Description

Are you looking for a great place to work and want to make a difference in the lives of other? Can you effectively communicate numerical and technical information and have a desire to learn and develop new skills? If you want to work with great colleagues, contribute to a life changing mission, have good work/life balance, welcome to the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley! We want you as a staff accountant! The Staff Accountant reports to the CFO and is primarily responsible for a variety of general accounting tasks including reconciliations, postings, expense tracking and month end processes. The accountant will interact daily with finance leadership and the grant management team to ensure accuracy of expenditures tracking and will perform various analyses as needed. Additionally, the staff accountant will have the opportunity to expand accounting skillsets by working closely with the accounting manager to assist with various other accounting projects as needed.

KEY ROLES (Essential Job Responsibilities):

• Prepare monthly payroll and benefits journal entries.
• Record various month/year-end journal entries.
• Prepare monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Maintain fixed asset records including setup of new assets, retirements, recording monthly depreciation and coordination of periodic fixed assets inventories.
• Analyze and post billing and cash receipts transactions.
• Collaborate with members of the finance team to develop and maintain process flow documentation and narratives for all routine accounting processes.
• Maintain accurate tracking worksheets for assigned grants to ensure revenue and expenses are accurately coded to appropriate grant in compliance with grant terms.
• Prepare invoices to meet various funding agency documentation requirements and deadlines for assigned grants.
• Other tasks, projects, and analyses assigned by manager.

SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• 3+ years of relevant accounting experience
• Experience working for a nonprofit organization preferred
• Advanced Excel skills
• General understanding of month-end close processes
• General understanding of balance sheet reconciliations
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Adaptability, ability to multi-task well, and strong time management skills
• Ability to analyze data and prepare various types of reporting as directed by management
• Ability to interact professionally with organization management and other related agencies, verbally and in writing
• Initiative, self-motivation, and ability to function both independently and in a team environment
• Project Cost Accounting
• Fixed Assets Accounting
• Process documentation

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• Demonstrates successful experience in:
  • Accrual-based accounting
  • Managing multiple tasks
  • Process evaluation and improvement
  • Accounting software
  • Audit
• Advanced Excel skills
• Ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements, and projections
• Professional written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to interact professionally with club staff, board members, volunteers, and other related agencies
• Strong organizational and time management skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Must be able to take initiative, self-motivated, and function both independently and in a team environment