financial statement audit.
Contribute to the production of annual financial statements.
Records miscellaneous expense, reclassify as needed.
Collaborate with internal departments to resolve discrepancies and provide financial information.
Support process improvement efforts to enhance efficiency and accuracy within accounting operations.
Responds to Positive Pay bank notices.

Additional Duties - 20%

Support the annual audit process, including liaising with external auditors and providing audit requests for documentation
Oversees the work of junior staff as needed.
Assists with maintenance of Workday FDM (chart of account maintenance)
Develop and document business processes and accounting procedures to maintain and strengthen internal controls and training material (video, manual, training meetings)
Participates in WD and various training courses
Participates in cross divisional meetings focusing on inter-dependent processes and projects
Participates in departmental projects including analysis and testing of system and business process troubleshooting and/or upgrades

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

BS in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting required
2 - 4 year’s experience in the role of Staff Accountant with general ledger accounting including creating journal entries and account variance analysis.
Strong knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
Experience with complex account reconciliations for high volume transaction accounts.
Strong analysis, communication and organizational skills.
Familiarity with and ability to apply technological innovations to Business Office operations with strong computer skills..
Advanced Excel skills, including experience with formulas, pivot tables, and data manipulation tools.
Experience using Workday or other ERP software required.
Experience in a non-profit or educational environment strongly preferred.
This position requires the successful completion of background and credit checks.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:

The range for this position is $75,000 - $85,000/annually
CCA offers a comprehensive benefits package, including the choice of five medical plans, generous holiday, sick & vacation time, a retirement match and tuition remission. CCA covers an average of 91% of the medical plan cost for the employee only and an average of 82% for employees with dependents. More information can be found here: https://portal.cca.edu/working/office-human-resources/employee-benefits.

POSITION DETAILS:

CCA considers a full-time work week to be 37.5 hours per week.
Work Mode: Hybrid

Location

San Francisco

FLSA

Exempt

Additional Locations

Application Instructions

Applicants are required to attach a cover letter and resume. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Recommended document file formats are Word or PDF. If there are multiple attachments, we recommend compressing/zipping your files into a zip format file. There is also a place in the application for you to provide a link to large documents. Please submit an application form for each position for which you believe you are qualified. Applications are not kept on file for future positions.

Application Deadline

For staff positions, screening begins immediately and continues until the position is filled.

EEO Statement

As an educational and cultural institution, California College of the Arts has a responsibility to provide access and opportunities for all people, with special attention to supporting groups historically underrepresented in higher education.

We believe that a culturally diverse campus is integral to academic excellence, and our student, faculty, staff, and trustee bodies should reflect the diverse world in which we live, with attention to race, ethnicity, religious creed, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and ability.

California College of the Arts is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from individuals who will contribute to its diversity. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]. In alignment with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment. If a background check is required for a position, it will be noted in the job posting.

Questions?

Please address any questions to [email protected].

Senior Staff Accountant

California College of the Arts

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