Senior Staff Accountant

Job Summary

Pace Center for Girls seeks a detail-oriented, mission-driven, and experienced Senior Staff Accountant to manage and coordinate all financial activities across our centers. Reporting directly to the Finance Director, the Senior Staff Accountant will ensure fiscal and regulatory accountability, providing critical support to the organization's financial health and sustainability. The Senior Staff Accountant will play a vital role in maintaining the financial integrity of the organization, supporting its mission, and fostering organizational excellence.

Who We Are

At Pace, we transform girls’ lives through academic and counseling programs based on girl-centered, strength-based, and trauma-informed frameworks. Team members create a safe place for girls to learn, process, heal, and begin again. Founded in 1985, Pace Center for Girls is a nonprofit organization that believes all girls, regardless of their story, deserve a safe and supportive space where they can become strong, compassionate, and successful women.

Culture

• Caring – Warm, sincere, compassionate, and collaborative, fostering an environment of support and connection.
• Purposeful – Focused on our mission and committed to social responsibility, ensuring our efforts make a meaningful impact.
• Learning Oriented – Open, inventive, and exploratory, continuously seeking growth and improvement.
• Results Driven – Focused on achieving goals and measurable success, ensuring accountability and progress.
• Girl-Centered – Responds to girls' unique learning and development needs, helping them embrace their capabilities, strengths, and autonomy.
• Using Your Strengths – Develops girls' exceptional talents and positive attributes to help them achieve their goals.
• Understanding Trauma – Recognizes trauma as a root cause of unhealthy behaviors, working to heal and empower girls.

What We Offer

• Growth and Development – Competitive salaries, ongoing learning and development opportunities, and subject-specific instructional coaching.
• Work Life Balance – 20 paid time off days, 14 paid national holidays, and an additional 5 days for wellness week.
• Comprehensive Benefits – Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, critical illness, accident coverage, legal and identity theft protection, and a 403(b)-retirement plan.
• Mental Health and Well-Being – Access to wellness resources, counseling sessions, leadership coaching, mindfulness resources, and more to support overall well-being.

Financial Management

• Ensure Fiscal Accountability
• Manage and coordinate all financial activities across Pace centers, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Oversee accounting functions including property, plant and equipment, investments, insurance accounts, in-kind donations, special event transactions, and other specialized accounts.
• Perform monthly account reconciliations and allocations to ensure accuracy of financial statements and tax and regulatory returns.
• Prepare and submit required agency applications, reports, reviews, and documents.
• Support the budget and forecast process.

Grant and Contract Management

• Drive Excellence and Compliance
• Coordinate all major federal and state grant accounting and reporting.
• Serve as liaison between grantors and the agency; process monthly and quarterly claims and invoices; monitor accounts receivable aging.
• Prepare grant and contract financial reports accurately and in a timely manner.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with contract managers and agency partners.
• Maintain an organized grant/contract filing system.

Financial Reporting and Analysis

• Support Decision-Making
• Provide recommendations for accounting and reporting process improvements.
• Prepare and support in process documentation and controls.
• Conduct research and lead efforts for all audits.
• Act as the financial liaison for the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ).
• Coordinate reporting for the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and other assigned grants and contracts.
• Prepare reports, reviews, and recommendations based on research and analysis.
• Identify and communicate financial and compliance issues for assigned areas to the Finance Leadership and executive management, summarizing and explaining results.

Team Collaboration and Training

• Foster a High-Performing Finance Team
• Support the finance team by cross-training as necessary.
• Participate in the training of temporary staff or new hires as necessary.
• Provide training, research, and analysis to facilitate effective decision-making.
• Participate in conference calls and webinars, delivering continuous improvement training to agency staff regarding NSLP, IRS, and other assigned projects.

Audit and Tax Compliance

• Uphold Standards and Regulations
• Assist in the preparation and performance of annual audit and tax return and other periodic regulatory requirements.
• Prepare requested schedules and documentation for auditors in a neat, concise, and timely manner.
• Manage sales and use tax returns along with all other applicable returns.
• Performs other duties as assigned.