Career Center

Asheville School is a coed 9-12 boarding school nestled on a beautiful 300-acre campus in Asheville, North Carolina. Surrounded by woods, our historic campus offers 350,000 total square feet of academic, athletic, residential, and specialty activity facilities along with athletic fields, outdoor learning areas, and hiking trails. Our employees enjoy a competitive compensation package, which includes benefits, a generous leave program, and a 403(b) retirement plan with employer match and contribution.

Asheville School is currently seeking a Staff Accountant to join our Business Office Team. This position assists with the accounting operations of the School, to include the production of periodic financial reports, analysis and processing of all expenditures, maintaining financial controls for outgoing funding transactions and mitigate risk, identify and implement cost reducing actions that enhance the value provided by school vendors, and ensure that transactions comply with generally accepted accounting principles.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Staff Accountant performs the following functions:

• Processes payment requests, tracks cash requirements, and arranges payments.
• Oversees filing of payables-related paperwork and digital files.
• Manages vendors, including credit applications and vendor list.
• Oversees the school’s credit card purchasing program, including processing monthly reports.
• Support HR with payroll processing and annual 403b audits.
• Manages the school’s sales and use tax compliance.
• Communicates with employees related to General Ledger activity.
• Assists with month end closing procedures in a timely manner.
• Maintains processes and controls that are current best practices.
• Manages the distribution of Form 1099 at year-end.
• Supports the Comptroller in annual financial statement audit.
• Ensures the School’s purchases are capturing any discounts available to the School such as through purchase consortiums.
• Works with employees to identify expense reduction opportunities through securing multiple quotes on large purchases and supporting vendor negotiations to achieve the best value for service and products.
• Generate independent financial analysis to improve the operations of the school and save money.

Secondary Duties

• Assists with ad hoc projects as necessary to ensure efficient and consistent business office operations.

Minimum Qualifications Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business, or related field and three years of related accounting experience; or an Associate’s Degree in Accounting, Business, or related field and five years of related accounting experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent and seven years of related accounting experience.
• Personal initiative with exceptional work ethic and integrity.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Goal-oriented with ability to prioritize actions.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, which includes seeing the bigger picture while focusing on the details.
• Demonstrated skill in working with a wide range of individuals in a diverse community.
• A customer service orientation.  
• Proficient in Microsoft office suite.

Preferred Qualification

• Proficient with Blackbaud’s Financial Edge.
• Accounting experience in an independent school setting.

Condition of Employment:
Successful candidate must submit to pre-employment and on-going background checks.

Work Setting/Environmental Factors

The Staff Accountant works in a private office with consistent, comfortable temperatures. The noise level is typically moderate.

Typical Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to:

• Sit, talk, and hear.
• Use close vision, color vision, and have the ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to:

• Use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, equipment, or controls.
• Reach with hands and arms.
• Lift or move up to 25 pounds.
• Move between offices on the same floor and between buildings on campus.

Application Information/Applicant Notice

Email cover letter and resume to HR@AshevilleSchool.org. Position is open until filled.

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified applicants with disabilities to apply for this position and/or for qualified employees to perform the essential duties. To request a confidential application process or job accommodation evaluation, contact the Director of Human Resources at 828-254-6346 ext. 4097.

Asheville School is committed to enhancing workplace diversity and fostering a climate of equity and inclusion. In addition, the School makes employment decision based on objective criteria and does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, age, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.