Senior Staff Accountant

Summary

Join the Armed Services YMCA as a Senior Staff Accountant, reporting to the Vice President of Finance. You will play a crucial role in executing all accounting functions, including financial analysis, reconciliation, and preparing journal entries. This position requires a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance and a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience. Responsibilities include supporting monthly accounting tasks, overseeing financial activities, producing financial statements and budgets, conducting financial analysis, and ensuring tax compliance. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills. Remote work is an option. Salary is commensurate with experience, ranging from $70,000 to $85,000.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required
• Minimum 7 years of experience in finance and/or accounting to include experience with journal entries, monthly close, and supervisory experience
• Proficiency with financial software and databases
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office
• Highly self-motivated with the proven ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks with varying deadlines
• Detail oriented with excellent follow up skills
• Able to maintain confidentiality of information

Responsibilities

• Support the completion of accounting tasks by monthly deadlines for data entry, transaction analysis, and reconciliation
• Support the Vice President of Finance in the oversight of all financial activities of the organization as needed, including the month-end close process, accounting operations, financial reporting, financial reconciliation, and cash management for headquarters and the branches
• Support the production program and branch financial statements; the production of the annual budget; and the production of financial forecasts. Conduct financial analysis of variances from the budget and report significant issues to management
• Assist in the continuous review and improvement of the accounting policies and procedures and internal controls to ensure conformance with GAAP and internal accounting and reporting guidelines
• Support complete and accurate tax compliance and tax accounting in accordance with federal/state laws and regulations, GAAP, and industry best practices
• Maintain systems and controls which verify the integrity of all systems, processes and data
• Support the streamlining of accounting systems and documenting processes via process improvement and automation to achieve greater efficiencies and accuracy in the level and timeliness of reporting
• Support annual financial audit and IRS Form 990 filing
• Support quarterly surveys as required by the Census Bureau
• Perform tasks or projects as assigned or as directed

Preferred Qualifications

• Nonprofit experience preferred
• Knowledge of Intacct a plus

Benefits

• Remote work is an option
• Salary commensurate with experience - $70-85K