Accountant

Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting is required.
• Experience with non-profit accounting, including fund accounting, required.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience required.
• Blackbaud experience is a plus. Knowledge and experience working with Microsoft Office and Google Workspace Apps required.
• Ability to think outside the box to design and learn new systems and processes preferred.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to successfully manage multiple projects and work under deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Strong interpersonal skills. Ability to build relationships with multiple constituencies.
• High degree of professionalism, discretion and confidentiality
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.

Other Qualifications:

All prospective employees must be able to clear a fingerprint and background check and TB screening.

Our community welcomes and celebrates the diverse histories, experiences, and identities of each of its members, and we believe that shared experiences - formal and informal - within a diverse community foster authentic human relationships and growth.

Foxcroft School strongly encourages the use of COVID-19 vaccines to safeguard the health of our students in a boarding school program, our employees, our families, visitors, and the community at large.

Physical Work Environment:

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 individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

While performing the duties of this position an incumbent is required to regularly remain sedentary for long periods of time in meetings and while processing information and paper work both manually and on a computer. 

The employee is required to stand; walk; use hands and arms to reach and hands to type and manipulate a computer keyboard and mouse. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus. Additionally, the incumbent must be able to converse in clear English both written and orally, over a telephone and in person. The employee is regularly required to listen, physically direct, and speak. 

Occasionally, an incumbent may be required to lift up to 25 pounds, traverse uneven terrain and climb stairs while moving about campus, bend and stoop. Work hours may vary and include days, nights, and weekends. Employees may be required to drive a vehicle for student needs and/or on School business. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderately quiet; however, variations in noise level may occur when the employee attends school functions such as assemblies, school dances, and other events.