What are the responsibilities and job description for the Specialist, Accountant - Shared Financial Services position at Make-A-Wish Foundation of America?
At Make-A-Wish® America, we are more than a great place to work — our work is life-changing. Together, we create life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. Nearly 40 years ago the inspiration for Make-A-Wish began with one little boy's wish to be a police officer. Today, together with our volunteers, donors, staff and supporters, Make-A-Wish has granted more than 500,000 life-changing wishes and transformed countless lives.
THE TEAM
Make-A-Wish America is the national headquarters for our organization, providing resources and support for our Chapters around the country. The Finance Team is focused on supporting our chapters through a shared financial services model, providing chapters with financial processing, reporting, and tax filings. They also maintain the financial health of the national office through budgeting, monthly reporting, accounting, reconciliations, and payables.
THE ROLE
The Specialist, Account - SFS performs accounting functions for chapters who have elected to use Shared Financial Services (SFS) to ensure financials are recorded accurately and timely.
WHERE YOU COME IN
As the Specialist, Accountant - SFS you will :
- Support chapters using SFS in accounting functions to ensure accurate and timely processing.
- Commit donation batches to Salesforce and post to NetSuite (financial system), the general ledger.
- Review of check requests for proper coding and approvals.
- Prepare bank reconciliations and balance sheet reconciliations for review.
- Records journal entries for monthly financial activity.
- Prepare financial reporting package including monthly variance report.
- Reviews, researches, and analyzes data. Responds to inquiries from chapter staff.
- Assist with gathering of information and documents for annual audit process. Helps prepare chapter’s audit workbooks.
- Assist with running custom reports and queries in NetSuite, and / or Excel, as requested.
- Builds and maintains relationships with chapters.
- Provides support for Support Team Staff.
- Performs other job-related duties, as assigned.
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Who We Are :
Our vision is to grant the wish of every eligible child. Through our mission, we are uniting communities to grant life-changing wishes. As the world’s largest wish-granting organization, we strive to create a sense of community and an environment where we warmly embrace our wish families, volunteers, and colleagues.
Joining Make-A-Wish means becoming part of a mission that believes in the power of a wish.
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