Accountant-Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast High School

Oct 30 2026

Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast High School

403 N Lansdowne Ave.

Drexel Hill, PA 19026

This position manages financial planning, accounting and reporting, compliance with financial policies, fund management and local review of payroll and benefits.

The position requires collaboration with the school’s President and other members of the school staff as well as with staff of Educational Financial Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Periodic reporting on the budget, financial statements and other issues to the school’s Board is also an essential function of the position.

• Functions as a key member of the President’s Leadership team providing advice on business issues, monitoring budgets, and providing long range financial planning.
• Collaborates with the board and the school administration in the financial planning necessary to meet objectives for enrollment management, development and fund-raising, personnel planning, technology planning, and facility planning.
• Develops and monitors key business metrics to assist the President and the Board to ensure that the school is on target to achieve goals and objectives.
• Proactively analyzes business operations to make recommendations to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and strengthenoperations.

• Prepares, on a timely basis, budgets that aligns with the school’s long- term plans in conjunction with the President and the Board Finance Committee.
• Ensures that the budget follows instructions from Educational Financial Services and that estimates are reasonable andsound.
• Ensures that key stakeholders at the school are involved in the budgeting process, including the President, Principal, Department Heads, Admissions Director, Director of Institutional Advancement (DIA), Maintenance Supervisor and other personnel asneeded.
• Responsible to analyze the need for tuition assistance and properly budget for funding to ensure that enrollment goals are achieved.

• Records, classifies, and summarizes financial transactions in the accounting system in accordance with policies and procedures and generally accepted accounting principles.
• Assists the DIA with the proper classification of pledges and gifts. Reconciles the sub-ledger for development to the general ledger and resolves differences with the Director of Institutional Advancement.
• In the absence of the tuition officer, collects and records in school tuition payments. Supervises the management of grants and scholarships, ensuring proper funding for the amount recorded on student accounts.
• Develops requests for proposals for key school purchases. Develops a Purchase Order system or other controls to ensure that all purchases are properlyauthorized.
• Promptly reports all insurance claims and collaborates with local personnel and Archdiocesan personnel to follow up on allclaims.
• Reviews and codes invoices daily and forwards to accounting clerk for recording in the accounting system, manages accounts payable and cash flow.
• Manages files and records in accordance with record retentionguidelines.
• Prepares and reviews monthly and annual financial statements and supporting schedules. Provides a variance analysis with all financial statements for the President and the Board and develops an action plan to address thesevariances.
• Prepares the school’s annual financial report and cooperates with external auditors for the annual examination of the school’s financial records.
• Understands and enforces financial policies and procedures established by the Office of Catholic Education. Recommends additional local policies needed to help operate the school…