Senior Accounting Specialist - ANTICIPATED

Senior Accounting Specialist –

Position Type: PROFESSIONAL 12 MONTH/ Senior Accounting Specialist

Date Posted: 5/20/2026

The Senior Accounting Specialist shall be responsible for overseeing accounting operations, preparing financial statements, providing accounting support and analysis, assisting with the budget process, internal and external audits, billing functions, and financial reporting for the Intermediate Unit.

The Senior Accounting Specialist shall be responsible to the Director of Business Services.

• Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business Administration or similar required.
• CPA/CMA/MBA/MS in Accounting or similar preferred.
• Five – Seven years' experience working in an accounting-related field.
• Three - Five years in school business preferred.
• Proficiency and daily use of accounting software.

• Demonstrates knowledge of fund accounting.
• Demonstrates mastery with financial and numeric data.
• Demonstrates advanced proficiency in the use of Microsoft Office Suite and accounting software.
• Demonstrates the advanced ability to work collaboratively with external and internal stakeholders.
• Demonstrates the ability to maintain complete confidentiality.
• Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrated by patience, understanding, and congeniality.
• Demonstrates excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates organizational and time management skills in carrying out all duties, tasks, and responsibilities with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrates the ability to prioritize assigned tasks.
• Demonstrates attention to detail and accuracy to use reasonable judgment for estimates if defined elements are not known.
• Demonstrates the ability to work independently and maintain departmental deadlines.
• Demonstrates the ability to make professional decisions.
• Demonstrates the ability to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Demonstrates skills to provide the highest level of customer service, with patience and knowledge of the department's services.
• Ability to attend work regularly at assigned work hours subject to lawful leave rights and responsibilities.

• Ability to stand, bend, stoop, sit, lift, reach, communicate (vision, hearing, and speech), and carry or convey sufficient weight to safely and effectively carry out functions, duties, and responsibilities.
• Ability to independently ambulate in and around work locations.
• Ability to travel to and from assigned work locations without employer support.
• Ability to travel in and drive a CLIU #21 vehicle.
• Ability to exhibit appropriate manual dexterity to effectively carry out functions, duties, and responsibilities.

The Senior Accounting Specialist will have the authority to perform all functions listed below, in accordance with established policies and procedures.

• Applies knowledge and understanding of business, fiscal, and accounting practices in the development and application of Business Office protocols, procedures, and internal controls.
• Supports all accounting operations of the Business Office.
• Coordinates budget development, reviews, monitors and provides reporting of identified grants.
• Assists with Intermediate Unit financial schedules, including payroll reconciliations, for the annual CLIU financial audit.
• Assists with the Final Expenditure Reports for federal and state grants.
• Prepares quarterly cash reconciliations for state and federal grants, as required in the eGrants system.
• Maintains the Grant Master listing.
• Assists with the Annual Financial Report as required by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE).
• Prepares, coordinates, or reviews reports required by PDE and other federal, state, or local agencies, as required by identified grants.
• Maintains the Chart of Accounts in compliance with PDE and accounting standards.
• Maintains the Budget Code Changes file for staff changes (i.e. hires, resignations, position changes, etc.).
• Maintains the Cumulative Benefits file, processes copay journal entries, and communicates required corrections to Human Resources.
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