Job Description
Essential ResponsibilitiesFinancial Reporting & Close Process
Accounting Operations
Functional Expense Allocation & Compliance
Internal Controls & Audit
Leadership & Team Development
Financial Systems, Process Improvement & Automation
Business Partnership
QualificationsEducation
Experience
Preferred Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Lead and manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes.
- Ensure timely preparation and distribution of accurate financial statements and management reports.
- Review and approve journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
- Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and chart of accounts.
- Analyze financial results and explain significant variances to budget, forecast, and prior year.
- Develop and maintain accounting policies and procedures to support consistent and accurate financial reporting.
Accounting Operations
- Oversee all accounting functions including:
- General Ledger
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Fixed Assets
- Payroll Accounting
- Cash and Treasury Accounting
- Revenue Cycle Management
- Intercompany Accounting
- Ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and organizational accounting policies.
- Ensure timely completion and review of account reconciliations and supporting documentation.
Functional Expense Allocation & Compliance
- Oversee the development, maintenance, and documentation of allocation methodologies used to support financial reporting and organizational requirements.
- Ensure allocation methodologies are consistently applied, appropriately documented, and periodically reviewed.
- Support preparation of regulatory filings, grant reporting, and other financial compliance requirements.
- Partner with operational leadership to ensure financial reporting accurately reflects organizational activities and funding requirements.
- Maintain compliance with applicable accounting standards, contractual requirements, and organizational policies.
Internal Controls & Audit
- Maintain and strengthen the organization's internal control environment.
- Identify and mitigate financial and operational risks related to accounting processes.
- Coordinate annual financial statement audits and other external audits.
- Manage preparation of audit schedules and responses to auditor inquiries.
- Implement corrective actions and process improvements resulting from audit findings or internal reviews.
Leadership & Team Development
- Lead, mentor, and develop accounting staff.
- Establish clear performance expectations and accountability measures.
- Promote cross-training and succession planning within the accounting function.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
- Build organizational capability through coaching, training, and professional development.
Financial Systems, Process Improvement & Automation
- Lead initiatives to reduce the month-end close cycle through process redesign, standardization, and automation.
- Establish and monitor close performance metrics, including close calendar adherence, reconciliation completion, and reporting timelines.
- Identify opportunities to streamline manual accounting processes and improve data accuracy.
- Partner with Finance, Operations, and Information Technology to improve financial reporting capabilities and system functionality.
- Evaluate and implement technology solutions that enhance accounting workflows, reporting, and data integrity.
- Champion continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen controls while increasing efficiency.
Business Partnership
- Collaborate with FP&A on budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis activities.
- Support executive leadership with financial insights and reporting.
- Partner with operational leaders to improve financial understanding, accountability, and decision-making.
- Support strategic initiatives, organizational growth, and special projects as needed.
QualificationsEducation
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
- CPA required.
Experience
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive accounting and financial management experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience managing accounting teams and complex financial operations.
- Experience supporting organizations with multiple business units, service lines, legal entities, or operating divisions.
- Demonstrated experience managing accounting operations within a complex organization with diverse revenue streams and funding sources.
- Experience leading annual financial statement audits and maintaining strong internal control environments.
- Experience implementing process improvements, automation initiatives, and scalable accounting practices.
- Experience with ERP systems and financial reporting tools.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in nonprofit, healthcare, human services, education, government-funded, or other complex service-based organizations.
- Experience supporting organizations with multiple revenue streams, funding sources, or reimbursement methodologies.
- Experience with government funding, grants, contracts, third-party reimbursement arrangements, or other regulated revenue environments.
- Experience in multi-entity and/or multi-state organizations preferred.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Strong understanding of GAAP and financial reporting requirements.
- Knowledge of accounting and reporting considerations related to diverse funding and revenue sources.
- Ability to manage accounting operations in a complex, highly regulated environment.
- Demonstrated ability to establish processes and controls across multiple business units or operating entities.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel and financial systems proficiency.
- Strong organizational and project management skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with financial and non-financial stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Baltimore, MD |
| Job Type | Full-time |
Skills
- Accountingunmatched
- Accounting Closeunmatched
- Accounting Policiesunmatched
- Accounting Standards and Regulationsunmatched
- Accounts Payableunmatched
- Accounts Receivableunmatched
- Analysis Skillsunmatched
- Auditingunmatched
- Automationunmatched
- Budgetingunmatched
- Business Servicesunmatched
- Business Strategyunmatched
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)unmatched
- Coachingunmatched
- Communication Skillsunmatched
- Continuous Improvementunmatched
- Contract Requirementsunmatched
- Corrective Actionunmatched
- Data Qualityunmatched
- Documentationunmatched
- ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
- External Auditunmatched
- Financeunmatched
- Financial Analysisunmatched
- Financial Auditunmatched
- Financial Controlunmatched
- Financial Managementunmatched
- Financial Operationsunmatched
- Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)unmatched
- Financial Reportingunmatched
- Financial Riskunmatched
- Financial Statementsunmatched
- Financial Systemsunmatched
- Fixed Assetsunmatched
- Forecastingunmatched
- Fundingunmatched
- General Ledger Accountingunmatched
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)unmatched
- Government Fundingunmatched
- Government Grantsunmatched
- Healthcare Reimbursementunmatched
- Human Healthunmatched
- Information Technology & Information Systemsunmatched
- Internal Auditunmatched
- Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
- Journal Entriesunmatched
- Leadershipunmatched
- Legalunmatched
- Maintain Complianceunmatched
- Mentoringunmatched
- Microsoft Excelunmatched
- Nonprofitunmatched
- Operational Improvementunmatched
- Operations Managementunmatched
- Organizational Skillsunmatched
- Payroll Accountingunmatched
- Performance Analysisunmatched
- Performance Metricsunmatched
- Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
- Process Developmentunmatched
- Process Improvementunmatched
- Project/Program Managementunmatched
- Reconciliationunmatched
- Reimbursementunmatched
- Reporting Skillsunmatched
- Revenue Managementunmatched
- Schedule Developmentunmatched
- Strategic Planningunmatched
- Succession Planningunmatched
- Team Buildingunmatched
- Team Lead/Managerunmatched
- Time Managementunmatched
- Treasury Accountingunmatched
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