This job has Expired
Assistant director of Finance & Scholarship
Job Description
Position Summary
Provides management of the accounting and scholarship functions (accounts receivable/payable/cashier) and
administrative support for the Crowder College Foundation. Position includes data entry, spreadsheet functions,
preparing reports, budget oversight and scholarship management.
Essential Job Duties
The assistant director’s primary function is the financial and fiduciary operation of the Crowder College Foundation and
coordination of the Foundation’s scholarship program. As part of the Foundation team, the person will be flexible enough
to assist in special fund-raising events, board meetings and other activities.
- Manage the accounting records, reconcile bank statements, prepare financial reports and other financial functions
- Ensure data are accurately posted to the correct accounts and ledgers.
- Provide accurate updating and processing of computerized data, month-end ledgers, check ledgers, etc.
- Compile and prepare financial reports as needed in a timely and accurate fashion insuring appropriate
- Assist Director with completion of the annual 990 and other tax related documents.
- Oversee the scholarship awarding process, including use of online scholarship portal, to screen applicants,
award scholarships based on a grading rubric, and make award notifications to students in partnership with the
college’s Financial Aid Office.
- Assist Director with the annual scholarship fundraising campaigns for the Foundation.
- Manage basic administrative assistant duties. (greet guests, answer & make telephone calls, manage donor
- Manage recordkeeping of student volunteer hours and coordinate use of volunteers for related responsibilities.
- Co-Coordinate the annual scholarship banquet, donor appreciation dinner, wreath auction for the Foundation
- Establish and maintain positive relationships with donors, alumni, Foundation Board, employees, students and
- Monitor and assess the computerized accounting system and recommend modifications and improvements as
- Respond to requests for accounting information/reports from College personnel and donors with courtesy and
- Assist auditors as needed when annual audit is done.
- Maintain financial records as needed.
- Attend meetings, seminars and workshops as needed or as requested by supervisor.
- Perform other related tasks as required.
Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance or nearing completion of degree.
- Two years of related professional experience required.
- Knowledge of basic (GAAP) and governmental accounting principles and procedures.
- Knowledge of data processing applications to accounting.
- A demonstrated record of skills in the following areas: Data entry, spreadsheet development and use, problem solving and
- Ability to establish and maintain positive working relationships with donors, college personnel, students, and external college
- Well-developed spelling, grammar, and proofreading skills, with high degree of attention to detail.
- Ability to perform multiple tasks and remain calm during frequent interruptions.
- Understanding of and commitment to the community college philosophy and mission.
- Ability to operate a personal computer using the Windows environment, including MS Word & MS Excel
Preferred Knowledge & Skills
- Use of Jenzabar Accounting system
Equipment/Software
- Information Technology abilities required:
o Ability to operate a computer using Windows environment.
o Ability to operate a computer within the Crowder College network environment.
o Ability to utilize email.
o Ability to perform basic Microsoft Office 365 components (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point)
o Ability to perform basic Learning Management System functions.
Positions Supervised
None
- Generally indoors in a normal office/classroom/clinical environment with minimal exposure to temperature
- Normal college working hours but adjustment of hours involving evening and/or weekend work may be required.
- Travel to other sites occasionally required.
- A neat appearance and appropriate businesslike apparel are required.
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while
performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals
with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Physical
- Generally sedentary work but will involve mobility within the campus and various sites, light lifting, and physical
- Input, access and distribute information using computers.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to
handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, or crouch; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities
required by this job include close vision.
- The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the
to perform the essential functions.
Creative and Analytical Skills
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to devise or modify methods or processes to solve specific problems.
Language/Communication Skills
• Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of people, including staff, students and the general public, in
- Ability to interact with a broad range of people both on and off campus in a positive manner.
CROWDER COLLEGE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MODIFY, INTERPRET, OR APPLY THIS POSITION DESCRIPTION IN ANY WAY
THE INSTITUTION DESIRES. THIS POSITION DESCRIPTION IN NO WAY IMPLIES THAT THESE ARE THE ONLY DUTIES,
INCLUDING ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES, TO BE PERFORMED BY THE EMPLOYEE OCCUPYING THIS POSITION. THIS POSITION
DESCRIPTION IS NOT AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE. THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP
REMAINS “AT-WILL.” THE AFOREMENTIONED POSITION REQUIREMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO REASONABLY
ACCOMMODATE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS WITH A DISABILITY.
*Please mention you saw this ad on CommunityCollegeJobs.*
Community College Jobs in Popular Cities
