Staff Accountant

Job Description

[2026 – 2027] Staff Accountant | CHURCHILL HOUSE VIP EVENTS

The Tone:
This is a role at KIPP North Carolina, located remotely in North Carolina. KIPP North Carolina is an organization dedicated to supporting schools through strong financial operations. This role is crucial for maintaining accurate accounting records and ensuring efficient financial processes, directly contributing to the organization’s mission.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Location: Remote, North Carolina

• Team: Reports to the Accounting Manager at KIPP North Carolina.
• Mission: This person maintains accurate accounting records and supports efficient financial operations across KIPP North Carolina entities.
• Tech Stack: Ramp, LINQ, Microsoft Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Accounting Operations & Accounts Payable: Supports the full accounts payable cycle, including receiving, organizing, entering, and maintaining vendor invoices and supporting documentation within the Ramp system, and entering applicable transactions into the LINQ accounting system. This also involves monitoring finance accounts for required actions, retrieving documentation from vendor portals, and assisting with vendor record maintenance and Form 1099 preparation.
• Credit Card & Expense Accounting: Performs detailed accounting and coding activities for organizational purchasing and credit card transactions, ensuring appropriate account, department, school, and entity coding. This includes reconciling credit card activity, resolving documentation issues, and ensuring consistent application of KIPP North Carolina’s purchasing and expense management procedures.
• General Accounting: Prepares and posts routine journal entries with supporting documentation, assists with recurring accounting adjustments and general ledger activities, and applies a working understanding of debits and credits. This role also involves researching transaction-level questions using financial systems and assisting with maintaining accurate financial records for monthly, quarterly, and year-end processes.
• Account Reconciliations & Financial Schedules: Assists in preparing recurring balance sheet, income statement, and other accounting schedules, including the preparation and maintenance of prepaid expense schedules and other account analyses. This includes retrieving necessary documentation for reconciliations and helping to research and resolve identified discrepancies.
• Finance Team & Operational Support: Operates according to the Finance Team’s monthly accounting calendar and deadlines, developing a strong working knowledge of KIPP North Carolina’s chart of accounts, entities, schools, departments, and financial systems. This role also involves partnering with the team to identify process improvements, supporting documentation of procedures, assisting with audit information gathering, and taking on additional accounting responsibilities as knowledge grows.

The Must-Haves
• Background: An Associate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field, or a comparable combination of accounting education and relevant experience. The role is suitable for an accounting professional with a working knowledge of fundamental accounting principles, including debits and credits, journal entries, balance sheet, and income statement accounts.
• Experience: Prior experience in accounting, bookkeeping, accounts payable, or related financial operations is preferred. Experience preparing and posting journal entries is also preferred, along with familiarity using an accounting information system (like LINQ) and an accounts payable/expense management system (like Ramp).
• Skills: Strong attention to detail and demonstrated ability to process and maintain financial information accurately, coupled with excellent organizational skills for managing complete and accessible financial documentation. The ability to learn and effectively use accounting and financial technology systems, identify discrepancies, and communicate clearly with colleagues and stakeholders is essential. Proficiency with Microsoft Excel is required for working with spreadsheets, reports, and financial schedules.
• Bonus: A bachelor’s degree is welcomed but not required. Experience within North Carolina charter school, public school, governmental, or nonprofit accounting environments is a plus. A commitment to continuous learning and a willingness to take on increasing responsibility are highly valued.