Senior Accounting Manager

Atlanta Beltline, Inc.•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Atlanta Beltline, Inc. (ABI), the official implementation agency for the Atlanta Beltline, is seeking an experienced Senior Accounting Manager to support the Director of Finance in overseeing general accounting operations and ensuring accurate, complete, and timely financial reporting and transaction processing. The role serves as the Finance Department’s primary accounting review function and directly supervises the accounting team. It maintains and enhances accounting procedures and internal controls, and ensures compliance with organizational policies, grant requirements, funding restrictions, and regulatory requirements. The Senior Accounting Manager reviews transactions, reconciliations, funding requests, journal entries, payment runs, and supporting schedules before submission to the Director of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. The position oversees close processes, audit and grant reporting support, cash management analyses, and schedules for grants, contracts, capital projects, fixed assets, debt obligations, and funding agreements. It provides accounting guidance across departments and identifies issues, variances, and opportunities to strengthen processes and controls. The role regularly interacts with ABI employees and representatives of Atlanta Beltline Partnership, Invest Atlanta, the City of Atlanta, auditors, grantors, and other external stakeholders. Success requires technical accounting expertise, nonprofit accounting knowledge, analytical and documentation skills, professional communication, and the ability to balance detailed review with broader organizational objectives. The Senior Accounting Manager is expected to promote ABI’s Vision, Mission, and Core Values, foster a collegial work environment, and integrate an understanding of institutional and systemic barriers affecting marginalized communities into the work.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
At least seven years of progressively responsible accounting experience.
Experience leading or supervising full-cycle accounting operations in a fast-paced environment.
Experience supporting annual audits and financial reporting requirements.
Thorough knowledge of nonprofit accounting principles, fund accounting, grant compliance, and accrual-based accounting.
Strong understanding of financial statement preparation, account reconciliations, month-end and year-end close processes, and audit support.
Demonstrated experience managing grant compliance, restricted funding, cost allocations, and nonprofit financial reporting requirements.
Exceptional attention to detail and ability to comprehensively review accounting transactions and supporting documentation.
Experience establishing, documenting, and monitoring internal controls and accounting procedures.
Ability to analyze complex transactions, identify discrepancies, investigate variances, and recommend practical solutions.
Strong ERP system experience.
Excellent leadership, coaching, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining accuracy, accountability, and professionalism.
Demonstrated commitment to customer service, continuous improvement, and collaboration across departments.
Strong analytical, organizational, and documentation skills, with the ability to move between detailed transactional review and broader strategic objectives.
Understanding of the impacts of institutional and systemic barriers on marginalized communities and commitment to integrating equity and inclusion throughout the work.

Nice To Haves

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license in good standing.
Experience in a nonprofit, governmental, quasi-governmental, or other mission-driven organization.
Experience with construction accounting, capital projects, affordable housing, economic development, grant administration, and multiple funding sources.
Public accounting, audit, or client service experience.
NetSuite experience.

Responsibilities

Manage general accounting operations and serve as the department’s primary accounting review function.
Review accounting transactions, journal entries, reconciliations, funding requisitions, invoice approvals, payment runs, and supporting schedules for accuracy, completeness, compliance, and documentation.
Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, including reconciliations, accruals, funding requests, financial analyses, and supporting schedules.
Supervise, mentor, and develop accounting staff responsible for accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash receipts, grant accounting, and general ledger activities.
Ensure compliance with nonprofit accounting standards, grant requirements, funding restrictions, organizational policies, and regulatory requirements.
Lead preparation and review of audit schedules, audit requests, grant reporting requirements, and financial statement support.
Establish and maintain review procedures to identify errors, coding inconsistencies, unsupported transactions, and process inefficiencies.
Monitor departmental deadlines and workflow assignments to ensure timely reporting to the Director of Finance, CFO, Executive Leadership Team, Finance Committee, and Board of Directors.
Review cash flow projections and funding availability analyses to support cash management and funding decisions.
Develop, maintain, and monitor schedules related to grants, contracts, capital projects, fixed assets, debt obligations, funding agreements, and recurring departmental activities.
Ensure proper accounting treatment and reporting of restricted and unrestricted funds according to grant, donor, and funding-source requirements.
Provide accounting guidance and technical support to departments regarding coding, documentation, procurement processes, contract administration, and financial policies.
Identify process improvement, automation, standardization, and internal-control opportunities while maintaining appropriate segregation of duties and risk mitigation.
Integrate an understanding of institutional and systemic barriers affecting marginalized communities and a commitment to equity and inclusion throughout the work.

Benefits

Competitive total rewards package focused on employee wellbeing and long-term financial security.
Affordable medical plan with exceptional coverage and full family eligibility.
Employer-paid dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance plans.
Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
Competitive paid time off (PTO).
Paid parental leave.
Retirement program including an employer-funded 401(a) plan and optional employee-funded 457(b) and Roth IRA options.
Professional development opportunities.
Paid volunteer days.
Planned employee engagement activities.
People-first culture where every voice is valued.