Senior Accountant

Description

At Rise, we believe that everyone deserves opportunities to live a life filled with purpose and pride. In our employment, housing, and life-enrichment services, we support people to set and achieve their personal goals. As a nonprofit, every Rise team member is driven by our mission. That shared commitment is the foundation of a workplace that embraces a culture of learning and growth by offering extensive training, competitive salaries, and a fun work environment. We are an inspiring leader in disability services that wants to make a real difference in people’s lives!

Position Summary

Seeking an experienced and dynamic accountant to play a key role in the accounting department. Responsibilities include assisting the accounting department in analyzing results and month end close, process improvement and workflow direction. Other duties include but not limited to revenue and expense analysis, payroll allocations and cost analysis, and fixed assets. This position collaborates with Rise's Directors, the Finance team and the IT team.

Essential Duties

Key Expectations 

• Standards of Excellence Commitment: All Rise employees are expected to commit to, sign and follow-through on Rise’s Standards of Excellence. Refer to “Standards of Excellence Commitment” document. In the Employee Handbook.   
• Person-Centered Practices: Learn and consistently perform person-centered practices: Identify those things that are important to people who receive support; implement strategies to assure they are present in day-to-day life. Identify areas where change can happen without permission. Act on those areas. 
• Communication: All Rise employees are expected to communicate effectively with other staff, external stakeholders and people we serve in a respectful and timely manner. This includes but is not limited to reading and responding to email in a timely manner, answering and responding to phone calls and voicemails, foster open communication; listening to others; preparing professional written communications as needed.  

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

Month End Close:

• Assist in month end close by performing journal entries in accounting software related to revenue, expenses, assets, and liabilities as assigned, such as prepaid & accruals, bank reconciliations, and reconcile donations.
• Post payroll biweekly and month end accruals.
• Maintain fixed assets module in accounting software, office leases and property insurance.
• Responsible for sales tax reporting.
• File petroleum tax refund claim.

Analyze and help support key financial results:

• Collect financial & operational data and monitor key performance indicators.
• Perform various revenue analytics and testing to ensure complete revenue recognition.
• Analyze expense accounts and summarize for reporting purposes.

Other:

• Serve as backup to financial reporting, cash receipting, and accounts payable as needed.
• Assist with year-end audit.
• Support the Grant Accountant with grant financial reporting and documentation.

Requirements

Key Competencies

• Service-focus – focus on customer (internal and external) needs.
• Interpersonal skills – positive behaviors, building relationships, value diversity, managing disagreements, acting with integrity, demonstrating adaptability, showing work commitment.
• Thinking skills - think strategically, analyze issues, use sound judgment, innovate
• Self-management – use time effectively and efficiently; concentrates efforts on the most important priorities; adeptly handles several tasks at once. 
• Compassion – genuinely cares about people; is available and ready to help; demonstrates real empathy with the joys and pains of others.
• Perseverance - pursues tasks with energy, drive, and a need to finish; does not give up before finishing, even in the face of resistance or setbacks; steadfastly pushes self and others for results. 
• Decision Quality & Problem Solving - uses analysis, wisdom, experience, and logical methods to make good decisions and solve difficult problems with effective solutions; appropriately incorporates multiple inputs to establish shared ownership and effective action.

Required Education, Experience, and Other Qualifications

• Minimum four-year degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; or equivalent experience
• Three years general accounting experience preferably in the nonprofit industry
• Excellent mathematical accuracy and attention to detail
• Customer service skills to maintain good internal and external working relatio