Accounting, Accounting Close, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Auditing, Background Investigation, Balance Sheet, Billing, Budget Reporting, Cash Applications, Consulting, Expense Reports, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Financial Audit, Financial Statements, Fixed Asset Management, Funding, General Ledger Accounting, Intuit Quickbooks, Journal Entries, Maintain Compliance, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Nonprofit, Process Improvement, Reconciliation, Time Management
Accountant needed for our non profit client in Catonsville, MD. The Accountant will provide day-to-day accounting functions to include reconciling, reporting, budgeting and auditing. It is a contract to hire position working on Swift Staffing's payroll for the first three to six months. The non-negotiable pay rate is $39.00 per hour.
Essential Duties:
- Review and process vendor invoices and employee expense reports; ensure proper authorization and coding.
- Prepare and file Forms 1099 accurately and timely.
- Manage customer invoicing, AR follow-up, and cash receipt application.
- Prepare and post journal entries in accordance with monthly and annual close deadlines.
- Perform bank reconciliations and comprehensive balance sheet account reconciliations.
- Support fixed asset management and lease accounting entries.
- Ensure adherence to internal controls across AP, AR, and GL functions
- Prepare audit schedules and support financial statement audit requests.
- Identify and recommend process improvements to reduce manual workflows.
Qualifications:
- At least four years of accounting experience with a non-profit environment is required.
- Must have a stable long term work history with the same employer.
- Must have a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting.
- Must have experience with grants, funding, month-end closing, journal entries, auditing and bank reconciliations.
- Experience with Quickbooks, Sage, Microsoft Word and Excel are required.
- Must be able to work from 9:00 am-5:00 pm Monday through Friday with a 30 minute non paid lunch.
- Must be able to pass an FBI background check and drug test.
We offer weekly pay, health insurance, referral bonuses, a one time
longevity bonus, holiday pay and a Roth 401K plan. Certain restrictions
apply.