Staff Accountant

Vertex Education; Headquarters (AZ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Industry-leading pay

401(k) with 6% match

Mentoring and training opportunities

Unlimited flexible paid time off

Job summary

Vertex Education seeks a meticulous Staff Accountant for Vertex Management Services to own the month-end close for Legacy Traditional Schools, delivering audit-ready reconciliations and high-volume journal entries with precision.

You will maintain general ledger integrity in Workday, apply GAAP, compile supporting documentation for audits, and support daily cash and treasury activities while identifying efficiency improvements. Join a mission-driven team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 2+ years of accounting experience with general ledger and month-end close.
• Strong GAAP knowledge and internal control awareness.
• ERP experience with Workday, NetSuite or Oracle; proficient Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Month-End Close Execution: journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting per close calendar.
• Maintain general ledger integrity in Workday and apply GAAP policies.
• Daily cash reconciliations and treasury support; respond to campus staff inquiries.
• Document processes; identify improvements to enhance efficiency.

Skills

2+ years accounting experience

GAAP knowledge

Deadline-driven

Audit-ready documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Tools

Workday

NetSuite

Oracle

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Be the one who makes a difference! At Vertex Education we are a team of high achievers, courageous leaders, and passionate believers in changing lives through education. As a purpose-led education services provider, our mission is destined to benefit many and yet it starts with just one person inspired to work together with us to make a memorable and meaningful difference for our clients, schools, students, and communities. Be the one who makes a difference—with us. As the Staff Accountant for Vertex Management Services, you are the guardian of the month-end close for our partner, Legacy Traditional Schools, ensuring the financial integrity that allows them to focus on changing lives. You will operate with a heads-down focus on transactional execution, meticulously preparing audit-proof reconciliations and processing a high volume of journal entries with exceptional precision. Success in this role is defined by an unwavering commitment to meeting every deadline, prioritizing the speed, accuracy, and integrity of the close cycle. This is a critical role for the detail-obsessed professional who finds deep satisfaction in a perfectly balanced ledger and a predictable, on-time close.

Responsibilities / Essential Functions:

1. Month-End Close Execution: Execute all assigned month-end close tasks, including journal entries and reporting, in strict adherence to the close calendar for Legacy Traditional Schools. Prepare timely, accurate, and well-documented balance sheet account reconciliations using BlackLine, ensuring all supporting evidence is attached. Investigate variances identified during the close process, ensuring all discrepancies are resolved and documented prior to deadlines.
2. General Ledger Integrity & Compliance: Maintain the accuracy of assigned general ledger accounts in Workday, ensuring all financial activity for LTS campuses is correctly recorded. Apply Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and internal control policies to every transaction to ensure financial compliance. Compile and attach comprehensive, audit-ready supporting documentation for all journal entries to ensure a clear audit trail. Perform routine and ad-hoc account analysis to validate financial data, identify potential inconsistencies, and escalat material issues.
3. Daily Cash & Treasury Operations: Perform daily review of cash reconciliations for all campuses to ensure completeness and accuracy. Provide transactional support for merchant account management, including investigating inquiries from LTS campus staff and payment processors.
4. Process Adherence & Documentation: Maintain and update detailed documentation for all owned processes and procedures to ensure clarity, consistency, and backup readiness. Identify and document opportunities for process improvements, focusing on practical fixes that enhance efficiency within the existing toolset. Respond to and resolve assigned finance inquiries from campus staff or internal departments.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 2+ years of accounting experience with direct responsibility for general ledger maintenance and month-end close tasks.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and internal controls.
• Demonstrated ability to consistently meet tight deadlines in a high-volume, transactional environment.
• Hands-on experience with a large-scale ERP system such as Workday, NetSuite, or Oracle.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Excel for data analysis and reconciliation (e.g., pivot tables, VLOOKUPs).
• Meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to producing accurate, well-documented work.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct experience with Workday Financial Management.
• Experience using account reconciliation software, particularly BlackLine.
• Experience in a multi-location or multi-entity accounting environment.
• Background in handling high-volume daily cash reconciliations or treasury operations.
• Experience preparing schedules and supporting documentation for external financial audits.
• Proven ability to create clear and concise process documentation for accounting workflows.

Be excited to be a part of our team and grow your career with us! Be the one who enables us to positively impact over 258,000 students across multiple states while driving our growth forward so we can enrich even more lives. Be the one who helps us achieve excellence for over 226 schools that we support with academics, finance, technology, human resources, communications, marketing, facilities, construction, and food services. Be the one who is a diverse thinker, a team player, a smart risk taker, an innovator, and a difference maker by encouraging others to climb higher and reach farther to further education. Be yourself surrounded by wonderful people who care about you, value your unique skills, and lift you up. Be supported in your work by caring leaders and team members who want you to succeed. Be empowered to make a difference and climb higher and reach farther to change lives through education. Be well in all aspects of your life from your physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing to your finances.

Benefits:

• Enjoy industry-leading pay, rewards, referral bonuses, with unlimited flexible paid time-off for performance.
• Be able to care for your health and your family with comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits and invest in your future with 401(k) plans with a 6% employer match on your contributions.
• Enhance your growth and development with mentoring and money to take training classes.

Thrive in a welcoming, supportive, and inclusive environment where we treat others with fairness and respect, celebrate diversity, and elevate equality and inclusion as an equal opportunity employer.

Be the one who makes a difference! With an innovative mind, a hungry heart, and engaging spirit you can change lives through education. Be a part of Vertex Education and let’s make a difference together.

Founded in 2007, Vertex Education is committed to changing lives through education by providing academic, business and development services to schools nationwide.

At Vertex, three core values form the foundation of how we work with each other -- and our clients. These values are characteristics and qualities we offer to our clients, and to one another as colleagues on our quest to change lives through education.

We offer to all projects and relationships the embodiment of these values: Innovative Minds Hungry Hearts Engaging Spirits