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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.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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 escalate 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.
BASIC 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.
- 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. Apply Today!
INTRODUCTION
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.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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 escalate 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.
BASIC 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.
- 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. Apply Today!
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Project Accountant
Lead with your degree field, not just your title
Project Accountant roles require a direct tie between your degree and the position. When applying, make clear your accounting or finance degree maps to the job requirements. Ambiguous degree fields weaken OPT eligibility arguments during employer verification.
Target employers who regularly hire OPT students
Construction firms, engineering companies, and large project-based businesses regularly hire international talent. These employers understand OPT authorization because they have established HR processes for it. Smaller firms often lack that infrastructure and decline before reviewing qualifications.
Confirm your STEM OPT eligibility before applying
Accounting and finance CIP codes typically qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension, giving employers a longer window to sponsor H-1B visa. Confirm your specific CIP code with your DSO before interviews so you can communicate your full authorization timeline confidently.
Quantify project experience with dollar values and scope
Project Accountants are evaluated on the scale of work they have managed. Stating you tracked budgets across a 50-person project demonstrates relevant experience. Numbers and project scope make your resume credible and help hiring managers assess fit quickly.
Address your OPT status early with recruiters
Disclose your OPT authorization during the initial recruiter screen, not after a technical interview. Employers who cannot support OPT will tell you early, saving time. Those who can will appreciate the transparency and move forward with accurate expectations.
Highlight cost accounting and ERP software proficiency
Proficiency in tools like SAP, Oracle, or Procore demonstrates you can contribute from day one. Project Accountant roles in construction and engineering rely heavily on ERP systems. Technical skills reduce onboarding concerns that some employers associate with sponsoring international candidates.
Project Accountant OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Project Accountant jobs qualify for OPT work authorization?
Yes. Project Accountant roles qualify for OPT when your degree is in accounting, finance, or a related field. The position must directly relate to your area of study, which is a core OPT requirement. Most universities assign CIP codes to accounting and finance programs that also qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension, giving you up to three years of total work authorization.
How do I find Project Accountant employers who accept OPT students?
Migrate Mate filters Project Accountant listings to show employers who have a track record of hiring F-1 OPT students. This saves you from applying to companies that will decline at the work authorization screening stage. Construction firms, infrastructure developers, and large engineering contractors are among the most consistent OPT-friendly employers in this space.
Does a Project Accountant role count as a specialty occupation for future H-1B sponsorship?
Project Accountant positions generally qualify as specialty occupations under H-1B standards because they require at minimum a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field. USCIS has historically approved H-1B petitions for accountants who demonstrate that a specific degree is a standard industry requirement for the role. Working in a Project Accountant position during OPT strengthens that argument when your employer later files an H-1B petition.
Can I work as a Project Accountant under STEM OPT if my degree is in finance rather than accounting?
Yes, in most cases. Finance degrees typically fall under CIP codes recognized as STEM-eligible for OPT purposes. The key is that your DSO confirms your specific program's CIP code qualifies, and that the Project Accountant role is substantively related to finance or quantitative analysis. Roles involving budget forecasting, cost modeling, and financial reporting generally satisfy the practical training connection requirement.
What industries hire Project Accountants and are they OPT-friendly?
Construction, civil engineering, commercial real estate development, and IT services are the largest employers of Project Accountants. Construction and engineering firms tend to be the most OPT-friendly because they operate at scale, have HR departments experienced with work authorization, and face consistent demand for finance talent on large capital projects. Government contractors and defense firms can be more restrictive due to security clearance requirements, so it is worth confirming before applying.