Senior Director of Accounting

Girl Scouts of Eastern PA • Whitemarsh Township, PA

20d • Hybrid

About The Position

Are you looking for an opportunity to do meaningful work, support an important mission, and get hands-on experience working with an iconic brand? Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania (GSEP), a top ten Girl Scout Council in the country, is looking for a Senior Director of Accounting to join the Finance team.

At GSEP, staff members are committed to building girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place. Girl Scouts is the pre-eminent leadership development organization for girls. And with programs from coast to coast and across the globe, Girl Scouts offers every girl a chance to do something amazing.

Here’s how you can help!

The Senior Director of Accounting is responsible for assisting the Chief Financial Officer and Controller in the coordination of the month-end close, annual budget and reforecast processes. The Senior Director of Accounting will manage the Accountant as well as handle general accounting functions that help provide separation of duties within the department.
This position is also responsible for monthly bank reconciliations, all revenue account reconciliations and performing monthly P&L account analysis.

Requirements

• Computer Skills – Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Proficiency in spreadsheet development and pivot tables
• Ability to understand and monitor budgets and perform metrics.
• Education - bachelor’s degree in accounting
• Experience – Minimum of 5-7 years of progressively responsible experience in accounting/finance and 3 years supervisory experience.
• Strong general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets and banking working knowledge.
• Proven high level of organizational, financial management, project management and personnel management skills.
• Ability to plan and think critically.
• Capable of meeting deadlines.
• A proven, genuine ability and willingness to translate complex financial reporting into easily understood material, and communicate it, as requested.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or CPA certification preferred.
• Nonprofit experience
• MIP Accounting software experience preferred
• Using AI tools and integrating AI into workflows to drive productivity

Responsibilities

• assisting the Chief Financial Officer and Controller in the coordination of the month-end close, annual budget and reforecast processes
• manage the Accountant
• handle general accounting functions that help provide separation of duties within the department
• monthly bank reconciliations
• all revenue account reconciliations
• performing monthly P&L account analysis

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior