Accounting Manager

homelesssolutions; Cedar Knolls (NJ); On-site; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Life insurance

401k with company match

PTO with floating holidays

Job summary

Homeless Solutions, Inc. seeks a Finance Manager to lead daily financial operations for a NJ housing and human services organization. You will oversee accounting for shelters, housing, and real estate portfolios, ensure compliance, and drive accurate reporting to leadership and the Board.

Key duties include closings, financial reporting, grant budgeting, and supervising a small team including Medicaid billing staff. Salary range from $95k to 105K.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field required; CPA/CMA preferred.
• Minimum 4 years accounting experience, at least 2 years nonprofit fund accounting.
• Strong GAAP knowledge, Uniform Guidance, HUD reporting requirements.
• Proficiency in accrual accounting and payroll taxes; staff supervision skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily financial operations and ensure compliance across the NJ organization.
• Lead monthly and year-end closings, financial reporting, grants budgeting and costing.
• Manage accounts payable/receivable, payroll allocations, and cash-flow monitoring.
• Supervise accounting staff and support audits and senior leadership reporting.

Skills

GAAP knowledge

Non-profit accounting

Financial reporting

Team leadership

Excel proficiency

Internal controls

Balance sheet management

Tax and payroll familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance or related field

CPA or CMA designation preferred

Tools

Blackbaud Financial Edge

Euna Budget Questica

ADP Workforce

MRI Affordable Housing or equivalent

Job description

Homeless Solutions, Inc. has been the leader in its field in Morris County for over 40 years and we value our staff as the most important part of our continued success.

The Finance Manager oversees the organization's daily financial operations and ensures compliance across a multifaceted New Jersey housing and human services organization. This role leads accounting functions for emergency shelter, transitional housing, Housing Supports, and a real estate portfolio consisting of 17 affordable housing properties. Key responsibilities include monthly and year-end closings, financial reporting, accounts payable and receivable, payroll allocations, revenue reconciliations, cash-flow monitoring, grant and program budgeting, fund accounting, cost allocations, contract billing, and reimbursement requests.

The Finance Manager oversees individual project accounting and parent-level consolidations, partners with program leadership to monitor financial performance, and maintains strong internal controls to safeguard organizational assets and ensure the integrity of financial data. This position also supervises a small accounting team, including a Staff Accountant responsible for Medicaid billing for Housing Supports. The successful candidate will combine hands-on technical expertise with effective team leadership to support clean audits, regulatory compliance, and accurate, timely reporting to senior leadership and the Board of Trustees.

This position is offered in a salary range from $95k to 105K

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field required. CPA or CMA designation is highly preferred.
• Minimum 4 years of accounting experience, with at least 2 years in non-profit fund accounting.
• Deep understanding of GAAP, Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200), and HUD reporting requirements.
• Thorough knowledge of accrual accounting and payroll taxes.
• Demonstrate accuracy and organizational skills; Ability to prioritize, delegate to and supervise junior finance staff.
• Proficiency with non-profit accounting software (e.g. Blackbaud Financial Edge, Euna Budget Questica, ADP Workforce, MRI Affordable Housing or equivalent), advanced Excel and automated workflows.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills. Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Outlook, Word and advanced Excel required.

Full time permanent staff of Homeless Solutions are eligible to enroll in company sponsored medical, dental and life insurance coverage plans in accordance with HSI policies. In addition, all staff are eligible immediately upon hiring to participate in a 401k retirement savings plan, including up to a 6% company paid match. Generous PTO plans include paid personal, vacation and sick leave as well as 10 floating holidays annually.

HSI is an equal opportunity employer, and we appreciate and celebrate the diversity of our staff. We believe that diversity not only includes race and gender, but also age, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, religion and many other parts of an individual's identity. HSI recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates and administers all policy and actions with equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. The points of view of all of our staff are important, and supporting a culture of inclusion is everyone's responsibility.