What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Accountant position at Baltimore Community Foundation?
Organization
Baltimore Community Foundation is a philanthropic foundation created by and for the people of Greater Baltimore, where many donors join together to make the region they love a better place, today and for future generations. Our mission is to inspire donors to achieve their charitable goals from generation to generation and to improve the quality of life in the Baltimore region through grantmaking, enlightened civic leadership and strategic investments. BCF’s vision is of a Baltimore that boasts a growing economy where all have the opportunity to thrive. Our action agenda organizes grants, initiatives and advocacy around this vision. The values that guide our work are trustworthiness, inclusion, and entrepreneurialism.
With assets over $300 million comprised of nearly 900 charitable funds, BCF has granted over $650 million since its inception in 1972 and is one of the Baltimore region’s top grantmaking foundations. BCF makes charitable contributions to support a wide range of issues affecting the Baltimore region, currently with a focus on investments in two interest areas: Neighborhoods and Education. BCF also serves as the fiscal sponsor for major program initiatives and is affiliated with multiple supporting organizations. BCF undergoes a vigorous accreditation every year and is certified under the Council on Foundation’s National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations.
BCF operates from the knowledge that profound disparities in opportunity exist between people of color and their white counterparts; and we acknowledge the historic and ongoing role that structural racism plays in creating and perpetuating those disparities. That is why we are committed to reducing racial disparities, identifying and combating structural racism, and fostering more equity and inclusion through our grantmaking, initiatives, and advocacy.
Position
The Staff Accountant is a full-time, exempt position. Reporting to the Controller, the Staff Accountant supports the foundation’s accounting and finance functions and is responsible for managing accounts and grants payable, reconciling general ledger accounts and other general accounting activities.
Salary Range: $60,000 - $70,000
Location: Baltimore, MD
Schedule: Full-time, 5 days/week; Hybrid (min. 3 days/week in-office)
Benefits: Health, vision, dental, life and disability insurance, retirement contribution and match, tuition reimbursement, charitable match, flexible spending account, EAP and more.
Paid Time Off: 20 days per year, includes personal, sick and vacation
Responsibilities
Accounts and Grants Payable:
- Enter, monitor, and track all grants for timely submission ensuring transactions are accurate and properly recorded.
- Perform due diligence on organizations recommended for a grant from the grant process.
- Review and enter interfund grants into the accounting system.
- Set up and maintain vendor records including W-9 forms, and related coding.
- Process accounts payable items including vendor invoices, check requests and expense reimbursements.
- Prepare 1099 forms annually.
- Obtain and manage vendor and grantee ACH information.
- Upload check file for positive pay to on-line treasury management.
- Print checks and prepare for signatures.
- Scan signed checks and file electronic backup.
General Accounting Activities:
- Record postage usage monthly.
- Process remote deposit checks.
- Process employee credit card transactions monthly.
- Reconcile selected monthly general ledger accounts.
- Enter spendable transfers from discretionary and unrestricted funds.
- Assist with month-end closing process including preparing journal entries.
- Provide support for internal and external audits.
- Assist with filing of personal property and 990 tax returns.
- Maintain records and monitor financial information to ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and conformity with established organizational policies.
- Adhere to the highest standards of confidentiality and integrity when dealing with sensitive data and systems.
- Assist with special projects as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in accounting, non-profit experience preferred.
- Experience with Accounts Payable
- Knowledge of financial software applications, databases, spreadsheets, and word processing packages to include Microsoft Office and Adobe.
- Experience with an ERP system.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
- Ability to multi-task and manage multiple critical functions in a changing and growing environment.
- Willingness to train non-financial staff in the organization’s financial processes.
- Strong observation skills and keen attention to detail.
- Ability to audit work to identify issues and implement processes to prevent errors.
- Demonstrated working style of proactive communication and collaboration with others who represent a wide range of experience, interests, and needs.
- Ability to work independently and focus on task completion.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize tasks, manage workload, communicate needs well before deadlines.
Salary : $60,000 - $70,000