What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Accountant position at The Salvation Army Eastern Territory?
Overview
Seeking a Full Time Senior Accountant to join our Divisional Headquarters Finance Team
Our Full Time opportunities offer:
- Generous time off every year including 14 paid holidays, up to 3 personal days, vacation time, and sick time
- Employer funded Pension Plan (company contributions begin after 1 year of continuous employment)
- Comprehensive Health Care Coverage with low cost employee premiums, co-pays, and deductibles
- Company Paid Basic Term Life Insurance for Employee
- Long Term Disability Insurance
- Eligibility for supplemental insurance plans including Short Term Disability, AFLAC, and Voluntary Term Life
- Flexible Spending Account
- Eligibility for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Program
- Tax Deferred Annuity (403B)
- Christmas Bonus
SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF POSITION:
The Field Senior Accountant will assist the Assistant Director of Finance with the fiscal management of the Corps locations of the EMPIRE State Division. They will be responsible for the day to day
accounting transactional processing and supervision of Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable employees.
The Field Senior Accountant will also be expected to ensure the integrity of accounting information by researching account issues for compliance and by establishing quality control over
financial transactions and financial reporting.
Responsibilities
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Supervise Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable Staff.
- Maintain bookkeeper responsibilities as assigned on an as needed basis to include:
- Reviewing and approving invoice coding from the field
- Complete all monthly bank reconciliations and other balance sheet reconciliations
- Calculate and input monthly support service, world services, and harvest festival
- Prepare, Review and analyze month end financial statements and investigate/explain large variances to budget and prior year
- Year-end financial preparation
- Assist Accounting Manager and ADF in providing regular review of individual Corps and Area Services reports, checking for proper accounting practices.
- Assist in the preparation of budgets for Corps locations.
- Assist Accounting Manager, Business Specialist and ADF with the preparation of ad-hoc funding/grant budgets on an as needed basis for your respective Corps locations.
- Prepare internal audit reports to include balance sheets, income statements, and cartridge reports.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Other Duties: Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice due to business needs.
Qualifications
SPECIAL SKILLS, CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS:
- Prior experience in a not-for-profit finance environment preferred.
- 3-5 years of related work experience required.
- Working knowledge of organizational accounting software.
- Must be proficient in the development and creation of financial reports.
- Must be proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Good written, oral and presentation skills.
- Must be able to teach and give constructive guidance.
- Must have a valid Driver’s License that meets The Salvation Army insurance requirements.
We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.
