Senior Accountant

Description

PRIMARY PURPOSE:  The Senior Accountant is a dynamic member of the Accounting team – providing transactional and analytical support to expand the mission of the North Texas Food Bank. This position is responsible for a variety of accounting duties, including monthly financial reporting and analysis, maintaining strong internal controls, and assisting with various projects focused on efficiency and process improvements. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 

Education/Certifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or similar field

• CPA preferred 

Special Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:  

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications

• Strong understanding of accounting theory

• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Navision preferred, but not required

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal 

• Strong organizational skills – managing multiple tasks with great attention to detail and accuracy

• Excellent interpersonal skills - responsive, customer service oriented

• Ability to work collaboratively with all levels of employees and senior management to maximize performance, problem-solve, and improve processes

Experience: 

• Minimum of 5 years of related work experience  

PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Facilitate and complete monthly close procedures, which includes:

o Preparing and reviewing monthly ledger entries 

o Reviewing assigned balance sheet account reconciliations

o Donor analysis, reconciliation, and reporting

o Inventory analysis and problem resolution

• Assist with preparation of monthly financial statements; reports and records by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information

• Generate monthly and ad hoc management reports and ad hoc analysis for Executive Leadership and various departmental leaders, which includes:

o Departmental, programs, events, other pertinent reports

o Performing analysis of actual to budget, investigating, and resolving unusual fluctuations

• Serve as accounting business partner with cross-functional teams

• Ensure processes and controls are in place to properly maintain and record assets, including but not limited to cash, inventory, and specifically fixed assets

• Assist with various government programs, which includes:

o Preparing monthly reimbursement requests

o Facilitating annual contract renewals and assisting with program audits

• Maintains NTFB credit card program, ensuring proper controls exist and transactions are properly recorded

• Assist in the development of the organization’s annual budget

• Assist with the annual audit, including the preparation of the Form 990 for the organization and affiliates

• Respond to inquiries. Checks accounting transactions to locate and resolve discrepancies

• Backup support for other accounting personnel during planned/unplanned absences

• Special projects and other duties as assigned

MENTAL DEMANDS: 

• The person in this position is regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; read and interpret data, information, and documents; analyze and solve problems; use math and mathematical reasoning; learn and apply new skills and information; perform highly detailed work on multiple and concurrent tasks. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop; kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear.  

• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. 

• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

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 essential functions. 

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS:

• Moderate noise (i.e. business office with open floor plan with computers, phone, and printers, light traffic).

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all skills, duties, responsibilities, efforts, requirements, or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, NTFB reserves the right to revise the job or to require other or different tasks be performed as assigned.