Senior Accountant
Location: New York, NY, United States
Job Type: full-time
Date Posted:
Salary Range: 108000.00 - 108000.00 USD Annually
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Description
Location: 80 Maiden Lane
Summary: The Senior Staff Accountant is an important member of the Accounting staff with responsibilities related to providing timely and accurate financial accounting, analyses and reporting primarily for Catholic Charities Community Services (CCCS) provides such services. The services include:
- Maintaining the accuracy and integrity of subsidiary and general ledgers, reconciling and analyzing accounts
- Prepare journal vouchers, review coding, draft monthly financial statements and prepare audit work papers and audit drafts
- Prepare and submit vouchers/claims for government and non-governmental contracts.
- Prepare Governance reports, monthly financial reports, budgets and forecasts
- Track development projects, milestone progress / completion and determine revenue recognition
The Senior Staff Accountant operates under the guidance of the Director of Finance Federation Services and must be a team player with good communication, accounting and computer skills. These skills are required to effectively perform analyses and accounting work to support timely and accurate production of financial information as well as meeting audit requirements.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Coordinate and implement the fiscal terms of Service Agreements generally including:
- Monitor local staff to ensure transactions are accurate and appropriately reconciled, timely and appropriately processed with sufficient internal controls. Maintain or review books of accounts.
- Timely and accurately process operational and financial results, issue monthly financial reports, prepare accounts for audit, coordinate with auditors and draft financial disclosures.
- Prepare reports for Governance (Boards and Committees), government agencies (IRS, NYS, NYC, etc.) including contract claims, advances and legal firms.
- Review and monitor internal controls, making recommendations for improvements.
- Prepare and / or supervise timely and accurate contract accounting associated with government contracts and foundation grants:
- Regulatory filings (i.e. claims, budget modifications close-outs, and advances);
- Revenue, receivable and expense reconciliations;
- Ensuring the integrity of financial results related to government contracts and grants, revenues, receivables, earned unbilled, and advances, and preparation of related standard journal entries and reconciliations; and
- Monitoring and following up on outstanding receivable balances with the funding sources to maximize cash flow, which is critical to the organization.
- Provide a monthly calendar citing the key fiscal dates for each entity; prepare a monthly department summary report of accomplishments and issues.
- Other assignments and special projects as required, including fiscal work in non-Federation Services related entities, ad hoc accounting/economic assignments and analyses requested.
Position Type and Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position. Be able to travel up to 3 days a week to offsite remote locations. Days and hours of work are generally 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday – Friday. Additional weekend and evening hours may be required to meet agency deadlines.
Working conditions and physical demands required:
The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- Remain in a stationary position at a workstation and use a computer at least 70% of the time.
- Travel to other sites minimally, using vehicle or public transportation, traverse city streets; occasionally ascend/descend stairs, and be exposed to outside weather conditions.
- Carry a laptop to offsite work locations.
Ability to work with demanding, multiple deadlines.
Pay: $108,000 annually
Qualifications
Education and/or experience required:
- Bachelors with CPA or
- Bachelors in Accounting with 4 years relevant experience
- Experience with CFR and Lawson Financial Systems, a plus
- Accounting for Non-Profit and/or Housing-related experience, a plus
Skills, Licenses, and/or competencies required:
- Good financial and systems/software knowledge:
- Financial - of accounting, finance, budgeting, cost control principals including Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (including non-profit accounting) and federal / state financial regulations.
- Systems & software - Microsoft Office, Excel and Word required. Quick learner and strong in adapting to computer applications.
- Good interpersonal skills exhibited by the ability to communicate with staff, management, and other departments in a professional manner
- Good analytical skills, paying attention to detail, developing and recommending solutions (including written procedures) and the ability to prioritize and complete tasks on a timely basis with minimal supervision in a fast paced environment
- Professional interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
- Work requires a strong work ethic and exhibiting a sense of urgency in completion of tasks, willingness to work a flexible schedule and a commitment to the mission of Catholic Charities.
Significant Working relationships:
- Executive, operational and fiscal staff including Controller's Group, Senior Financial Management, auditors, programs and Legal Counsel.
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