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Senior Staff Accountant reports to our Chief Financial Officer.
A Senior Accounting Professional provides a vital role within the company, providing finance and accounting support to the CFO. The Senior Accountant is responsible for performing complex accounting needs for V.N.A Corporation and its related Foundation. Their duties include assuming a leadership role to guide accounting daily tasks, reviewing financial data to utilizing data for forecasting decisions.
Essential Job Functions, Duties And Responsibilities
A Senior Staff Accountant is primarily responsible in the maintenance of the general ledger to assist Management with the company’s financial procedures, records, and statements including compliance with laws and regulations. Here are some of the usual duties:
Perform and/or review in a timely manner: daily and closing journal entries; account reconciliations.
Assist in the maintenance of the general ledger for multiple entities
Support the monthly close process including bank reconciliations, and preparing and posting adjustment entries
Support semi-monthly payroll and monthly vendor payments
Assist with preparing and monitoring budgets as well as ad hoc reporting and analysis as requested
Provide support to operations staff for ongoing accounting issues
Assist with the annual audit and requests from audit staff
Assist with the day-to-day, monthly and year-end operations of the Accounting/Finance Department including grant management and budget review and analysis.
Perform the processing and recording of the AP transactions and ensure that all invoices and staff reimbursements are paid accurately and in accordance with Finance policies and procedures.
Manage the processing of cash receipts, recording of revenue and receivables and work closely with the Development team to ensure that revenues and receivables are reconciled at any given time.
Prepare documentation for External Auditors.
Review expense coding to ensure grant compliance.
Perform the processing of functional and benefits expense allocation, monthly accruals, amortization of prepaid expenses, fixed assets depreciation and recording of adjusting and reclassification journal entries, as necessary.
Prepare and analyze the month budget/forecast to actual variance reports per program and department.
Assist in the preparation of financial reports such as financial statements, budget performance, and interim grant financial reporting.
Analyze financial statements for discrepancies and alert the CFO if necessary.
Coordinate semi-annual audits and Form 990 including preparing and reviewing work papers and assist the CFO in running audits.
Frequently provide timely and accurate information in response to inquiries and reporting that evidences a strong understanding of GAAP and Foundation policy and procedure.
Monitor daily cash balances, update and monitor and alert management when necessary.
The above statements are intended to be a representative summary of the major duties and the responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job related tasks other than those stated in this description.
Education
Position Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in accounting. Master’s degree and/or CPA preferred.
Experience
5-7 years of accounting experience, not-for-profit experience preferred
Public Accounting Experience Preferred
Microsoft office experience, specifically Excel preferred
Experience maintaining multiple ledgers
Supervisory experience desired
Healthcare experience a plus
Team player – exceptional attention to detail – proactive – ability to success in fast paced and ever-changing environment
This position requires the ability to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, the following essential function:
- Ability to sit, stand, lift, bend and stoop for extended periods of time.
- Ability to access, input and retrieve information from the computer
- Ability to access and operate phones and office equipment
- Ability to communicate effectively with staff, patients and management.
