SUPERVISOR: Director of Finance
LOCATION: Roslindale, MA

FLSA STATUS: TEMP-Perdiem

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Staff Accountant will be responsible for completing various weekly and monthly activities including general ledger and cash reconciliations, adjusting journal entries, internal auditing and transaction verification, and payroll JE. This role will also be the first level of review of the Rogerson Communities and the two Adult Day Health locations budget versus actual Income Statements and therefore requires a strong attention to details. This role is part of an accounting team that must demonstrate best practices in how we should operate to ensure sound financial oversight for the organization. The candidate should have the ability to work some weekends during busy season or when certain deadlines are approaching.

• Exceptional attention to detail (roll up your sleeves attitude) with the ability to understand the “big picture.”
• Ability to work effectively as a team player or independently, in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment while prioritizing projects to ensure timely deliverables; ability to balance multiple tasks with changing priorities.
• Effective verbal and written presentation and communication skills and ability to work and collaborate with a broad cross-section of employees across the organization.
• Strong analytical and financial spreadsheet skills, critical thinking, and forward-looking capabilities

Responsibilities:

• Ensures the accurate, timely completion of monthly, quarterly, and annual book close cycles for an accounting function by effective planning, monitoring, and problem-solving.
• Back up for property accounting team
• Analyzing data to support business decision-making
• Managing financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting
• Prepare budgets and monitor expenditures
• Manage periodical reporting
• Prepare general ledger entries by maintaining records and files and reconciling accounts
• Coordinate with other property accounting departments
• Manage financial audits by preparing various financial documents
• Support the operations function with accounting expertise
• Responsible for preparing and entering journal entries and maintaining backup schedules for balance sheet accounts.
• Reconcile and maintain all aspects of monthly bank statements and investment accounts.
• Reconcile restricted project/grant income with related expenses.
• Responsible for all biweekly and monthly payroll reporting and inter-company billings.
• Record intercompany receivables and cash receipts (i.e. management fees, payroll, and postage reimbursements).
• Assist with preparation of audit packages and tax returns as directed.
• Perform special projects and other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• Knowledge of nonprofit and fund accounting strongly preferred but not required.

REQUIRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree and payroll certification preferred.
• Experience with large national payroll vendor software is a must.
• Thorough knowledge of full cycle payroll processing using UltiPro web-based application is a plus.
• Understanding of payroll taxes at the federal, state, and local level and the compliance issues involved with them.
• Understanding of non-profit accounting, with emphasis on recording restricted income.
• Experience generating monthly General Ledger and Bank Reconciliations.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office is a must.
• Experience with The Financial Edge (Blackbaud) accounting software is a plus.

Education

• Bachelors or better