Senior Staff Accountant at The Los Angeles Film School

Purpose:

The Senior Staff Accountant supports the Business Office and LAFS by providing timely and accurate financial reporting for the school.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities (those that must be performed with or without an ADA Accommodation):

Financial Reporting

• Maintain and calculate the monthly deferred revenue schedule in accordance with GAAP
• Review and process student refund drops and other tuition adjustment calculations for accuracy and completeness
• Prepare the monthly student census including student starts and drops.
• Prepare and reconcile various GL accounts including bank reconciliation schedules, deferred tuition, related party transactions.
• Calculates, adjusts, and reviews tuition adjustments in the AR System (Campus Vue) for completeness and accuracy.
• Reviews monthly Campus Vue transactions particularly student tuition related billing prior to release and posting to the GL System (Great Plains).
• Prepare statistical reports for financial reporting.
• Assist in the year-end financial audit and insurance and regulatory compliance reporting.

Treasury

• Prepare daily and monthly journal entries including bank transactions, various closing entries, monthly accruals, and related party transactions.
• Releasing wire transfers, historical cash flow reporting, stop payments, etc.
• Assists in various treasury functions including daily register reconciliation, ACH/Wire payment reporting, weekly deposits, positive pay uploads and stop payment requests.
• Prepare weekly cash flash report for submission to executive management.

Non-Essential Duties & Responsibilities (those that must be performed with or without an ADA Accommodation):

• Assist in ad-hoc or special projects as required.

Other Responsibilities:

• Contribute to, recommend, and implement best practices in reporting and analysis, streamline and automate workflow and identify opportunities for improvement.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None.

Competencies | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities:

• Positive attitude and a desire to help others
• Accounting knowledge including GAAP
• Proficient in advanced Excel with the ability to program and maintain pivot tables (works with large amounts of data.)
• Clear, concise effective communication (both written and verbal) - cross- departmental collaboration with multiple stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to pivot and assist in department where needed.
• Detail-oriented, attention to details and ability to prioritize projects.
• Effective customer service skills inter-department and cross-departmental.
• Effective organizational skills and strong attention to detail.

Education | Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required.
• Minimum of 5 years of combined financial accounting, reporting software and data automation experience.
• Experience in the Education sector preferred.

Certificates | Licenses | Registrations:

• CPA preferred.

Computer Skills:

• Highly proficient computer skills including advanced Excel skills (Pivot, VLOOKUP, etc.) and the ability to program in excel.
• Proficient with standard office applications (Microsoft Office Suite, Google Drive, SharePoint)
• Great Plains or other mainframe accounting system preferred.

Environmental Factors:

• Frequent use of computer screens
• Fluorescent lighting
• General office environment and office equipment.

Physical Demands:

• The ability to lift and carry equipment up to twenty-five pounds.
• Ability to bend, stand, sit, and reach.
• Use of keyboards.
• Effectively operate general office equipment such as a computer, scanner and other LAFS office equipment.

Emotional & Mental Demands:

• The ability to maintain composure and professionalism in a dynamic environment working
• The ability to multi-task and prioritize and plan work activities and uses time efficiently
• Receptive to receive and apply constructive feedback without conflict
• The ability to work under pressure, meet tight deadlines, and handle multiple tasks concurrently
• The ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Maintain integrity, honesty, and transparency always
• Maintain a positive attitude
• Effective time management, organizational, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills
• Effective analytical skills with the proven ability to analyze processes - suggest and implement new processes for continued improvement.
• Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and being able to monitor own work to ensure quality and applies feedback to improve performance.
• Dependable, can follow instructions and respond to management direction, meet productivity standards, and complete work in a timely manner. Willingness to do what it takes to get the job done regardless of the task.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.