Assistant Director, Accounting and Finance

1199SEIU Benefit and Pension Funds; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

1199SEIU National Benefit Fund seeks an experienced finance leader to oversee all financial processing, recording, and reporting for the Benefit and Pension Fund Family.

The role directs external audits, tax filings, and GAAP-compliant financial statements, while guiding budgeting, cash flow projections, and cross-functional coordination across departments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• Current CPA certification; MBA or other advanced degree preferred.
• Six+ years of financial management experience in a not-for-profit setting; supervisory experience required.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial leadership over processing, recording, and reporting of financial information for the Fund Family.
• Oversee preparation of external audits and tax filings (IRS, state/local DOL) as Plan Sponsor.
• Develop and maintain timely internal and external financial statements in accordance with GAAP.
• Lead seamless accounting processes including reporting, budgeting, and cash flow projections.
• Lead staff training, coaching, and performance management to meet deadlines and ensure integrated financial reporting.
• Develop action plans for accurate accounting, reporting, budgets, and cash flow projections.
• Manage cash: approve wire transfers and ensure proper reconciliation of banking transactions.
• Create KPIs to track fund performance and inform management decisions.
• Ensure monthly reconciliations and proper interfund balance reconciliations.
• Ensure compliance with regulations and GAAP, including 990/5500 filings; assist with ad-hoc projects.

Skills

Financial leadership

Audits & tax filings oversight

GAAP accounting

Budgeting and forecasting

Staff development and supervision

Cash management

Financial analysis and reporting

Interfund reconciliations

Strategic financial planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

CPA certification

MBA or advanced degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Finance/budgeting software

Job description

• Provide financial leadership over the financial processing, recording, and reporting of financial information of the Benefit and Pension Fund Family (BPF) which includes four (4) Benefit Funds, three (3) Pension Funds, and one (1) 401K Plan while delivering long term strategic initiatives that keep the department current in today’s ever changing financial environment.
• Oversee the preparation and coordination of all Funds’ external audits as well as all tax filings (Internal Revenue Service (IRS), state and local Department of Labor (DOL)) as Plan Sponsor for each of the Taft Hartley Funds
• Develop and maintain timely and accurate internal and external financial statements (including balance sheets, statements of activities, cash flows and trend and variance reporting analyses with variance explanations that are appropriate for the users and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
• Develop and facilitate seamless accounting processes, including reporting, analysis, budgeting, and cash flow projections; Responsible for leading these processes for all reporting groups among budget, program and accounting staff ensuring timely and accurate reports by a fully integrated finance staff with excellent knowledge of finance, operations, and programs
• Lead organizational development of all functions ensuring training, coaching, reviewing, and supervising the staff to meet deadlines in the most efficient and seamless manner; Develop financial professionals to produce timely and accurate financial statements, reports, analyses and budgets and cash flow projections with fully integrated financial reporting
• Develop detailed action plans that target meeting objectives of accurate and timely accounting, reporting, analysis, budgets, and cash flow projections
• Cash Management – Review, approve, and release wire transfers. Ensure that banking transactions are properly recorded and reconciled in accounting system.
• Develop metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to track Funds performance and inform management of these key indicators for decision making
• Review monthly account reconciliations; Ensure that cash and other significant accounts of the Funds’ are reconciled monthly on a timely basis. Ensure that the accounting system reconciles to V3, QNXT, and other external systems on a monthly basis
• Monitors the interfund balances owed to and from each respective fund and ensures that those balances reconcile on a monthly basis
• Ensure that the Funds and 501c3 organizations are in compliance with all regulations and adhering to all applicable laws and regulations for the proper segregation of funds; leading timely preparation of all external audits, financial statements, financial budgets and forecasts in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and reviewing, all applicable returns, and external filings such as IRS 990 Forms and 5500 returns
• Assist with ad-hoc projects as needed

Requisition #:

7526

# of openings:

1

Employment Type

Full time

Position Status

Permanent

Category

Non-Bargaining

Workplace Arrangement

Hybrid

Fund

1199SEIU National Benefit Fund

Job Classification

Exempt

Responsibilities

• Provide financial leadership over the financial processing, recording, and reporting of financial information of the Benefit and Pension Fund Family (BPF) which includes four (4) Benefit Funds, three (3) Pension Funds, and one (1) 401K Plan while delivering long term strategic initiatives that keep the department current in today’s ever changing financial environment.
• Oversee the preparation and coordination of all Funds’ external audits as well as all tax filings (Internal Revenue Service (IRS), state and local Department of Labor (DOL)) as Plan Sponsor for each of the Taft Hartley Funds
• Develop and maintain timely and accurate internal and external financial statements (including balance sheets, statements of activities, cash flows and trend and variance reporting analyses with variance explanations that are appropriate for the users and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
• Develop and facilitate seamless accounting processes, including reporting, analysis, budgeting, and cash flow projections; Responsible for leading these processes for all reporting groups among budget, program and accounting staff ensuring timely and accurate reports by a fully integrated finance staff with excellent knowledge of finance, operations, and programs
• Lead organizational development of all functions ensuring training, coaching, reviewing, and supervising the staff to meet deadlines in the most efficient and seamless manner; Develop financial professionals to produce timely and accurate financial statements, reports, analyses and budgets and cash flow projections with fully integrated financial reporting
• Develop detailed action plans that target meeting objectives of accurate and timely accounting, reporting, analysis, budgets, and cash flow projections
• Cash Management – Review, approve, and release wire transfers. Ensure that banking transactions are properly recorded and reconciled in accounting system.
• Develop metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to track Funds performance and inform management of these key indicators for decision making
• Review monthly account reconciliations; Ensure that cash and other significant accounts of the Funds’ are reconciled monthly on a timely basis. Ensure that the accounting system reconciles to V3, QNXT, and other external systems on a monthly basis
• Monitors the interfund balances owed to and from each respective fund and ensures that those balances reconcile on a monthly basis
• Ensure that the Funds and 501c3 organizations are in compliance with all regulations and adhering to all applicable laws and regulations for the proper segregation of funds; leading timely preparation of all external audits, financial statements, financial budgets and forecasts in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and reviewing, all applicable returns, and external filings such as IRS 990 Forms and 5500 returns
• Assist with ad-hoc projects as needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required: Current CPA certification, MBA or other advanced degree preferred
• Minimum six (6) years financial management experience complemented by controller, reporting and analysis, planning, accounting, and management skills in a complex not-for-profit with significant scale required: four (4) years supervisory experience of exempt and non-exempt personnel required
• Knowledge of F inancial Planning and Reporting systems used in complex not-for-profit environments
• Advanced knowledge of U.S. GAAP; external reporting with knowledge of IRS, DOL and other governmental requirements as they relate to Taft Hartley and not-for-profit organizations
• Knowledge of Taft Hartley Plans highly preferred
• Advanced skill level in Microsoft Excel, Word, Accounting, Financial and Budgeting Software Strong management, supervisory and communication skills; excellent critical thinking and analytical capabilities
• Superb analytical skills with ability to provide solutions and develop alternatives
• Demonstrated organizational skills with ability to manage complexity, multi-task and meet operational deadlines
• Ability to manage projects, work well under pressure, maintain professional manner and presentation