Job description
Our client, a nonprofit media company is seeking a qualified candidate to join their team as a staff accountant. This is a permanent job.
Schedule: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm
Pay range: 62K-65K BOE
Location: Midtown Manhattan. 2 days onsite 3 days remote
Reporting to the Director, Cash Management, the Staff Accountant plays a key role supporting the cash management team.
Specific responsibilities for Staff Accountant include:
- Prepare daily deposits of cash receipts (trade receivables, misc. contributions) and post activity to financial management system.
- Prepare daily cash receipts journal.
- Reconcile lock-box deposit daily activity with bank statements and batch releases.
- Analyze stock sale activity; facilitate and record funds transfers.
- Prepare and enter ad hoc and journal entries.
- Process credit card charges for payment of receivables.
- Provide cash operations backup support, such as daily cash position reports, check printing, check upload for positive pay information and reconcile; reconcile ACH file acknowledgement received from the bank.
- Prepare various bank reconciliations to the general ledger.
- Review and reconcile various balance sheet accounts.
- Prepare and distribute accounts receivable invoices and monthly statements.
- Review and release receivable, contribution and grant payments from fundraising system.
- Perform other accounting, financial, or administrative tasks as may be required from time to time as directed.
- Apply cash receipts (trade receivables, misc. contributions) and post activity to financial management system.
- Review expense reports daily (other than PCard).
- Reconcile and analyze trade receivable balances.
- Review travel and expense reports, and corporate credit cards.
- Review charge backs and refunds for contributions.
- Additional responsibilities, as needed.
Qualified candidates will have strong analytical skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines. Additional qualifications include:
- A minimum two (2) years of experience in accounting.
- Knowledge of accounting and account analysis.
- Advanced proficiency with Excel and working knowledge of accounting software programs.
- Familiarity with general ledgers, chart of accounts non-profit and project accounting workflow.
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Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $58,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year
