Accounting Specialist

Regional Food Bank of Northeastern NY; Town of Colonie (NY); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York is seeking an Accounting Specialist to support the Director of Finance. This full-time, non-exempt role focuses on grant reconciliations, ensuring grant compliance, and assisting with month-end close, audits, and budgets.

Qualifications include an associate degree in accounting or 2–5 years of accounting experience, strong Excel skills, and familiarity with Sage accounting software; nonprofit experience is a plus, with training provided as needed.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in accounting or 2 to 5 years of accounting or bookkeeping experience.
• Solid Excel skills (formulas, lookups and reconciliations).
• Experience with Sage Accounting software is a plus.
• Close attention to detail and consistent follow-through.
• Ability to communicate well across departments.
• Grant or nonprofit accounting experience is a plus, but we'll train the right person.
• Ability to multi-task and assist with other finance duties.

Responsibilities

• Assist the managing and tracking and completion of monthly grant reconciliations.
• Ensure grant spending is in compliance with the grant contracts
• Reconcile and track custodial grants
• Process and reconcile credit card transactions each week
• Assist with monthly account reconciliations, month-end close, the year-end audit, and budgets
• Keep transaction records organized for lockbox processing
• Handle confidential financial information with care

Skills

Excel

Communication

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Cross-department collaboration

Education

Associate's degree in accounting

2-5 years accounting or bookkeeping experience

Tools

Sage Accounting

Job description

Job Title: Accounting Specialist

Reports to: Director of Finance

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Status: Full-time (40 hours) Non-Exempt

What you'll do

• Assist the managing and tracking and completion of monthly grant reconciliations.
• Ensure grant spending is in compliance with the grant contracts
• Reconcile and track custodial grants
• Process and reconcile credit card transactions each week
• Assist with monthly account reconciliations, month-end close, the year-end audit, and budgets
• Keep transaction records organized for lockbox processing
• Handle confidential financial information with care

What you bring

• An associate's degree in accounting, or 2 to 5 years of accounting or bookkeeping experience
• Solid Excel skills (comfortable with formulas, lookups and reconciliations)
• Experience with Sage Accounting software is a plus
• Close attention to detail and consistent follow-through
• Ability to communicate well across departments
• Grant or nonprofit accounting experience is a plus, but we'll train the right person.
• Ability to multi-task and assist with other finance duties

Work environment:

Mostly office work at a computer. You may sometimes go into our warehouse, where temperatures vary. Lifting rarely goes above 30 pounds.

The Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.