Non Profit Staff Accountant

Friends of the Children is looking for an extraordinary professional to join our finance team. Are you flexible and ready to take on a wide range of accounting tasks? Is working for an organization that inspires you a critical aspect of your job search? We may have the perfect career for you.

Our model is proven to impact generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with salaried professional mentors -- 12+ years, no matter what.

The Finance Department performs the accounting functions for the National Friends of the Children chapters throughout the country. The Staff Accountant is responsible for reconciling and recording monthly transactions for these chapters.

Friends of the Children is committed to our community, to equal employment opportunity, and to diversity in our workplace.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Record transactions for employee reimbursements
• Record donations and other cash receipts
• Receives vendor invoices, reconciles supporting documents, enter invoices and payments into accounting system.
• Monthly credit card recording and reconciliations
• Prepare payroll entries from chapter payroll reports
• Correspond between the chapter operations managers and the senior accountants
• Perform the finance training for new chapter operations managers
• Provide documents and support as needed to Senior Accountants for year-end audits
• Prepare quarterly reconciliations of chapter donor databases and the general ledger.
• Complete year-end tasks for chapter financials
• Preparation and completion of Form 1099 & 1096
• Conversion of source documents to electronic media and maintenance of electronic and source document filing.

Required Skills, Education, Knowledge and Abilities

• Two to four years of financial accounting experience.
• Experience in supporting multiple business entities simultaneously.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
• Strong Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word) as well as pdf software.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other members of staff
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with an accounting concentration

Preferred Competencies, Skills, and Abilities

• Non-profit accounting experience
• Federal grant compliance experience
• Experience with Blackbaud/Financial Edge NXT
• Experience with Microsoft Teams

Culture of Belonging

Friends of the Children endeavors to create a culture where each and every staff knows they belong. From our policies to our procedures and practices, we aim to create an environment that is healthy, safe, accepting, supportive, and kind.

Benefits

• Health: Friends of the Children covers 100% of employee only health premium for 2 of the 4 plans
• Dental: Friends of the Children covers 100% of employee only premium
• Vision: Friends of the Children covers 100% of employee only premium
• Basic Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment: 100% paid by Friends of the Children
• Short Term Disability and Long-Term Disability: 100% paid by Friends of the Children
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA): Employees may contribute to an FSA account: Healthcare FSA minimum of $100 maximum of $3,400.
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary Benefits such as Critical Illness, Hospitalization, Legal, etc.
• 401(k) savings plan with a company match of up to the first 4% of earnings that the employee contributes.
• Cell phone and/or Internet Reimbursement: Employee is eligible for cell phone and/or internet business expenses up to $75/month ($37.50/pay period), maximum.
• Office reimbursement of $150 per year on anniversary date.
• Time off:
  1. Vacation: Full-time employees of Friends are eligible for up to three weeks of paid vacation annually for the first 4 years.
  2. Sick Time: Regular, full-time employees are awarded two weeks/80 hours of sick time on January 1 of each year.
  3. Holidays: Eleven paid holidays. Three of which are Floating holidays.
• Flexible work schedule/Remote/Hybrid work.
• Career Development and Wellness Reimbursement of up to $1000 after the first year of employment.
• Summer hours and end of year holiday gift of time off.
• Employee Perks and Discount Programs.

Benefits start first of the month on or following employee start date.

Compensation

• Range: $62,000 to $72,000 (Compensation commensurate with experience and geographical location)

Location

• Remote/Virtual - This position is fully remote, Monday through Friday, during business hours (adjusted for your local time zone) with occasional work on evenings and weekends. Minimal work-related travel may occur (1-2 times per year).

Applications without cover letters will not be considered; please use this as an opportunity to convey why you want to be the Staff Accountant at Friends of the Children!

Friends of the Children is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To learn more about Friends of the Children go to: https://friendsofthechildren.org/about #ThePowerOfOne.