The Opportunity :
Ashokas Finance Team plays an integral role in maintaining a strong financial infrastructure across more than 30 country offices. The Senior Accountant will support the Assistant Controller with core accounting operations NetSuite transactions month-end close audit preparation reconciliations and reporting. This role strengthens Ashokas financial accuracy controls and compliance. This is a great opportunity to support the operational infrastructure of an organization with the ultimate goal of an Everyone a Changemaker world.
What Youll Do :
- Support monthly quarterly and annual close processes
- Prepare and reconcile general ledger accounts (cash AP AR accruals intercompany restricted funds)
- Post journal entries and maintain proper documentation
- Maintain AP / AR and banking activity
- Use NetSuite for daily accounting reconciliations and reporting
- Support improvements to NetSuite workflows and internal controls
- Assist with audit preparation schedules and documentation
- Generate monthly and quarterly reports and support variance analysis
- Contribute to process improvement and operational efficiency
- Assist the Assistant Controller with special projects as assigned
What You Bring :
Minimum 7 years of accounting experienceExperience with NetSuiteExperience with nonprofit and grant accountingExperience with multi-entity and international / intercompany transactionsExperience preparing audit schedules or supporting auditsStrong GAAP knowledge analytical skills and attention to detailAbility to work collaboratively across cultures and time zonesBachelors degree in Accounting required; CPA strongly preferredCore Criteria :
Entrepreneurial Quality : Compelled to take creative initiative and ownership (e.g. founding an organization or company starting a movement or re-shaping the work of an existing organization). Demonstrates relentless and realistic how-to-thinking and passion for seeing their ideas come to life.Understanding and Belief in theEveryonea Changemaker : Understands and believes theEveryonea Changemaker vision at a gut level. To be able to innately get this candidates should have a broad and inquisitive intellectual and a thinking pattern that connects the dots between historical trends and current social context.Emotional and Social Intelligence : Ability to work efficiently and respectfully in teams putting organizational / team goal first (personal glory second).Ethical Fiber : Exceptionally strong ethical behavior. Is self-reflective and has strong empathy skills. Trustworthy.Self-Definition : The person expects that changing the world in big ways and on a continental scale is what he / she will do in life.About Ashoka :
Ashoka is the worlds largest community of leading social entrepreneurs having pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship over 40 years ago. We support a robust network of more than 4000 Ashoka Fellows in 90 countries who have successfully implemented systems-changing solutions to human and environmental problems globally. By learning from and collaborating with our Fellows and other social entrepreneurs Ashoka identifies patterns and key levers to help society gain a new framework for living in the world as a changemaker.
Our current work is centered around the Everyone a Changemaker (EACH) movement which stems from our belief that everyone has the potential and responsibility to make positive change in an ever-changing world. We continue to grow a global movement of social entrepreneurship recognizing that the rate of change is accelerating and our problems are growing faster than our solutions.
Required Experience :
Senior IC
Key Skills
General Ledger Reconciliation,Accounting Software,Account Analysis,GAAP,Journal Entries,QuickBooks,General Ledger Accounting,Accounting,Account Reconciliation,SOX,Microsoft Dynamics GP,NetSuite
Employment Type : Full-Time
Department / Functional Area : Finance
Experience : years
Vacancy : 1