Staff Accountant

Description

KIPP North Carolina seeks a detail-oriented and dependable Staff Accountant to support the organization’s day-to-day accounting operations. Reporting to the Accounting Manager, the Staff Accountant will play a key role in maintaining accurate accounting records and supporting efficient financial operations across KIPP North Carolina. The position will have significant responsibility for accounts payable processing, transaction entry, credit card accounting, account reconciliations and schedules, journal entries, and other recurring accounting activities.

The Staff Accountant will work closely with members of the Finance Team to ensure transactions are processed accurately, completely, and timely across KIPP North Carolina entities. This role is designed for an accounting professional who is comfortable working with detailed financial information, managing recurring transactional responsibilities, and developing a strong understanding of organizational accounting processes and systems. Over time, the Staff Accountant will assume increasing ownership of recurring accounting processes as they become familiar with KIPP North Carolina’s chart of accounts, schools and departments, financial systems, internal controls, and monthly accounting calendar.

• Supports the accounts payable process across KIPP North Carolina entities, including receiving, organizing, entering, and maintaining vendor invoices and supporting documentation.
• Enters and processes invoices and other accounts payable transactions within the organization’s accounts payable and expense management system (currently Ramp).
• Enters applicable accounting transactions into the organization’s accounting information system (currently LINQ) accurately and consistently across KIPP North Carolina entities.
• Monitors Finance Team accounts and systems for invoices, statements, and other documentation requiring Finance action.
• Retrieves invoices, statements, and supporting documentation from vendor portals and other external systems and uploads documentation into the appropriate financial system.
• Maintains complete and organized supporting documentation for accounts payable transactions.
• Supports vendor record maintenance and assists with annual Form 1099 preparation and reporting.
• Researches and helps resolve routine accounts payable questions, discrepancies, and documentation needs.
• Supports timely and accurate processing of recurring vendor obligations and other accounts payable activities.

• Performs accounting and coding activities related to organizational purchasing and credit card transactions.
• Reviews transactions for appropriate account, department, school, entity, and other applicable financial coding.
• Reconciles credit card activity and supports resolution of missing, incomplete, or inaccurate transaction documentation.
• Works with Finance Team members and budget owners to resolve routine coding and documentation questions.
• Supports consistent application of KIPP North Carolina purchasing, expense management, documentation, and internal control procedures.

• Prepares and posts routine journal entries with appropriate supporting documentation and review.
• Assists with recurring accounting entries, adjustments, and other general ledger activities as assigned.
• Applies a working understanding of debits and credits and the relationship between balance sheet and income statement accounts when processing transactions.
• Researches transaction-level questions using the accounting information system, account history, financial reports, and supporting documentation.
• Assists with maintaining…