Employee type: Exempt
Reports to: Controller
Hours: Full time-40 hours per week, Monday through Friday. Can occasionally include evenings and weekends.
Work location: 3 days on site; 2 days remote; negotiable.
Salary: $80,000 – $83,000/year
Description
The Senior Staff Accountant is responsible for payroll and financial transaction processing including Accounts Payable. This includes coordinating with benefit providers concerning staff benefit activity, accurately entering transactions into the MIP accounting software, and processing Accounts Payable. The Senior Staff Accountant supports the accounting activity of the department to ensure timely month-end closes and reconciliation of balance sheets as required. This role is hybrid with expectations of being in the office 2-3 days per week on a consistent basis.
Essential functions:
- Manage payroll and benefit processing for the twice monthly payroll, including coordination with the payroll processor PayNW and the benefit brokers and providers.
- Manage accounts payable activity including ensuring proper approvals, coding and entering into MIP.
- Prepare weekly AP payments in collaboration with the Controller to complete payments by check and ACH.
- Coordinate with External Relations for the recording of all donations, pledges and restrictions on a monthly basis.
- Prepare entries for the month end close and reconcile balance sheet accounts.
- Participate in year-end audit preparation as required.
- Maintain the MIP software to ensure all necessary accounts are current and design new reports as required.
- Work with Controller to prepare monthly financial reports for the Board, Finance Committee and Management team
- Assist with preparing financial reports to funders and government reports.
- Prepare and submit administrative reports and filings to government agencies and others, as required.
- Participate in projects such as the annual budget, audit, Form 990
- Other duties as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS
Minimum:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related. CMA or CPA certification desirable
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in accounting and finance.
- Strong knowledge of accounting principles and accounting regulations.
- Proficiency in accounting software and Microsoft Office Suite.
- A successful track record in setting priorities; keen analytic, organization and problem-solving skills which support and enable sound decision making
- Proven experience in processing payroll for an organization with 50 or more employees, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely distribution.
- Excellent communication and relationship building skills with an ability to prioritize, negotiate, and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to translate financial concepts to – and to effectively collaborate with — programmatic and fundraising colleagues who do not necessarily have finance backgrounds
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- High level of integrity and attention to detail.
Preferred experience:
- Fluent in Sage/MIP Accounting Software or extensive experience with other accounting systems
- Familiarity with Medicaid and private insurance
- Knowledge of GAAP, FASB, and GASB
- Ability to encourage a spirit of “serving those who serve” in the agency
Personal competencies:
- Professional appearance and demeanor.
- Demonstrated attention to detail.
- Ability to engage in critical thinking and analysis.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work with initiative, flexibility, and assertiveness.
- Demonstrated ability to learn and apply new concepts and process quickly.
- Ability to comfortably make judgments and decisions in the absence of a supervisor.
- Understanding of cultural differences.
- Ability to interface with emotionally difficult information.
- Ability to problem-solve independently and find areas of process improvement.
- Accept and work in accordance with the Guiding Principles of KCSARC.
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