Senior Staff Accountant - Metro

Position Summary:

General Accounting duties including account analysis and reconciliation, client contract billings.

Essential Functions:

1. Prepare monthly client billings for assigned contracts. Work with Operation Executives and Staff to prepare billings timely and accurately. May result in cost reclassifications and related journal entry documentation. Read state, federal, grant documents to ensure accounting complies with terms of respective documents.
2. Accounts Receivable: monitor outstanding billings to ensure timely payment and or issue resolution.
3. Receipt payments (other than campaign payments) into operating system for the Metro office.
4. Serve as the Association Amazon Account coordinator, record invoices into accounting system and follow up with staff.
5. Process, manage and reconcile petty cash and cash advance accounts.
6. Month end support - perform variety of month end financial closing activities including bank account reconciliations, other account reconciliations, journal entries, closing books, etc.
7. Annual Budgeting and Forecasting - maintain budget guidelines, assist Association with timely development and approval of budgets and forecasting. Includes system training on budget and forecasting modules.
8. Maintain accounting of Association leases and fixed assets ensure documentation reconciles to accounting calculations and support annual audit with required documents and explanations.
9. Assist with Annual Audit by preparing documentation, pulling audit evidence, documenting internal controls, etc.
10. Assist with other accounting functions and Metro/Association special projects as needed.
11. Attend all staff meetings, trainings and other YMCA functions as required by Supervisor.
12. Maintain open lines of communication with participants, staff, and supervisor.

YMCA Competencies (Leader):

Mission and Community Oriented: Accepts and demonstrates YMCA values. Works effectively with people of different backgrounds, abilities, opinions and perceptions. Demonstrates a desire to serve others and fulfill community needs. Recruits volunteers and builds effective, supportive working relationships with them.

People Oriented: Seeks first to understand the other person’s point of view, and remains calm in challenging situations. Builds rapport and relates well to others. Listens for understanding and meaning; speaks and writes effectively. Takes initiative to assist in developing others.

Results Oriented: Strives to meet or exceed goals and deliver a high-value experience for members. Embraces new approaches and discovers ideas to create a better member experience. Makes sound judgments, and transfers learning from one situation to another. Establishes goals, clarifies tasks, plans work and actively participates in meetings. Supports fundraising. Follows budgeting policies and procedures, and reports all financial irregularities immediately.

Personal Development Oriented: Accurately assesses personal feelings, strength and limitations and how they impact relationships. Pursues self-development that enhances job performance. Demonstrates an openness to change, and seeks opportunities in the change process.

Qualifications:

1. Bachelors Degree in accounting or other related field (completed or in-process). Experience can substitute for a degree.
2. Minimum of 5 years accounting experience preferred.
3. Knowledge of accounting procedures.
4. Strong knowledge of MS Office products including advanced Excel skills, Word, and Outlook
5. Detail oriented and the ability to handle multiple tasks; ability to prioritize work schedule to meet daily deadlines; excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
6. Criminal Clearance: Including Fingerprints and background clearance
7. Negative TB Test.
8. Must attend a new employee orientation within the first 90 days of employment.

Working Conditions:

Environmental Factors: Indoor and outdoor facilities (e.g. kitchen and recreational sites); exposure to heat, cold, potentially hazardous chemicals, toxic materials; work on slippery or uneven surfaces. Noise level 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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, talk, hear, stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift, push, pull, and/or move up to 30 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.