Accounting Manager

As a key member of the daily operations at Lee Academy, you will join a dedicated staff committed to ensuring opportunities for student success in the classroom and beyond. If you are dynamic, detail-oriented, innovative, and collaborative we strongly encourage you to apply to be the next Accounting Manager for our wonderfully unique and rural semi-private high school.

• High school diploma required.
• Experience in general office administration, bookkeeping, and accounts payable/receivable is required.
• Professional experience and/or professional training in accounting, finance, or business administration is preferred.
• College experience in accounting, finance, or business administration is preferred, but not required.
• Spreadsheets:
  Strong capabilities in Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets, the Google Suite, and email communication.
• Accounts Payable Processes:
  Understanding of invoice matching and general ledger accounting.
• Experience in billing is preferred.
• Attention to detail:
  High accuracy in entering data, verifying payment amounts, and ensuring information that is created and shared is current and correct.
• Time management:
  Ability to prioritize tasks and meet required schedules or month-end close deadlines.
• Communication:
  Highly organized and articulate verbal and written skills.

• Accounts Payable
  - Receive and process all invoices for approval and payment.
• Purchasing
  - Receive and process all purchase orders.
• Billing - request, process, and track student tuition payments.
• Reporting - produce & submit regular financial reports for the organization.
• Development
  - Receive and enter donations on Sustain Donor/Fundraising software, forward for deposit, and issuance letters of gratitude and year end statements.
• School Nutrition Program
  - Conduct all USDA food orders through the SNP/Food Distribution CNP platform in addition to placing orders with in-house Food Service Department. Complete monthly breakfast / lunch reimbursement claims in addition to completing and submit all yearly forms for the school nutrition program.
• Supporting Social Media Maintenance: (at times) Access and update the school and athletic Facebook platforms with important announcements and updates.
• Miscellaneous Reporting & Tasks
  - Compiling and sending monthly water reports. Support yearly fundraising accounting efforts in collaboration with the Lee Academy Alumni Association. Purchasing, ordering, & soliciting supplies for athletics concessions.

• This is a full-time, year-round position that carries a salary of $55,000.00

The employee will be eligible to participate in benefit plans established by the organization. Lee Academy currently offers the following benefits to its full-time employees:

• Anthem medical insurance benefits (Employer contribution is 90% of single coverage);
  Anthem vision insurance benefits (No employer contribution); and Delta dental insurance (No employer contribution).
• Worker’s Compensation through Social Services & Education Self-Insured Group Trust administered by Cross Insurance.
• Unemployment Insurance administered by the Maine Department of Labor.
• Bereavement (paid leave)
• Jury duty (unpaid leave)
• CHRC and/or fingerprinting reimbursement.
• Renewal certificates reimbursement up to the amount of $100.
• Vacation leave in the amount of one (1) week/ 40 hours per year and non-cumulative.
• Accrue one (1) hour of “Sick Leave” for every 40 hours worked and can carry over up to 120 days/ 960 hours from one defined year to the next.
• Personal leave in the amount of two (2) days/ sixteen (16) hours per year and non-cumulative.
• The Employee shall be entitled to twelve (12) paid holidays: 4th of July, Labor Day, Indigenous Peoples' Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, Day After Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Years Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day, Patriots Day, Memorial Day.

Join a community where "rural" meets "global." We offer a unique educational environment that combines the personal touch of a small-town school with the rigorous opportunities of a semi-private academy.