Senior Corporate Accountant

A healthy community begins at home. REACH provides quality affordable 

housing and opportunities for individuals, families, and communities to thrive.

Job Description

Title: Senior Corporate Accountant                                             Department: Fiscal 

FLSA Status: Exempt                                                                       Reports to: Corp Audit & Accounting Manager

Flex Status: Flexible                                                                         Effective: March 2018

Salary Range: $63,669 - $90,542

REACH is an equal opportunity employer that strives to create a 

diverse workforce and an inclusive culture.

REACH believes that each employee makes a significant contribution to our success. That contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, this job description is designed to outline primary duties, qualifications, and job scope, but not limit the employee nor the organization to just the work identified. It is our expectation that each employee will offer his/her services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our endeavors.

All REACH staff share a commitment to anti-racism; the identification and elimination of racism by actively changing oppressive systems, structures, policies, and attitudes so that historic and future harm can be eliminated for communities of color. 

REACH offers a generous Benefits Package (full-time employees) including:

• 401k 
• Medical, HSA, FSA
• Dental
• Life, AD&D
• Supplemental & More

Position Summary:

This is a senior level accountant role.  The individual performs the full cycle of accounting functions to ensure timely and complete accounting records are maintained for REACH (“parent” company) including journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting. Reviews and assists with payroll and personnel accounting-related functions.  Assist in annual corporate budget process and audit.  

Essential Functions/Major Responsibilities: General Ledger

• Prepares and posts journal entries, including transactions for subsidiary properties, cash receipts, depreciation, and administrative overhead allocation. 
• Conducts account analysis and reconciliations.  
• Prepares and reviews for accuracy and completeness various reports including monthly financial statements for REACH and department managers. 
• Assist with year- end closing and the compilation of data for audit and tax returns.

Housing Development Accounting

Grant Accounting

• Assists with the operations of post-award grant administration and related accounting duties to ensure complete compliance with grant agreements and Federal requirements.  
• Sets up and maintains grant budgets and reconciles grant funds.

Accounts Payable

• Processes and post regular and recurring invoices and generate checks as needed. 
• Collects, reviews, and posts corporate credit card expense reports.  
• Processes employee mileage and petty cash reimbursements.

Accounts Receivable

Payroll and Personnel

• Reviews payroll preview reports for accuracy and completeness before submission to third-party payroll service.  
• Backs-up Payroll Accountant position and assist as needed.  

General

• Maintains general ledger accounts, accounting-related files, and records for REACH corporate. 
• Regular attendance is required in accordance with a regular schedule established for the position by the supervisor.
• Ability to practice cultural humility when interacting with co-workers and clients of diverse ethnic, 

religious, political, and cultural backgrounds and sexual or gender identities, treating everyone with

respect and dignity.

REACH employees are expected and required to behave in a courteous and collaborative manner in doing REACH business and dealing with other staff, residents, and all contacts inside and outside the organization.  Profanity, derogatory and abusive language will not be tolerated.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Possess strong knowledge of accounting and financial principles and practices, mathematical, and analytical skills.

•     Working knowledge of relevant computer programs, such as Word, Excel and Outlook. 

• Working knowledge of Smartphone technology including phone calls, email, calendar and text.  

• Strong interpersonal (verbal and written) communication skills; ability to communicate in an effective 

and concise manner.

Scope & Accountability:

or operations.  Errors may result in incorrect payments made, missed payments and filing 

deadlines, additional costs to the organization, and incorrect financial reports.

of supervision.  

Principles (GAAP), Sarbanes-Oxley and other local and national government regulations, 

including transportation, environmental, and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board 

(PCAOB), Financial Accounting Standards Board, inter-company procedures, REACH’s Audit 

Policies and Procedures and REACH’s Code of Business Ethics.

• Decisions are made within established organization guidelines. 
• Position involves a high degree of complexity in dealing with recurring work situations with many variations from the norm. 

Supervisory Responsibility:

Education and/or Experience:

experience, preferably in similar setting preferred.  

Work Environment and Physical Demands

The work environment and 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.  

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands and reach with hands and arms; and readily and effectively communicate.  The employee must lift and/or move up to 25 pounds on a regular basis and 50 pounds on an irregular basis.  Vision abilities required by this job include ability to effectively see within an office work environment, which may include long term computer exposure, and to adjust focus accordingly.  

• May require overtime hours to meet deadlines. 
• May require the need for frequent shifting of priorities and deadlines. 

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people in this role. They are not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of staff in this role. All employees may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time-to-time, as needed. The job requirements are subject to change to reasonably accommodate qualified disabled individuals. REACH may modify or interpret this job description. 

This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. REACH is an at-will employer; you retain the right to resign, with or without notice or cause. REACH reserves the same right in respect to termination.