Associate Director - Accounting & Finance

Summary of Position

Associate Director - Accounting & Finance is responsible for overseeing the organization’s day-to-day financial operations, including general ledger management, budgeting, financial reporting, gift annuities, trusts, audits, treasury, and grants management. This role ensures financial accuracy, compliance, and efficiency while providing leadership to finance team members. The Associate Director-Accounting & Finance works closely with the Executive Director of Finance and other executives to support strategic planning and organizational growth. The Associate Director-Accounting & Finance will directly supervise Student Billing & Receivables department.

Thoroughly understands institutional, state and federal policies, procedures and restrictions.  He/She assists in financial management, fiscal policy review and implements process changes in compliance with college, state and federal regulations, and Generally Accepted Account Principles (GAAP).

Serves as a collaborative liaison to cross-functional areas within the College.  He/She coordinates and participates in projects, tests, and implements new processes and enhancement and services on committees to support College initiatives.

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Key Responsibilities

• Supervise - student finance office which consists of two accountants.  Responsible to motivate, mentor and provide support, technical training and business training to that department staff.  Participate on committees as needed or requested.  Give customer support as needed.  Provide back-up support to student finance as needed for coverage.
• General Ledger - Create journal entries, post and review for accuracy.  Review to make sure all the daily transactions from sub-ledgers are posted to keep the financial data up to date.   Manage reconciliations to ensure compliance with accounting standards (GAAP).  Identifies and resolves discrepancies, escalating complex issues as needed.
• Grants - To provide accounting support to the grants office for tracking and reporting of expenses that are in compliance with the policies of the college.  Ensure that the funds are drawn or posted to cover the expenses of the grant in accordance to the grant guidelines.  Work with senior management for tracking grants that support operations.
• Gift Annuity/Trust – compliance gift annuity financial oversight, manage account reconciliations, manage payments to donors, provide audit requirements.
• Treasury Functions - Manages the daily cash activity within the system.  Manages the bank reconciliations of various bank accounts of the college
• Budget - Assists in budget preparations, development and tracks actual performance against budget and provides variance reports with analysis notes.  Work with departments to gather input and provide assistance.
• Endowment Investment record keeping - Process the monthly statement activity including individual manager accounting.  Assist with the printing of statements and capital call and distribution notices from manager sites.  Maintain the fund manager data for audit purposes.  Associate Director-Accounting & Finance will process the capital call requests as required.
• Audit - Coordinates audit preparation, including gathering documentation and responding to auditor requests.  Implements and monitors controls to ensure audit readiness.

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Experience and Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree is required; Master’s degree preferred. All fields of study are welcome. Accounting, Finance, Business or related degree with some accounting coursework are preferred.
• 4-7 years of related experience preferred

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Required Knowledge

• Demonstrated knowledge of electronic systems and applications is required.
• Demonstrated organizational, strong interpersonal and excellent written and oral communication skills required

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Compensation

Starting salary will be competitive, based on the candidate’s qualifications and experience.

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Expected starting salary: $70,000.00 annually, full time, exempt

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The Hiring Process

Please submit a cover letter, resume, and provide contact information for three references to the Office of Human Resources, Allegheny College, 520 N. Main Street, Meadville, PA  16335 or by e-mail to employment@allegheny.edu.  Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. An offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.

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Allegheny College

Allegheny College, founded in 1815, is one of the nation’s oldest and most innovative four-year colleges where multidisciplinary learning breaks the conventional mold. It is one of the few colleges in the United States with a unique requirement to choose both a major and minor for graduation, to provide students with a cross-disciplinary path in the sciences and humanities for educational depth and intellectual growth. Located in Meadville, Pennsylvania, Allegheny College is one of 44 colleges featured in Loren Pope’s “Colleges That Change Lives.” In its 2025 rankings, U.S. News & World Report recognized Allegheny College as one of the country’s 100 top national liberal arts colleges — and including in the top 25 Undergraduate Teaching, Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects, First-Year Experience, and Senior Capstone.

Allegheny’s undergraduate residential education prepares students for successful, meaningful lives by promoting students’ intellectual, moral, and social development and encouraging personal and civic responsibility. Allegheny’s faculty and staff combine high academic standards and a commitment to the exchange of knowledge with a supportive approach to learning. Graduates are equipped to think critically and creatively, write clearly, speak persuasively, and meet challenges in a diverse, interconnected world. Allegheny College is deeply committed to creating an inclusive community that actively challenges racism, sexism, heterosexism, religious bigotry, and other forms of bias (see Allegheny College Statement of Community).

Allegheny College is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity. The College does not discriminate, and will not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, creed, national/ethnic origin, ancestry, veterans, handicap or disability as those terms are defined under applicable law, or members of other underrepresented groups.

Allegheny College is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, contact the Office of Human Resources

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