Staff Accountant

Mcclintockcpa; Bridgeville (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

McClintock & Associates is seeking a Staff Accountant to join our hybrid team in Bridgeville, PA. You will help test student files for FAFSA, Title IV disbursements, and related reporting, while balancing workloads and developing client relationships.

The role emphasizes learning, data analysis, and proactive problem solving within a collaborative environment and family-focused culture.

Qualifications

• Willingness to learn new skills.
• Strong work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Perform testing of student files including reviewing FAFSA, Verification and C-Code documents, Title IV disbursements, Return to Title IV Calculations, Calculating Pell and Direct Loan eligibility
• Perform basic testing of institutional and accounting areas as outlined in the audit programs
• Assist in writing of basic reports
• Gather and organize client information
• Work toward mastering areas identified on the training checklist
• Demonstrate the ability to complete work by the assigned deadline and within the assigned time budget. Use available resources efficiently and minimize unbillable time

Skills

Communication

Analytical thinking

Data analysis

Teamwork

Job description

Are you looking to launch your professional career? Are you willing to work hard, learn new skills and concepts, and be part of a team environment? At McClintock & Associates, we take the compliance burden off postsecondary institutions so they can focus on supporting and educating their students. If you share our mission and strive to find customer solutions, this opportunity might be perfect for you.

You are an eager professional looking to kickstart your career. You share our core values of putting the team before yourself, are eager to learn and teach others, provides solutions to staff and clients, and supports our family focused culture.

Strong communication skills and vast business acumen to develop strong relationships, create value for clients and lead to additional business referrals

You know to operate efficiently and analyze data to help make decisions and balance employee workloads

Accountable.

You understand expectations and hold yourself and others accountable. You are willing to have difficult conversations if necessary

Team-Oriented.

You’re honest, personable, and self-aware, collaborating with the team and leading by example to help build and maintain a positive culture. You strike that balance of being respected and liked.

Proactive.

You’re a consistent performer who focuses on creating strategy to implement project competition. You don’t wait for something to be done, you do it.

A lifelong learner.

You absorb knowledge like a sponge and are always looking for ways to improve. You’re willing to learn what you don’t know and have high emotional intelligence.

Responsibilities

The job responsibilities of the Staff Accountant include, but are not limited to:

Accountability

• Perform testing of student files including reviewing FAFSA, Verification and C-Code documents, Title IV disbursements, Return to Title IV Calculations, Calculating Pell and Direct Loan eligibility
• Perform basic testing of institutional and accounting areas as outlined in the audit programs
• Clery Act- Perform testing of all areas covered by the Clery Act including Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA), Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (DFSCA), Annual Security Report and Fire Safety Reports
• Cash management—Perform testing regarding Title IV Cash Management including regulations covering G5 processing, updating the Common Origination & Disbursement System (COD), and Title IV Credit Balances
• Assist in writing of basic reports
• Apply knowledge and training from one audit to another
• Proactive in seeking opportunities to help others
• Gather and organize client information
• Work toward mastering areas identified on the training checklist
• Demonstrate the ability to complete work by the assigned deadline and within the assigned time budget. Use available resources efficiently and minimize unbillable time

Location

• The Staff Accountant position is a hybrid position headquartered in Bridgeville, PA

Qualifications

Required

• Willingness to learn new skills
• Strong work ethic

WHY McClintock & Associates?

Founded in 1975, McClintock & Associates is the premier firm offering audit, tax advisory, and consultative solutions to postsecondary institutions across 40 states. We understand our clients need quick answers, and we strive to make our relationships with them much more than transactional.

Our greatest assets are our employees, and we are committed to their personal and professional development. We provide education, flexibility, and opportunity for a more complete and satisfying work-life integration.

• We value family-life balance and have a family-focused culture
• Voted best place to work in 2021
• We’re a growing and profitable company offering competitive employee benefits
• We’re an industry niche leader in providing accounting services to postsecondary institutions. We’re focused on a single industry and pride ourselves on the expertise we provide.
• We welcome new, challenging projects that build our capacity to learn and grow
• We’re busy without the busy season, providing consistent, results-oriented work in fewer hours than most firms

Company Benefits

• Family focused culture
• 10 paid holidays and generous PTO policy
• Flexible scheduling including work from home options
• Student Loan Repayment program
• Employee Appreciation and team building events
• Medical insurance with Health Savings Account opportunities
• 401(k) plan with monthly employer contribution (including Roth)
• Dental, vision and life insurance
• Year-end bonuses paid to employees since 2006
• TSA precheck for employees that travelWellness programs
• Charitable match program
• Free parking

McClintock
Values

As a company we believe in a shared set of values. We recruit employees based on these values and root our work in practicing these values daily.

We value time at home with loved ones and provide flexibility to ensure we do not miss important moments. We recognize the importance of taking time away from our work.

Lifelong Learner

We are responsible for and engaged in our personal and professional development. We recognize that our mind is a muscle that can be strengthened by using the resources available to us.

Solution Minded

We collaborate with our clients to solve their problems. We bring a positive mindset focused on answering questions, and we are proactive in identifying issues before they arise.

We Not Me

We work as a team that moves together. We are not siloed individuals. When our teammates need support, we seek them out and pick them up knowing that the team is stronger together.

Hear From Our Team

I value the firm’s flexible working schedule that allows me to work from home when necessary. While I believe working with others one-on-one in our team environment provides for better on the job training, the flexibility provides stress relief when family commitments arise.