Senior Accountant - Nonprofit

About the role

The Senior Accountant is a key member of the Finance team, responsible for the monthly close process and audit readiness. This role ensures financial transactions are accurately recorded, reconciles subsidiary ledgers to the general ledger, and prepares complex financial reports.

Responsibilities

• Ensures financial transactions are accurately recorded, reconciles subsidiary ledgers to the general ledger, and prepares complex balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and other financial reports.
• Aids the Controller in assuring processes and financial reports are GAAP compliant.
• Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expense entries.
• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies.
• Maintains general ledger by transferring subsidiary accounts, preparing a trial balance, and reconciling entries.
• Sums up financial status by collecting information and preparing balance sheets, profit and loss, and other statements.
• Completes external audit by analyzing and scheduling general ledger accounts and providing information for auditors.
• Reports and tracks 501(c)(3) expenses; completes month-end closing journal entries and account analysis; reconciles selected Balance Sheet and Income Statement accounts; runs and distributes month-end financial reports; tracks and forecasts cash.
• Supports and maintains financial systems and chart of accounts; supports creation of department and program annual operating budgets; completes ad-hoc projects and reports on request; works with internal and external auditors on the organization's annual financial statement audit and Single Audit (2 CFR 200, Subpart F).
• Maintains compliance with federal grant requirements under 2 CFR 200 (Uniform Guidance); prepares and reconciles grant budget-to-actual reports for submission to funders, and monitors grant spend-down against period of performance; supports calculation and application of the organization's indirect cost rate across grant-funded programs; maintains restricted and unrestricted net asset classifications in accordance with nonprofit financial reporting standards (FASB ASU 2016-14) and monitors release of donor/grantor restrictions; supports preparation of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) and related workpapers for the organization's annual single audit (2 CFR 200, Subpart F).

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 5+ years of experience in accounting or finance, to include experience in nonprofit (501(c)(3)) accounting.
• Audit experience, including support of financial statement and Single Audit (2 CFR 200, Subpart F) engagements.
• CPA or CMA preferred; MBA a plus.
• Grant accounting experience a plus.
• Familiarity with NetSuite financial systems a plus.
• Experience applying 2 CFR 200 (Uniform Guidance) in a single-audit environment.
• Comfortable working in a cross-cultural environment.
• Bilingual English/Spanish a plus.

Qualifications

• Experience in nonprofit (501(c)(3)) accounting.
• Experience in audit and Single Audit (2 CFR 200, Subpart F) engagements.
• Grant accounting experience.
• Familiarity with NetSuite financial systems.
• Experience applying 2 CFR 200 (Uniform Guidance) in a single-audit environment.
• Comfortable working in a cross-cultural environment.
• Bilingual English/Spanish.

Skills

• Strong analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Knowledge of GAAP and Uniform Guidance.

Benefits

• Salary up to $110,000.
• Company 100% paid health, dental, vision, and Basic Life/AD&D, and LTD for employee only.
• PTO: accrual rates of up to 24 days in Year 1; 40 days after Year 2; and 60 days after Year 4.
• 10 Paid Holidays + December 24 - January 1 office closed.
• Flexible Spending Account and Health Spending Account.
• Dependent Care Account.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Parental and Family Leave.
• 403(b): 100% match on the first 3% of compensation plus 50% on the next 2%; automatic enrollment.
• Hybrid schedule: first 90 days in office, then WFH 2 days.

Pay

Salary up to $110,000.

Schedule

Hybrid schedule: first 90 days in office, then WFH 2 days.