Senior Accountant

Essential Functions

• Prepare monthly journal entries, adjustments, and closing JE for Controller’s review.
• Review all month-end closing activities including general ledger accounts, balance sheet accounts, and overhead cost allocation prior to Controller review.
• Remain current on audit best practices as well as state, federal, and local laws regarding company operations.
• Perform account analysis and reconciliation for various balance sheet accounts.
• Prepare monthly bank reconciliations for all bank accounts for Controller’s review and investigate and resolve any discrepancies.
• Manage department metro card disbursements, reconciliation of metro card distribution, and reconciliation with GL.
• Review and update A/R reconciliation on a weekly basis. Follow up with vendors on checks over 90 days.
• Manage petty cash log and perform random petty cash count by each location and prepare petty cash reconciliation for Controller’s review.
• Administers corporate credit cards, including monthly reconciliations, new card requests, card limits, closed accounts, lost cards, and fraudulent activity.
• Completes business forms, including credit applications, tax exempt forms, and resale certificates.
• Point person for accounting inquiries by staff, management, and department heads. Provide accounting assistance on HR and payroll functions as needed and directed.
• Update and manage the fixed asset schedule. Maintain all Finance Department documents and files.
• Perform other functions as desired by Controller and CFO.

Grants/Contracts Management

• Ensure integrity of financial results related to government contracts and grants, revenues, receivables, earned unbilled, and advances, and preparation of related standard journal entries.
• Maintain cash flow planning process and ensure funds availability. Input daily transactions on the cash flow statement and maintain the statements for review by the Controller.
• Prepare and deposit weekly collections for online deposits to the bank. Prepare monthly cash receipts JE for all bank accounts and reconcile with the bank.
• Prepare journal entries for all bank transactions and send them for the Controller’s review.
• Audit Assist the Controller in the year-end audit, including preparing schedules and supplying auditors with necessary documents and information.
• Manage the PBC list and update the Controller on the status and submission of documents. Coordinate meetings between START and the Auditor.

Cash Management

• Manage cash flow planning process and ensure funds availability.
• Input daily transactions on the cash flow statement and maintain the statements for review by the Controller.
• Prepare and deposit weekly collections for online deposits to the bank.
• Prepare monthly cash receipts JE for all bank accounts and reconcile with the bank.
• Prepare journal entries for all bank transactions and send them for the Controller’s review.

Procurement

• Perform quarterly physical inventory count and reconcile with GL.
• Update monthly inventory stock ledger and prepare JE for review.
• Point person for inquiries from the purchasing department.

Organizational Business Acumen

• Understands and supports START mission, Guiding Principles, and Promise;
• Understands organizational implications of decisions;
• Demonstrates knowledge of environment;
• Aligns work with strategic goals.

Inclusion

• Creates and fosters a workplace in which every employee feels they belong, is respected, and can participate fully.

Ethics

• Treats people with respect;
• Keeps commitments;
• Inspires the trust of others;
• Works with integrity and ethics;
• Upholds organizational values.

Organizational Support

• Follows policies and procedures;
• Completes administrative tasks correctly and on time;
• Supports organization's goals and values.

Required Qualifications & Competencies

• A minimum of 5+ years of experience in Public/Private Experience;
• CPA preferred.
• Strong accounting stewardship skills.
• Strong financial and accounting background, including balance sheet and cash flow management and general finance and budgeting.
• Experience working with external auditors, internal controls, and compliance-related issues.
• Ability to communicate effectively to different audiences such as staff, senior leadership, and department heads.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, be proactive, and take initiative with minimal direction and guidance, balanced with skill in executing plans and tasks with precise and nuanced instructions.
• Trustworthy and dependable.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Analytical with strong attention to detail, exact and accurate.
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Expert in Microsoft Office, accounting, applications, and technology.

Additional Requirements

• Able to work outside the traditional hours of 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.
• Supervisory Responsibilities N/A

Physical Requirements

• Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions of the position which are reviewed in each individual case.