Senior Accountant

Job description
Position Summary: Senior Accountant supports the daily administration of our clients’ finance departments. Responsibilities include but are not limited to accounting and operational management, business development and team leadership.

Accounting & Operational Management:
• Oversee all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with appropriate GAAP standards and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain internal control and safeguards for receipt of revenue, costs, and program budgets and actual expenditures.
• Maintain control over a monthly and annual closing process that ensures timely client deliverables.
• Prepare reconciliations and supporting schedules for monthly and annual close.
• Prepare supporting schedules for annual audit.
• Assist in the annual budgeting process.
• Compare budgeted to actual results with a view to identify, explain, and correct variances as appropriate.
• Prepare allocations of payroll and overhead costs to project/program, and grants; ensure that expenditures are consistently aligned with grant and program budgets throughout the grant/fund period; collate financial reporting materials for government, corporate, and foundation grants.
• Update and monitor cash flow forecasting.
• Track the performance of invested assets and ensure that investment activity is properly recorded in the general ledger.
• Ensure that all financial transactions are accounted for in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Ensure full integration of data with all financial systems throughout the organization.
• Maintain compliance with all federal, state, local and private reporting requirements, including federal and state information tax returns, federal and state payroll tax returns, sales and property tax returns and other returns pertaining to charitable organizations and solicitations.

Communication:
• Monitor engagement progress and changes and keep manager and partner abreast of status.
• Provide supervision, review and leadership to Calibre staff.
• Carry out an open-book style of financial management by sharing and training others on basic and technical accounting issues.
• Support the manager and partner in reporting to the board’s audit and finance committees.
• Work with program directors and staff and senior leadership at each client to establish finance and administrative systems to support program operations.
• Work with Payroll Service Providers to communicate changes and ensure that client payroll processing is accurate and timely.

Position Type:
• This is a full-time permanent position

Work Environment:
• Client Sites/Office setting

Travel:
• Local travel to client sites

Required Education and Experience:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration
• 2+ years of progressive experience in public or private accounting
• Proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Advanced proficiency with QuickBooks and other finance software.
• 1+ years of accounting experience in non-profit industry

EEO: Calibre CPA provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Calibre CPA complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

Calibre CPA expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, ****** orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of [Company Name]’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.