Staff Accountant - IPS Enterprises (26-27)

IDEA Public Schools • Weslaco, TX

7d • Remote

About The Position

The Staff Accountant supports the monthly close by preparing accurate and well-documented transactional and recurring journal entries across multiple entities. This position retrieves source reports, applies established account and dimension crosswalks, prepares Sage imports, reconciles entries to supporting documentation, investigates routine discrepancies, and completes corrections based on review feedback. The Staff Accountant reports to the Assistant Director of Accounting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree Required.
• 1-3+ years of progressive experience in accounting roles.
• Experience in general ledger, debt, and lease accounting.
• Experience supporting monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes with accountability for timeliness and accuracy.
• Ability to prepare clear, well-documented, audit-ready schedules and supporting documentation for interim, year-end, and single audit engagements.
• Skilled in building productive relationships and providing high-quality support to the team and cross-functional stakeholders through clear, timely, and purposeful communication.
• Excellent organizational, reconciliation, analytical, and critical thinking skills.
• Commitment to accuracy, integrity, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-entity, fast-paced environment with competing priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field is preferred.
• Experience in nonprofit, education, fund accounting, or multi-entity environments is highly preferred.
• CPA preferred but not required.
• Experience with Sage Intacct preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare biweekly and monthly cash disbursement and cash receipt entries for IDEA Florida, IDEA Louisiana, and IPS Enterprises using verified supporting documentation.
• Apply established account and dimension crosswalks and prepare balanced Sage Intacct journal-entry imports.
• Prepare monthly reclassification entries based on reviewed entries and approved direction from accounting management.
• Assist with grant-related expenditure and revenue entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules as assigned.
• Reconcile journal-entry totals to source reports and verify that entries are complete, balanced, and coded to the appropriate entity, account, function, funding source, project, and school or region.
• For every journal entry, open the entry, upload the applicable attachment or attachments, save the entry, and submit it individually for approval.
• Maintain complete journal-entry support, PPC documentation, crosswalks, procedures, and clear audit trails.
• Research routine discrepancies, escalate unusual or unmapped activity, and make timely corrections based on review feedback.
• Support monthly and year-end close, audit requests, process documentation, and other accounting projects as assigned.
• Prepare recurring bond and loan entries, including debt issuance cost amortization, interest accruals, loan accruals, and premium or discount amortization.
• Pull and review bond and loan statements, account activity, debt schedules, and other source documentation needed to prepare monthly entries.
• Prepare monthly bond account activity for interest income, debt service payments, requisitions, fees, transfers, payoffs, and other routine activities.
• Prepare and maintain the monthly bond liability and debt service roll-forward schedules.
• Retrieve monthly LeaseCalcs reports for IDEA Florida and IPS Enterprises and confirm the correct entity and accounting period.
• Apply established account and dimension crosswalks and prepare balanced Sage Intacct lease journal-entry imports.
• Reconcile completed lease entries to LeaseCalcs source reports and supporting schedules.
• Maintain lease-related PPCs and supporting documentation.
• Add or update new lease agreements and amendments in LeaseCalcs.
• Prepare and maintain the monthly lease roll-forward schedules.

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision plans
• disability
• life insurance
• parenting benefits
• flexible spending account options
• generous vacation time
• referral bonuses
• professional development
• employer paid 403(b) retirement matching of up to 4% of your annual compensation.
• relocation stipend

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level