Senior Accountant

The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), established in 1911, is a nongovernmental, not-for-profit international organization dedicated to addressing the needs and rights of refugees and immigrants. USCRI, working with nearly 200 affiliates, provides legal, social, and health services to refugees, unaccompanied migrating children, trafficking survivors, and other immigrants in all 50 states, El Salvador, Honduras, Kenya, and Mexico. USCRI advocates for the rights of refugees and immigrants both nationally and globally, helping to drive humanitarian policies, practices, and law. To learn more about our work, please visit our website at www.refugees.org.

OVERVIEW

The senior accountant position is responsible for serving as a team leader in the Finance department and ensuring the department creates accurate and timely financial records for the organization. This position will be supervised by the Controller and Assistant controller.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for federal grant management reporting and compliance matters; ensure timely completion of all financial reports.
• Responsible for managing day to day accounting functions in the field offices, review general ledger transactions to ensure accuracy and complete journal entries, perform monthly bank reconciliation duties.
• Prepare monthly financial statements and interact with Accountant and Field Office Directors; Responsible for budgetary control for grants and proper expense classification based on grantor guidelines.
• Perform grant-related functions, including budget vs actual analysis, perform grant closeout functions as require by grantors. Perform labor distribution changes.
• Review payments charged to grants for conformity to budget; charge those cost to grant monthly. Generate grant billings, reconcile, and monitor receivables.
• Conduct complex reconciliations, schedules, and reports. Use accounting knowledge to provide correcting entries to management for any reconciling items and works to minimize.
• Support the evaluation and recording of complex transactions in accordance with GAAP / IFRS.
• Assist in the preparation and coordination of schedules including SEFA preparation for the Single Audit and the annual Form 990 process : and
• Strong knowledge of double entries and month-end close is essential.
• Perform other tasks and special projects as assigned by supervisor.

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TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

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ADDITIONAL NOTES

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, domestic partnership status, marital status, physical or mental disability, AIDS / HIV status, age, political affiliation, genetic information, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.