The Grier School, an all girls’ private boarding/day school outside of Tyrone, PA in the mountainside village of Birmingham has openings due to a growing enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year. Grier is internationally and nationally known. Class sizes average between 8-10 students. Grier has elite academics and has a STEM program within the top 15% of all schools in Pennsylvania and top 20% in the nation. Grier is the #1 school for the arts in Pennsylvania, and is the #1 school in the United States for equestrian sports. Grier has exciting opportunities for qualified candidates in the following position:
Business Office Director
Supervise, monitor, and evaluate day-to-day accounting activities. Establish financial status by developing and implementing systems for collecting, analyzing, verifying, and reporting financial information.
Division/Department: Financial / Business Office
Reports to: Director
Essential Duties and Responsibilities, including, but not limited to:
· Manage Grier students’ organizations’ account (School Club Accounts)
· Prepare, copy, and make deposits for business accounts
· Maintain office petty cash and Summer Camp cash requests
· Order, prepare, and reconcile all weekly transactions for Trips Petty cash fund
· Prepare and print business office financial reports for Board meetings
· Establish, maintain, and print “special” reports and lists as needed for different departments
· Configure and maintain all aspects of the Blackbaud computer system for A.P.
· Enter, maintain, and track Vendor files, records, invoices, credits, debits, and projects
· Print, prepare, and mail vendor checks
· Enter and record all weekly check payables to banks through Positive Pay System
· Track all 1099 vendor information; and print, prepare, and mail 1099 tax forms
Fall:
· Attend the following: End of the Semester Music Review, Dance Performance, and Music Performance
· Opening Weekend
· Parents’ Weekend
Spring:
· Attend the following: Senior Music or Dance Performance
· Graduation
Physical and/or other job Requirements:
· Establish, configure, and maintain Blackbaud computer system components for billing information, scholarships, fees, and schedules, codes, and tables
· Enter transactions: credits, debits, charges, payments, deposits
· Prepare, organize and generate student and Summer Camp billing and invoices
· Prepare and maintain all reports and queries
· Organize and print account refunds
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
· Bachelor’s degree and five or more years of accounting experience
· Master’s degree preferred
· Experience working with generally accepted accounting principles and accounting software
· Strong personal computer and business solutions software skills
· Good communication skills for communicating with support personnel and management
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
· High attention to detail, accuracy and confidentiality
Applicants must be passionate about education and have a willingness to engage in a boarding school environment. They should also be able to obtain the following clearances: Act 34, Act 151, FBI Fingerprint Clearance, and Act 126.
This position is a year-round position with very generous leave. Grier is an equal-opportunity employer.
