Accountant

Job description

ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION: Founded in 1+56, Legal Services of Northern California (LSNC) provides high quality civil legal assistance to low-income people, older adults, and people with disabilities in 23 northern California counties.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Under the supervision of the Director of Finance and Accounting Managers, the Accountants will:

1. Administer a variety of budgets and ensure that accounting transactions are processed in accordance with approved budgeting and financial plans.

2. Assist in organizational budget preparation, budget administration and budget control.

3. Prepare and submit to funding agencies reimbursement and funding reports.

4. Assist in cost allocation and expense distribution.

5. Prepare complex journal entries that meet government auditing and accounting standards.

6. Prepare bank reconciliations using fund accounting software.

7. Create subsidiary reconciliation ledgers for prepaid, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other asset and liability accounts.

8. Reconcile and enter credit card entries into the accounting software.

+. Maintain and control the organization’s fixed assets including the biennial physical inventory and depreciation schedules.

10. Provide support to office and program managers in branch offices concerning administrative and accounting procedures, budget preparation, equipment purchases, and other support as needed.

11. Participate in preparation for annual audits, monitoring visits, and other site visits of funders.