Business Office Director

The Grier School, an all girls’ private boarding/day school outside of Tyrone, PA in the mountainside village of Birmingham has openings due to a growing enrollment for the 2025-2026 school year. Grier is internationally and nationally known. Class sizes average between 8-10 students. Grier has elite academics and has a STEM program within the top 15% of all schools in Pennsylvania and top 20% in the nation. Grier is the #1 school for the arts in Pennsylvania, and is the #1 school in the United States for equestrian sports. Grier has exciting opportunities for qualified candidates in the following position:

Business Office Director

Supervise, monitor, and evaluate day-to-day accounting activities. Establish financial status by developing and implementing systems for collecting, analyzing, verifying, and reporting financial information.

Division/Department: Financial / Business Office

Reports to: Director

Essential Duties and Responsibilities, including, but not limited to:

· Manage Accounts Payables

· Manage Student Accounts: Tuitions/Activities/Camps

· Manage Grier students’ organizations’ account (School Club Accounts)

· Prepare, copy, and make deposits for business accounts

· Maintain office petty cash and Summer Camp cash requests

· Order, prepare, and reconcile all weekly transactions for Trips Petty cash fund

· Prepare and print business office financial reports for Board meetings

· Establish, maintain, and print “special” reports and lists as needed for different departments

· Configure and maintain all aspects of the Blackbaud computer system for A.P.

· Enter, maintain, and track Vendor files, records, invoices, credits, debits, and projects

· Print, prepare, and mail vendor checks

· Enter and record all weekly check payables to banks through Positive Pay System

· Track all 1099 vendor information; and print, prepare, and mail 1099 tax forms

Fall:

· Attend the following: End of the Semester Music Review, Dance Performance, and Music Performance

· Opening Weekend

· Parents’ Weekend

Spring:

· Attend the following: Senior Music or Dance Performance

· Graduation

Physical and/or other job Requirements:

· Establish, configure, and maintain Blackbaud computer system components for billing information, scholarships, fees, and schedules, codes, and tables

· Enter transactions: credits, debits, charges, payments, deposits

· Prepare, organize and generate student and Summer Camp billing and invoices

· Prepare and maintain all reports and queries

· Organize and print account refunds

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

· Bachelor’s degree and five or more years of accounting experience

· Master’s degree preferred

· Experience working with generally accepted accounting principles and accounting software

· Strong personal computer and business solutions software skills

· Good communication skills for communicating with support personnel and management

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

· High attention to detail, accuracy and confidentiality

Applicants must be passionate about education and have a willingness to engage in a boarding school environment. They should also be able to obtain the following clearances: Act 34, Act 151, FBI Fingerprint Clearance, and Act 126.

This position is a year-round position with very generous leave. Grier is an equal-opportunity employer.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

Salary : $70,000 - $80,000