Senior Accountant

Impact Services Corporation•Philadelphia, PA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Accountant supports the accounting operations of Impact Services in a complex nonprofit environment that includes government, foundation, and corporate funding, as well as real estate related activities. This role plays an important role in the month-end close process, financial reporting, and grant accounting, ensuring compliance with GAAP and donor restrictions. The Senior Accountant works closely with FP&A to support accurate and timely financial information for internal reporting and analysis. This is a full-time position.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in accounting.
Minimum 5-7 years progressive accounting experience.
Combination of profit and non-profit experience with a strong understanding of Accounting Principles and knowledge of GAAP.
Strong systems background using financial software packages.
Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
Integrity/ethics beyond reproach and a passion for Impact’s mission, vision, and values.
Keen sense of urgency and situational awareness.
Problem solving, analytical ability and interpersonal skills.
Ability to interpret and analyze financials, metrics, and other data, arrive a supportive conclusions and recommendations.
Proven time management skills ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects to establish deadlines.
Demonstrated adaptability and flexibility to new ideas and approaches.
Outstanding organizational skills.
Attentive to detail, producing consistent, reliable, accurate and understandable work product.
Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Ability to establish and maintain positive and effective work relationships with coworkers and internal clients.
Strong written, verbal and listening communication skills.

Responsibilities

Develops and maintains an understanding of the accounting operations.
Recommending and enforcing the internal controls, policies, and procedures.
Assists with annual budget preparation and support.
Ensures accuracy of programmatic salary and fringe allocations.
Prepares day-to-day and month-end close entries including revenue, payroll, prepaid expenses, unbilled accounts receivable, and accrued liabilities.
Monitors program revenue ensuring compliance with applicable accounting standards.
Creates and reviews general ledger reports to ensure accuracy of general ledger activity.
Prepares reconciliations for necessary balance sheet accounts, general ledger accounts, and budget to actual variance analysis.
Assists with the month-end and year-end closing process.
Assists external auditors and tax accountants at year-end with preparing schedules, providing explanations of supporting materials and procedures, and preparing any other necessary data.
Assists in the preparation of the year-end 1099 submissions.
Recommends, designs, and implements any necessary department controls and procedures.
Partners with FP&A to support budget to actual analysis, variance explanations, and management reporting.