What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Accountant (Temporary) position at NAMI San Diego?
Position Title : Staff Accountant (Temporary)
Company Description : NAMI San Diego & Imperial Counties (National Alliance on Mental Illness) is a nonprofit organization that provides free education, support services, and advocacy to improve the quality of life of everyone affected by mental illnesses.
Primary Responsibilities / Function :
NAMI San Diego has an excellent temporary job opportunity for a talented Staff Accountant to join our accounting team. This position is anticipated to last 6 months. The Staff Accountant is an integral member of the accounting team and our organization, providing specialized, technically advanced, accounting work and other financially related tasks to support the CFO in carrying out the responsibilities of the Finance Department. The Staff Accountant will demonstrate excellent accuracy, efficiency, and attention to detail in their technical work and professional, personable communications working closely with staff.
Duties and Responsibilities :
- Monitor, analyze, and balance accounting ledgers, sub-ledgers, and schedules.
- Prepare, verify, allocate, and post journal entries in accordance with GAAP standards.
- Maintains a solid understanding of the accounting systems including the underlying financial chart of accounts, departments, sub-systems, and business processes.
- Records data necessary to produce financial reporting or to analyze accuracy of data through query, system reports or working with data specialists.
- Responsible for maintaining complex fixed asset reconciliations for a variety of areas throughout the organization.
- Analyzes key accounts that require high levels of judgment.
- Assist in compiling documents for audits; creates schedules as needed.
- Prepare ongoing and special finance-accounting reports, summaries, financial and statistical reports, and balance sheet analyses.
- Provide analysis and recommendations to inform the organization's monthly, annual, and fiscal year closure and auditing processes.
- Conduct ad-hoc financial analyses and special projects as requested by senior management to support strategic initiatives and operational improvements.
- Solve problems and recommend changes in policies and procedures to improve the organization's capacity to comply with funding obligations, restrictions, terms and conditions.
- Assist in streamlining and improving efficiencies within the work scope.
- Perform other duties and projects as needed by the organization, the CFO, or the CEO.
- Demonstrate confidentiality, discretion and integrity in financial reporting and communications.
- Other duties as assigned.
Accountability : This position may be supervised by the Director of Accounting and / or the Chief Financial Officer.
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 qualified disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Minimum Requirements :
Due to our work with vulnerable populations and county contractor requirements, applicants will be required to undergo a background check following a contingent offer of employment and must receive satisfactory results prior to a final offer of employment. If you have any questions regarding this requirement, please feel free to reach out to .
Salary : $31
