Senior Accountant

Your Impact:

The Senior Accountant helps to ensure that Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento maintains accurate financial reports, records, and general ledgers; oversees inter- and intra-departmental financial controls; and performs general bookkeeping in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). As the primary team member responsible for data entry into the affiliate’s multiple financial databases, the Senior Accountant is expected to ensure information entered is accurate and fully vetted, source documents are organized and filed, and information is entered in a timely fashion. Additional responsibilities will include assistance with audits and schedule maintenance, production of financial reports and budgets, and cash handling/deposits. Other duties as assigned by CFO and/or CEO.

Responsibilities:

General Accounting

 Facilitates accounts payable and receivable activities and timeliness of invoice and debt servicing as well as invoice creation in accordance with finance policies and procedures

 Assists the CFO with construction job cost allocations

 Processes cash receipts, records revenue, and receivables

 Performs surprise cash counts, all bank deposits and/or change requests for Restore

 Works closely with the Fund Development Team to collect donor documentation and ensure that donation revenues and receivables are reconciled monthly, quarterly, and annually

 Perform routine monthly and annual closing procedures including pre-paids, bank reconciliations, accruals, and report generation for department heads

 Oversee the tracking of in-kind donations of goods and services

 Prepare assigned annual audit schedules and assist with annual tax compliance; assists the Controller with responding to auditor inquiries

 Maintains an effective filing and records management system

 Assists CFO, Board Finance Committee, and CEO with annual budgeting process

 Reconciles vendor payments and maintains vendor files and accounting relationships

 Participates in accounting and finance trainings and professional development opportunities and on occasion provides support at Habitat events as needed

 Works with the CFO to develop, implement, and maintain updated accounting procedures

Mortgage Portfolio

 Responsible for monthly mortgage statement generation and reconciliation, journal entries, and report generation for mortgage servicing, including management of impound payments for homeowner property taxes and insurance renewals

 Enter, track and report on homeowner mortgage payments on a monthly basis

Payroll

 Accountable for issuing pay and pay-related information to employees in cooperation with Director of Operations

 Assists the CFO with all payroll tax and payroll related items within the payroll system.

 Accountable for year-end payroll process, including any tax filings (with assistance from CFO), W-2 processing, etc.

Required Qualifications

 Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration

 Minimum of two years of work experience in accounting and/or finance

Performance Skills

 Interact effectively with other Habitat staff and volunteers

 Able to organize tasks and assigned projects for timely completion with minimal direction

 Possess good verbal and written communication skills

 Able to work independently yet recognize the interdependence needed for the organization to function efficiently and effectively

 Willing to ask questions to clarify instruction, defined outcomes, and assigned responsibilities

 Open to change in order to improve performance and outcomes – personal and organization wide

Technical Skills

 Working knowledge of Intuit QuickBooks Software

 Working knowledge of Job Costing for Construction Projects a plus but not mandatory

 Working knowledge of GAAP

 Working knowledge of Federal and State Employment and Payroll Policies

 Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs, specifically Outlook and Microsoft Excel

Other Skills

 Strong analytical abilities

 Strong organizational skills

 Must be able to pass background check. (In accordance with state and county law: convictions do not necessarily rule out employment, it depends on the nature and severity of the conviction and is evaluated on a case by case basis, check is conducted on last 7 years only)

Physical Requirements: Candidate should have ability and will be expected to maintain personal physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities associated with working in a standard office environment.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $74,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Work Location: In person