What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Accountant position at Girl Scouts of San Jacinto?
Job Description
Job Description
Imagine having the opportunity to create a meaningful employment experience, one that meets your career goals and your desire to do socially responsible work.
What type of organization would you choose?
For more than 100 years, Girl Scouts has helped girls develop the skills and confidence they need to succeed in every area of life. From the youngest Girl Scout to our graduating high school seniors, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths and rise to meet new challenges. Through our programming, girls are exposed to a vast array of educational topics such as the arts, entrepreneurship, the outdoors, STEM and more. In Girl Scouts, girls learn what it takes to be a leader. The leadership program for girls is based on the Girl Scout Leadership Experience model, which allows girls to discover a positive value system and a strong sense of self, connect with others, build healthy relationships, identify causes that are meaningful, and take action to make the world a better place.
The Senior Accountant is responsible for general accounting functions up to and including financial statement preparation. Responsible for maintaining accurate records, schedules and reconciliations which may include fixed assets, donations, receivables, and general journal entries. Responsible for assisting with month, quarter, and year-end close duties. The workload requires some overtime during peak periods such as audit preparation, during product sales and summer overnight camp.
Supervises : Accounts Payable Specialist, Product Sales Logistics and Accounting Specialist
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following and other duties as assigned.
- Review payables, ACHs and assigned checks for weekly processing.
- Manage recordation of fixed asset activity and depreciation expense.
- Prepare imports of donations data to record contributions and reconcile to the general ledger.
- Prepare pledges and receivable schedules monthly and reconcile to general ledger.
- Backup Assistant Controller as required, including assisting with revenue transaction accounting, NetSuite and related reconciliations.
- Reconcile product program transactions and data to general ledger and sub-systems. Process and track product program collections and prepare related calculations.
- Supervise debt tracking and collection tasks as performed by the Product Sales Logistics and Accounting Specialist and the Staff Accountant – Cash Receipts.
- Perform designated monthly reconciliations of balance sheet and other general ledger accounts and assist in performing a timely month-end close process.
- Assist Controller in year-end audit preparation and documentation of accounting policies and internal controls.
- Assist with training of new staff members on Accounting processes.
Qualifications :
Benefits : We value our employees’ time and efforts. Our commitment to your success is enhanced by our competitive salary and extensive benefits package and future growth opportunities within the company. Our current full time employee benefit package includes Health, Dental, Vision, HSA, FSA, STD, LTD, Life / AD&D, Educational Assistance, Commuter Benefits, Paid Time Off / Vacation, Paid Company Holidays, and more. Plus, we work to maintain the best possible environment for our employees where people can learn and grow with the company. We strive to provide a collaborative, creative environment where each person feels encouraged to contribute to our processes, decisions, planning, and culture.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Statement : Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council fosters belonging and respect for all girls. We empower all girls, volunteers and staff to fulfill their potential and make the world a better place. Our Girl Scout Promise drives us to provide diverse, equitable and inclusive experiences where all girls, volunteers and staff are confident they belong. We stand firm in these commitments and united by these ideals.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Work Environment : The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Ability to stoop, reach, work with fingers, talk, hear and perform repetitive motions. Ability to perform light work exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and / or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. Heavy visual acuity required to perform such activities as, accounting, using computer terminal and extensive reading and proofing. The noise level in the environment is usually moderate.
Physical Demands : 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. The employee must regularly lift and / or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 20 pounds. Heavy visual acuity required to perform such activities as preparing and analyzing data and figures, accounting, using computer terminal and extensive reading. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand; walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to use hands to finger, grasp, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, or crouch.
Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council is a 501c nonprofit organization.
