Principia College is hiring: Accounting Assistant in St. Louis

Overview

Title: Accounting Assistant

Department/Location: Accounting, St. Louis

Position Type: Full-Time, 12-month

Summary

The Accounting Assistant is a detail-oriented and highly organized member of the Accounting/Finance team, providing administrative and operational support across a variety of areas depending on current needs. Reporting to the Accounting Manager, the Accounting Assistant helps ensure smooth department operations and contributes to the accuracy and efficiency of financial processes.

Who We Are

At our award-winning Early Childhood through grade 12 Principia School in St. Louis, Missouri, and top-ranked Principia College in Elsah, Illinois, Principia faculty and staff make up a close-knit community of educators, coaches, and professionals taking a distinct approach to education-blending academic excellence with Christian Science-based character education. Principia's team of over 500 employees supports not only Principia School and Principia College, but also a worldwide network of alumni and friends. Principia employees are part of an engaging academic community preparing students to be tomorrow's leaders, thinkers, and changemakers. We strive to create a collaborative and inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong and are valued.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support for the Accounting/Finance department, including mail distribution, scheduling meetings, equipment maintenance, office supply ordering, and making other department purchases
• File paperwork and manage finance documentation retention in storage
• Assist with annual 1099 preparation
• Help with monthly credit card audit process
• Help gather information/documentation for annual financial audit work
• Support purchasing department with workflow including organizational compliance to purchasing policy and document/file management
• Help manage procurement programs
• Maintain a high level of confidentiality throughout all duties

Core Competencies

• Team players: Ability to collaborate and partner with peers and senior leaders is critical, with an ability to listen, give and receive feedback, and be comfortable exchanging ideas and speaking candidly in a professional and collegial manner
• Results Driven and Productivity: Ability to prioritize and deliver results in a high-volume environment
• Communication: Provides regular, consistent, and meaningful information. Listens carefully to others and ensures message is understood. Ensures important matters are shared with all appropriate parties. Communicates in a clear and concise manner. Tailors communication style to needs of the recipient.
• Ethical: Treats people with respect; keeps commitments; inspires the trust of others; works with integrity; upholds organizational values
• Dependability: Works within deadlines and under occasional heavy workloads
• Planning and Organizing: Prioritizes and plans work activities; uses time efficiently; manages multiple projects and tasks simultaneously
• Inclusive: Demonstrates awareness and respect for cultural differences, actively seeks to understand diverse perspectives, and supports cross-cultural interactions. Fosters an inclusive environment where individuals of all backgrounds feel valued and respected.
• Quality: Demonstrates attention to detail, accuracy, and thoroughness

Minimum Qualifications

• Student of Christian Science preferred
• Supportive of Principia's guiding statements as articulated here https://www.principia.edu/about/guiding-statements
• High school diploma or equivalent. Previous accounting education preferred
• Experience with bookkeeping and accounting techniques, procedures and methods preferred
• Experience in a nonprofit, educational, or similar organizational setting is preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, and other relevant tools.
• Experience in data entry, analysis, management, and extraction

Compensation And Benefits

We offer a competitive starting salary range for this position: $19.20 - $21.89 hourly, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

In addition to salary, our comprehensive total rewards package includes:

• Generous Employee Tuition Discount: Enjoy a 90% discount on tuition (pro-rated for part-time staff) for your eligible children enrolled from Pre-K3 through College (infant and acorn programs excluded).
• Relocation: Principia provides a relocation imbursement of up to 12% of your annual salary, when moving from outside a radius of more than 50 miles
• Professional Development: Access to learning opportunities, training programs, and career growth support.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Learn more about all our benefits here, including comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans, paid time off, a 403(b) retirement plan with Principia matching, and more.

Equal Opportunity

Principia, a mission-driven institution, believes every person has the right to an equitable and respectful educational environment and workplace. Principia does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender (identity or expression), sexual orientation, family status, disability, age, or military or veteran status.

In hiring, admissions, and related decisions, Principia-as an institution with a religious mission-gives preference, where appropriate, to Christian Scientists.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Part-time

Job function

• Accounting/Auditing and Finance

Industries

• Accounting

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