Senior Accountant

Position Summary:

The Senior Accountant supports the accounting operations of Impact Services in a complex nonprofit environment that includes government, foundation, and corporate funding, as well as real estate related activities. This role plays an important role in the month-end close process, financial reporting, and grant accounting, ensuring compliance with GAAP and donor restrictions. The Senior Accountant works closely with FP&A to support accurate and timely financial information for internal reporting and analysis. This is a full-time position.

Essential Accountabilities:

• Develops and maintains an understanding of the accounting operations. Recommending and enforcing the internal controls, policies, and procedures.
• Assists with annual budget preparation and support.
• Ensures accuracy of programmatic salary and fringe allocations.
• Prepares day-to-day and month-end close entries including revenue, payroll, prepaid expenses, unbilled accounts receivable, and accrued liabilities.
• Monitors program revenue ensuring compliance with applicable accounting standards.
• Creates and reviews general ledger reports to ensure accuracy of general ledger activity.
• Prepares reconciliations for necessary balance sheet accounts, general ledger accounts, and budget to actual variance analysis.
• Assists with the month-end and year-end closing process.
• Assists external auditors and tax accountants at year-end with preparing schedules, providing explanations of supporting materials and procedures, and preparing any other necessary data.
• Assists in the preparation of the year-end 1099 submissions.
• Recommends, designs, and implements any necessary department controls and procedures.
• Partners with FP&A to support budget to actual analysis, variance explanations, and management reporting.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting. 
• Minimum 5-7 years progressive accounting experience.

Qualifications:

• Combination of profit and non-profit experience with a strong understanding of Accounting Principles and knowledge of GAAP.
• Strong systems background using financial software packages.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Integrity/ethics beyond reproach and a passion for Impact’s mission, vision, and values. 
• Keen sense of urgency and situational awareness.
• Problem solving, analytical ability and interpersonal skills. 
• Ability to interpret and analyze financials, metrics, and other data, arrive a supportive conclusions and recommendations.
• Proven time management skills ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects to establish deadlines.
• Demonstrated adaptability and flexibility to new ideas and approaches.
• Outstanding organizational skills.
• Attentive to detail, producing consistent, reliable, accurate and understandable work product.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to establish and maintain positive and effective work relationships with coworkers and internal clients. 
• Strong written, verbal and listening communication skills.

Working Conditions:
Office work environment. 

Physical Requirements:
•    Sitting, standing, reaching
•    Office environment
•    Able to lift 20 lbs.