Senior Accountant, Financial Operations

Job Responsibilities

• Manage accounts payable processing, including invoice assignment, coding and documentation review, approval follow-up, online payments, and payment recording, ensuring transactions are accurate, properly authorized, and recorded in the appropriate accounting period.
• Monitor outstanding invoices, approvals, and AP aging; follow up with vendors and internal stakeholders to resolve past-due, duplicate, or unusual items.
• Coincide new vendor setup and maintain accurate vendor information in accordance with verification procedures and internal controls.
• Prepare AP accruals, account analyses, and related adjustments as part of the month-end close.
• Prepare prepaid expense and assigned balance sheet account reconciliations, supporting schedules, and analyses for monthly and year-end close.
• Reconcile bank accounts, investigate discrepancies and reconciling items, and identify necessary adjustments.
• Review and reconcile employee expense reports and corporate credit card activity, including follow-up on missing documentation and unresolved transactions.
• Prepare and assist with monthly occupancy tax filings and maintain required supporting documentation.
• Coincide annual Form 1099 reporting, including vendor record review, reconciliation of reportable payments, exception resolution, and timely filing.
• Maintain organized, audit-ready accounting records and support the annual financial statement audit by preparing schedules, documentation, and responses to auditor requests.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen internal controls and improve accounting processes and efficiency through technology, automation, and AI-enabled tools.
• Perform additional accounting duties and special projects as assigned.

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including significant experience with accounts payable, reconciliations, and financial operations; nonprofit experience preferred.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, internal controls, and month-end close processes.
• Demonstrated experience with account reconciliations, accruals, account analyses, 1099 reporting and other tax-related filings, and audit support.
• Hands-on experience with accounting and ERP systems required; Sage Intacct experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with Concur or a comparable invoice and expense-management system preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong technical aptitude and process-improvement mindset, with the ability to adopt evolving systems and leverage automation and AI tools to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a high level of accuracy, attention to detail, and follow-through, including the ability to investigate discrepancies and resolve outstanding items.
• Strong teamwork, communication, and customer service skills, with the ability to collaborate across the organization and build effective working relationships with vendors, auditors, and other external stakeholders.
• Able to work independently, manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and effectively follow up with internal and external stakeholders.
• Able to support and promote change by leading by example, encouraging continuous improvement, and helping others adopt more effective processes and technologies.
• High level of integrity and discretion when handling confidential information.