Senior Accountant

Company: Creative Financial Staffing
Location: Oakland
Posted on: June 27, 2020

Job Description:

Senior Accountant - Highly visible role, opportunity for growth About the Organization and Opportunity: Our client is a multi-state non-profit organization founded in 2016 that aims to win safety priorities in large incarceration states across the US. At this time of opportunity, they partner with leaders and advocates to advance criminal justice reform through policy advocates, building coalition, research, education, and communications. Their sister organization has been leading California state advocacy the last 6 years Due to immense growth, as both projects of the Tides Center, they are hiring an Senior Accountant in their Bay Area US headquarter location in Oakland, CA or remote telecommute. Brand new office downtown right off BART/AC Transit The leadership team is well known and respected with a high sense of community A tremendous opportunity for an accounting leader to play a key role in deepening their mission by strengthening the internal accounting as they develop a new finance and accounting division They offer excellent benefits, including: 403b with safe harbor matching, 15 days of vacation, 1 sick day accrued per month and 10 paid holidays, company healthcare, paid dental and vision, flexible spending account, and highly competitive base salaries with career advancement Job Requirements:Overview of the Senior Accountant role: The Senior Accountant reports directly to the COO to help transition the move from their fiscal sponsor and build their infrastructure Responsible for day to day oversight of our accounting operations such as accounts receivables, accounts payable, payroll, month-end close activities, preparation of financial reporting for budgets and grants and supervising a team of two Works closely with Director of Finance and Development Director to summarize forecasts, expenses, and cash flows. Maintains federal, state, local and private reporting compliance requirements Loves new challenges with the ability to work independently and manage shifting priorities The Accountant will collaborate across operations including, Finance, HR, Compliance, Development, IT and Facilities Preferred Qualifications for the Senior Accountant: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or equivalent and CPA a plus 5+ years of experience in non-profit 501--(3) with a budget of at least $10-15 million or more Highly desired any experience with a fiscal sponsor managing finances for multiple projects 2+ years of supervising accounting and operations staff Track record of implementing successful accounting tools like NetSuite, HRIS, payroll processing and any apps including Slack, Asana and Google Empathetic, humble, and kind SDL2017

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