Senior Accountant
Position Title: Senior Accountant
Organization: Jewish Family Service of San Diego
Department: Finance & Accounting
Position Type: Full-Time (37.5+ hours/week), Exempt
Work Setting: Fully Onsite
Reports To: Director, Assistant Controller
Pay Range: $82,000 to $88,000/year
Total Compensation:
In addition to standard pay, compensation for this position includes:
- Comprehensive, low-cost healthcare coverage for employees
- Generous employer 401(k) contributions
- Employer-covered life insurance
Time Away from Work:
Being able to take time away from work is critical in bringing your best self to work. Time off benefits for this position include:
- Paid vacation time and sick leave
- 15 paid holidays, including Federal and Jewish holidays (as long as the holiday lands on a normal scheduled work day), and floating holidays
- 2 Wellness Days to be taken any time during the year to support employees’ mental wellness
Position Overview:
JFS is looking for a compassionate, mission-driven individual to join the Finance & Accounting team as the Senior Accountant. In this role, you will have the opportunity to use your transactional processing, financial analysis and reporting, budget development and monitoring, cost allocation, program and annual audit support, and the implementation of financial and compliance controls. Your skills and experience to make a meaningful difference in your community and help change lives across San Diego. The candidate must be a self-starter who is diligent, proactive and detailed oriented, and is expected to contribute significantly to the Finance & Accounting Team. This role will serve as a key resource for the organization to facilitate solid decision support, providing financial oversight to ensure financial records are complete, accurate, and comply with generally accepted accounting principles, policies and regulations.
The Senior Accountant plays an integral role on the team and supports the entire agency by working closely with a range of departments and programs, including program directors and senior staff. This position reports directly to the Director, Assistant Controller and works closely with the Controller, Finance & Accounting and department management teams.
Responsibilities:
- Deliver monthly financial reporting, analytics and insight on performance metrics, benchmarking progress against targets, initiatives, and strategies
- Conduct analytical reviews for departmental and programmatic activities to support complex financial and budgetary forecasting; evaluate alternatives and make recommendations
- Develop an understanding of organization-wide department and program funding streams and/or cost structure
- Assist with analysis used for decision-making and recommendations to management and programs
- Analyze financial & operational results to understand and report underlying causes for performance and variance
- Assist with agency budgeting and forecast scenario planning based on changing assumptions in revenue, personnel, and other direct project costs
- Perform budget to actual variance analysis to identify causes, adjustments needed, trends, personnel reclassifications, potential budget shortfalls or cost overruns, and opportunities for cost savings
- Assist with weekly cash flow management reports and projections
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, annual and ad-hoc financial statements with actual and projected financial positions
- Ensure the integrity of key processes by understanding systems, flow of transactions, internal controls, and recommending efficiency and effectiveness improvements
- Work with the Finance & Accounting team to identify areas or opportunities for improvement
- Support organizational and management practices as applied to the analysis, evaluation, development, and implementation of programs, policies, and procedures
- Process monthly journal entries as assigned, including payroll and benefits
- Perform variance analyses and account reconciliations as assigned
- Assist with month end closing, year-end closing and reconciliations and preparation for the external audit and prepare necessary audit schedules as needed
- Ad Hoc requests, one-off projects and other duties as assigned
Skills/Experience/Abilities That Are a Must-Have:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field
- 8+ years accounting experience with progressive and relevant budgeting, analysis, and reporting experience
- 3+ years in the nonprofit industry
- Knowledge and understanding of cost methodologies, budgeting concepts, practices, and procedures, and accounting competencies, including an understanding of revenue recognition
- Understanding of GAAP compliance and Uniform Guidance and OMB Circulars
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong analytical, organization and time management skills
- Work well in team approach environment
- Demonstrably strong judgement and decision-making skills
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize workflow
- Advanced in Excel and proficient Word and Outlook
Skills/Abilities We’d Like You to Have:
- Desire to work in a fun, friendly, collaborative, and professional environment
- Passion for working in a non-profit, human services organization dedicated to helping individuals in need
- Experience with Financial Edge preferred
Physical Requirements:
- Sitting for long periods, computer work for long periods
Read to Move Forward:
To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume on the following link;
Important Notice:
Incomplete submissions will not be considered. Please, no phone calls. Please, principals only. Please, local candidates only (relocation is not provided).
About Jewish Family Service of San Diego
Jewish Family Service of San Diego is a client-centered, impact-driven organization working to build a stronger, more resilient community. For over 100 years, Jewish Family Service has been a trusted resource for the entire community, offering an array of services that are always life-changing, and often life-saving. At Jewish Family Service, we believe our employees are the backbone of our Agency. We strive to ensure that each employee is treated with dignity and respect. Our goal is your success. Come work at JFS and be our partner in Moving Forward Together. To learn more about JFS, please visit jfssd.org.
*Jewish Family Service is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.