Senior Accountant - Grants & Contributions

Overview

This position provides advanced accounting, financial support services, financial reporting, and administers daily operations and activities of Arrow's accounting department. This individual must be a highly organized, service oriented, and effective communicator. This position is expected to work on multiple, concurrent tasks while applying critical thinking and analysis.

Benefits Include

• Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance options, including HSA match for qualifying contributions.
• Parental Paid Leave
• Retirement savings plan with company match.
• Paid time off and holiday pay.
• Mileage reimbursement.
• Tuition reimbursement available.
• Company sponsored learning and development

Responsibilities

Other duties may be assigned as necessary.

• Create and maintain electronic files and documentation in an organized, standardized format.
• Collaborates with support services to facilitate cross-functional oversight, development, and maintenance of information systems, including conversions, upgrades, and enhancements; and, to ensure data availability and reporting requirements are met.
• Maintain data and setup within information systems related to vendors, payers, and employees ensuring adequate documentation is on file to meet audit and compliance standards.
• Primary oversight for ensuring revenue, expense, and payroll processes are completed timely and accurately.
• Maintain petty cash funds, including reviewing and reconciling individual program expense reports and conducting occasional audits.
• Preparation of state and federal grant billing, including grant budget adjustments, documentation collection, SEFA/SESA preparation, and helping ensure full expenditure of funds.
• Ensure compliance with funding source restrictions and conditions and provides reporting as required.
• Responsible for report filings related to unclaimed property, vendors, payers, and payroll ensuring compliance with all IRS, contract, and other requirements.
• Anticipates needs and responds to requests in a timely and professional manner.
• Maintain effective communication with vendors, payers, internal support staff and program staff; and works closely to resolve issues and provide solutions.
• Accountable for monthly/yearly close process; coordinates and reviews complex journal entries; general ledger review and analysis; balance sheet reconciliations; ensures timely and accurate preparation and distribution of monthly financials. Coordinates financial reporting for affiliates.
• Act as liaison with 3rd party accounting contracts.
• Maintain and implement accounting and automated systems to provide custom reporting for billing, financial reporting, travel/expense management, and payroll.
• Assist with cash and financial projections as needed.
• Asset management, maintains accurate financial records for all assets, reconcile inventory records with fixed asset general ledger.
• Assist with audit and tax preparation and coordination, and with the preparation and updates to financial reporting calendar(s).
• Ensure daily departmental and organizational accounting operations run smoothly and proactively mitigates/resolves service disruptions.
• Travel/expense report management, maintain help desk tickets for automated systems, manage employee expense reimbursements.
• Create and prepares financial and ad-hoc reports/schedules as requested.
• Provide leadership, indirect oversight, and training of accounting specialists as needed.
• Manage special projects, requiring critical thinking and analysis.
• Promote a culture of quality by identifying and communicating opportunities to improve financial outcomes, ensure accuracy, timeliness, and standardize financial processes.
• Perform all duties within contract, state and federal regulations, company policy, and regulatory agency standards.
• May be required to drive vehicles, be insurable with our auto insurance provider, and complete company vehicle training.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Accounting and intermediate Excel knowledge is required. Equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of degree. At least 5 years of progressive experience as a senior accountant, staff auditor, or similar role with exposure to all areas of financial operations, including systems and reporting, transaction-based operations processing and management, and project management and implementations is preferred. Experience working with vendors, auditors, and all levels of internal organization staff is required. Requires an in-depth knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.