Finance & Accounting Coordinator

**About Legal Prep** Legal Prep Charter Academy is a free, open\-enrollment public charter school with a unique law\-themed, college\-preparatory model designed to prepare students from traditionally underserved communities for success in college, careers, and civic leadership. Founded in Chicago in 2012, Legal Prep integrates rigorous academics with real\-world professional experiences, including law courses at every grade level and monthly skills\-based programming with legal and business partners. The school pairs high academic expectations with trauma\-informed, restorative practices and strong social\-emotional supports, resulting in high persistence, strong college outcomes, and very low rates of exclusionary discipline. Legal Prep's Indianapolis campus will open in Fall 2026, launching with 6th and 9th grades and growing into a full 6–12 school. As a founding team member, the Finance \& Accounting Coordinator will play a critical role in building the financial systems, controls, and reporting structures that support the Indianapolis campus while also assisting with accounting and financial operations across the broader Legal Prep organization. **Position Overview** The Finance \& Accounting Coordinator will be based at Legal Prep's Indianapolis campus and employed by Legal Prep Charter Academy. The position will support the financial operations of the Indianapolis campus while also assisting with accounting, reporting, grant management, and compliance activities across the broader Legal Prep organization, including its Chicago campus and affiliated entities. This position will work closely with the Director of Operations, school leaders, external accountants, auditors, grant managers, and vendors to ensure accurate financial records, strong internal controls, timely processing of transactions, and reliable financial reporting. The ideal candidate is exceptionally detail\-oriented, takes pride in accuracy, enjoys creating organized systems, and understan