Senior Accountant, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

Posted by on July 30, 2012

Senior Accountant, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

Posted on: July 13, 2012

The United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey  is continually searching for talented and motivated individuals to help us in our mission to improve people’s lives by mobilizing the caring power of donors, volunteers and communities. Whatever the role, each of our employees has the satisfaction of knowing that through their work, they are contributing to the quality of people’s lives within this community.

The Senior Accountant is primarily focused on assisting in the creation, maintenance, implementation and enforcement of all fiscal and accounting policies and procedures. Ensure the proper completion of financial transactions, compliance with the requirements of all regulations and guidelines, including GAAP and government standards, and application on a consistent basis.

Job Responsibilities:

Assist in the month end close process, including, but not limited to, the processing of standard monthly journal entries such as allocated charges, prepaid expenses and accrued expenses.

Review monthly vendor activity to ensure that all monthly invoices have been received and processed.

Review the corporate credit card journal entries and supporting documentation prepared by the A/P accountant.

Distribute monthly budget to actual reports to managers throughout the organization via email.

Assist in the preparation of the annual budget, and the transfer of final budget information into the general ledger and financial statements.

Record monthly and quarterly journal entries including, but not limited to, cash, accounts receivable, revenue and investments.

Perform key account reconciliations including, but not limited to, cash, accounts reveivable, revenue and investments.

Prepare year end reconciliations to support the annual audit process, including, but not limited to, cash, accounts receivable, revenue, accrued expenses, prepaid expenses and investments.

Maintain the President and Vice President expense tracking via Excel spreadsheet to prepare the reporting needed for the Finance Committee and the Board of Directors.

Protect assets by assisting with documenting and monitoring internal controls. Maintain internal controls to give management assurance that transactions are processed properly.

Assist in the review of processes involved in the completion of transactions on a periodic basis to determine if they can be completed with better controls, lower costs, or greater speed.

Perform periodic internal audits of cash receipts, pledge revenue and accounts payable.

Assist in accounts receivable collections follow up, as needed.

Record fixed assets in the financial records and ensure their proper recording under the correct asset categories and depreciation methods.

Periodic review to determine if any assets should be considered for write-down/impairment or removal for full depreciation. Bi-annual audit of fixed assets to ensure that all recorded assets are present.

Assist in accounts receivable collections follow up, as needed.

Assist with preparing and tax filings as legally and contractually required.

Research and handle requests from internal and external customers, as needed.

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