Staff Accountant

Job Summary

The Staff Accountant plays an integral role in the success of the Finance team. This position will provide financial support for yli’s programs by collaborating closely with finance staff overseeing the accounts receivable and accounts payable work. This can include invoicing, handling expenses and timesheet allocations, payroll processing, in addition to other accounting and finance needs. As with all of the positions at yli, the Staff Accountant will promote a team approach and is expected to work with high ethical and integrity standards and to model these behaviors for the organization.

All yli staff embody our core values: inclusion, innovation, social justice, and community.

Key Responsibilities  

Accounting and Financial (90%)

• Prepare monthly invoices for program contracts and track receivables.
• Produce funder grant and contract reporting 
• Maintain vendor, funder, and employee profiles
• Month end activities, including expense reallocation, account reconciliations, etc.
• Maintain accounting files and supporting documentation in secure accounting cloud folders with hard-copy archives as needed

• Provide annual budget development support
• Support Concur/Ramp expense processing, as needed
• Support payroll processing
• Assist in annual audit and other fiscal review preparation, providing supporting documentation as requested
• Conduct transaction research as needed
• Ad-hoc reporting as needed for staff, funders and board

Organizational Leadership (10%)

Contribute to yli’s organizational mission and goals:

• Actively participate in organization-wide committees, meetings and activities, including organizational anti-racism work.

Other duties as assigned. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The employee may be expected to perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s and/or Accounting degree, or equivalent experience
• Minimum 2 years accounting/bookkeeping experience.
• Experience and knowledge of nonprofit accounting and financial principles, regulations and best practices 
• Experience using Desktop version of QuickBooks enterprise-level accounting systems in a secure cloud environment (or other enterprise business accounting application) 
• Computer literate in Mac or PC Platform; proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and Google Applications 
• Proficient with data analysis, critical thinking and problem-solving

Required Skills and Qualities 

• Ability to communicate effectively in writing and verbally, including with external parties such as  funders, partners, and vendors 
• Exceptional work ethic, attention to detail and strong sense of responsibility  
• Able to work in a fast-paced, multifaceted environment
• Capacity to be self-motivated
• Collaboration and teamwork skills
• Ability to work independently, is flexible while not compromising on fiscal discipline, exhibits excellent judgment, and maintains confidentiality as required 
• High level of intuitive and critical analysis skills to research issues, always seeking the best  solutions for the situation 
• Excellent organizational skills in a paperless and cloud work environment
• Commitment to actively dismantling systemic racism, and to continuously deepening your own understanding of intersecting oppressions, including anti-Blackness, colorism, ageism, and gender inequities.

Physical Requirements

• Occasional in-state travel required. 
• Occasional lifting of up to 20 lbs.
• Capacity to communicate effectively via email, phone, and video call.
• Sitting and typing required, for several hours per day.

Salary : $63,000 - $67,500