Staff Accountant

Description:

Our Staff Accountant supports a range of operational and nonprofit accounting activities. The position has a hand in AR, AP, grant billing and reporting, donation recognition support, month-end close process, payroll journal entries, and reconciliation accounting processes. A successful Staff Accountant will be detail-oriented, fond of asking questions, and loves to get things organized.

The Staff Accountant supports the Southwest Center mission of providing affirming and inclusive services to promote well-being and advance health equity for diverse communities and all those seeking compassionate care - especially people of color, LGBTQIA2S+ and Queer individuals, and those affected by HIV.

What your day will look like at Southwest Center:

Finance

• Responsible to enter and reconcile accounts receivable and ensure invoices are allocated to the appropriate accounts
• Responsible to enter and reconcile all payments made to the Center and ensure payments are allocated to the appropriate accounts
• Maintain food voucher inventory and reconciliation
• Enter and reconcile accounts payable invoices and payments and ensure payments are allocated to the appropriate accounts
• Enter and reconcile credit card transactions
• Produce and enter bi-weekly payroll journal entries
• Perform month-end and year-end close processes
• Provide assistance during the annual audit, including gathering necessary information and documents for external auditors
• Prepare monthly documentation for grant billings
• Assist in tracking and reporting government grants for accuracy and conformance to departmental, county, state and federal requirements
• Assist in donor recognition support

Administrative

• Recommend and implement processes to resolve data quality issues needed for reporting
• Maintain all A/P and A/R files (electronically)
• Maintain all payment reports and files (electronically)
• Maintain support documentation for grant billings (electronically)

We've got great benefits:

• 200 hours of PTO per year
• Up to 13 paid holidays per year
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance paid by Southwest Center
• YMCA Gym and Programs Discount
• Retirement savings

Requirements:

Who we're looking for:

• You've earned a bachelor's degree in accounting or other closely related field.
• You have two+ years of professional accounting experience.
• You demonstrate a high level proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook).
• You have demonstrated knowledge of GAAP principles, reporting, and audit procedures.
• You have demonstrated cultural competency to professionally and respectfully serve the LGBTQIAS+ communities.
• All agency employees must be able to work effectively in a mission-driven agency whose clients and staff exhibit significant diversity with respect to race, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, nationality, and religion.

We'd love to see you apply if you have these preferred qualifications too:

• You have single audit support experience.
• You have experience in nonprofit accounting.
• You've worked with state, federal and county contracts.
• You've worked with Business Central software.

Environmental Factors, Physical Requirements, and Compliance

• Work primarily in a climate-controlled environment with minimal safety/ health hazard potential.
• Exposure to computer screens for lengthy periods of time.
• May require evening and weekend work.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, sit, stand; use hands, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.
• This position may require the employee to occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, bend or crawl.
• This position must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Currently have, or be able to obtain within 90 days of employment, a valid Fingerprint Clearance Card.
• Currently have, or are able to obtain within 7 days of employment, a clear TB test.
• Currently have, or are able to obtain within 7 days of employment, a current flu vaccination.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Southwest Center is an equal opportunity employer and we value a healthy work environment free from harassment and discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or genetic information.

The Southwest Center provides an inclusive and respectful working environment that represents a wide range of backgrounds, cultures, identities, and experiences. We attract applicants who have the cultural awareness to navigate and celebrate these differences. Our employees are Individuals who have respect for the communities where they live and work and are committed to utilizing culturally and linguistically appropriate strategies and skills in a collaborative environment.

We welcome all applicants with personal, direct and/or indirect knowledge of the lives and experience with but not limited to: Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC); LGBTQIA2S+/Queer individuals; those affected by HIV, people living with disabilities; people with diverse religious beliefs, and other marginalized Individuals that are at the intersections of those identities/experiences. We also encourage those from historically underrepresented backgrounds to apply.

Reasonable Accommodations

Applicants requesting a reasonable accommodation to apply or participate in the interview process for this position should email .

Compensation details: 65000-75000 Yearly Salary

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