Accountant

Description

General Summary: 

The accountant plays an important role in supporting the financial health of Goodwill South Central Wisconsin. They will perform day-to-day accounting operations, ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of all financial records. Key responsibilities include preparing financial reports, conducting complex reconciliations, reviewing financial data, and mentoring team members, while maintaining compliance with all relevant accounting standards.

Requirements

Principal Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Verify, consolidate, and enter sales and revenue transactions for Goodwill stores and mission programs and prepare sales tax calculations and filings.
• Collaborate with the payroll specialist to ensure accurate journal entry recordings and serve as back-up in processing. 
• Monitor Inventory activities and record expenses accordingly.
• Monitor grant expenditures and ensure alignment with budgets and prepare daily, monthly and quarterly reports as needed.
• Support in researching questions from department heads about posted accounting transactions. 
• Perform month-end closing, within expected deadlines, including: 
• Reconciling all Goodwill’s and Affiliate bank accounts and record applicable transactions.  
• Reconciling the general ledger activities and preparing journal entries.
• Capitalizing applicable expenditures into fixed assets. Calculating and recording monthly depreciation expenses. 
• Manage multiple prepaid and loan schedules
• Preparing and analyzing financial statements ensuring compliance with GAAP principles and company policies.  
• Support the annual budget preparation process by aligning budget projections with historical data and organizational goals.
• Support with year-end closing and participate with internal or external audits including work schedule preparations.   
• Collaborate with the payroll specialist to ensure proper journal entry recordings and serve as back-up in processing. 
• Continuously assess and improve financial processes and systems.
• Stay informed about changes in accounting rules and regulations that may impact Goodwill’s financial well-being.
• Mentor and guide team members on accounting principles and best practices. Foster a collaborative and supportive team environment.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
• 4 years in an accounting role
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles (GAAP/IFRS).
• Experience with Sage Intacct accounting software, or similar cloud-based GL systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools including Excel

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

• Business Acumen: Increasing accounting expertise. Actively seeking knowledge of relevant accounting regulations and compliance requirements that may impact the organization. 
• Customer Focus: Approachable, consistently positive interaction with all levels of internal and external customers in their written and verbal communication. 
• Accountability: Willingness to collaborate or champion an idea to provides the best possible outcomes to support the mission & organization. High level of integrity and confidentiality in handling sensitive financial information.
• Continuous Improvement: Open to change, finds solutions and proactively addresses challenges in a fast-paced, complex environment. 
• Drive for Results: Ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and work independently or collaboratively as needed.
• Team Leader: Fosters learning, encourages personal growth and provides flexibility in time and efforts when is needed.  

Description of physical working environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Ability to maintain a stationary position to operate a computer and other office equipment, mostly indoor office environment.
• Must be able to identify, analyze and assess details.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. 

Other duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer:

Goodwill of South Central of Wisconsin provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. 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.

Salary : $72,000 - $82,000