Accounting Manager
- New York, NY, United States
$130,000 to $150,000 USD / year
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Job details
- Pay
- $130,000 to $150,000 USD / year
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- Experience
- · 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, with a background in NFP.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Our client is a fast-moving, mission-driven nonprofit dedicated to creating meaningful social impact and advancing solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges. With a highly collaborative, international team and an ambitious agenda, the organization offers the opportunity to make a tangible difference while working in a dynamic environment.
This distinguished organization is currently seeking an experienced Accounting Manager to serve as a hands-on accounting leader overseeing the integrity of the general ledger, financial close, consolidation, and reporting across multiple domestic and international entities. This is a senior role ideal for an accounting professional who enjoys digging into the details, solving complex accounting issues, and strengthening processes in a growing, multi-entity organization.
Responsibilities:
· Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual financial consolidation across domestic and international entities · Own the general ledger and drive the full month-end and year-end close process, from journal entries and reconciliations through consolidated financial statements. · Ensure consistent accounting practices across entities while maintaining compliance with U.S. GAAP and nonprofit accounting standards. · Oversee nonprofit-specific accounting, including contributions, grants, donor restrictions, net assets, allocations, and functional expenses. · Lead the annual external audit and coordinate accounting support for tax filings. · Provide accounting oversight of Accounts Payable and Payroll, ensuring transactions, controls, reconciliations, and close activities are accurately reflected in financial reporting. · Identify accounting discrepancies and control gaps, investigate root causes, and implement practical improvements to processes, policies, and systems. · Partner with Finance leadership and international colleagues to explain financial results, resolve complex accounting matters, and maintain accurate, audit-ready records.
For immediate consideration please email Ronny.Cohen@roberthalf.
· Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline. · 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, with a background in NFP. · CPA is a plus. · Strong background in nonprofit accounting, U.S. GAAP, financial reporting, and hands-on general ledger and close management. · Proven experience with multi-entity accounting, consolidated financial statements, intercompany transactions, eliminations, and reconciliations. · Advanced Excel proficiency. · Exceptional attention to detail and analytical ability, with the confidence to independently research and resolve complex issues.
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Skills
- General ledger
- Month-end close
- Account reconciliation
- Financial statements
- Regulatory compliance
- Accounts payable
- Payroll
- Financial reporting
- Leadership
- CPA
- Microsoft Excel
- Attention to detail
- Research