Nonprofit Fund Accountant

MAAC; Chula Vista (CA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

MAAC in Chula Vista, CA seeks an accounting professional to perform routine to moderately difficult duties in preparing and maintaining financial records for agency accounts and funds. You will compile routine reports, apply professional accounting principles, and support internal controls and audits.

The role involves preparing journal entries, reconciling ledgers, and generating financial statements and analyses to assess expenditures and fund conditions.

Qualifications

• Principles, practices and terminology of general and fund accounting, including financial statement preparation and methods of financial control and reporting.
• Budgeting principles and terminology.
• Cost-accounting methods and procedures.
• Laws and regulations relating to the financial administration of a non-profit organization.
• Auditing principles and practices.
• Principles and practices of business data processing, particularly related to the processing of accounting information and interpretation of input and output data.
• Laws, regulations, rules and policies and procedures applicable to areas of responsibility.
• General accounting systems and associated systems.
• Standard office practices and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Maintains accounts payable, accounts receivable, and subsidiary ledgers; processes vendor invoices for payment and compares receiving reports to vendor statements; provides a monthly balance sheet and submits it to appropriate persons.
• Reviews accounting documents to ensure accurate information and calculations and makes correcting entries; examines supporting documentation to establish proper authorization and conformance with agreements, contracts, and state and federal requirements; prepares and maintains control and subsidiary accounting records involving a variety of transactions and accounts.
• Prepares journal entries; performs periodic reconciliation of general ledger, journal, subsidiary accounts and bank statements; analyzes and prepares reports on revenue estimates, expenditures and fund conditions.
• Compiles and prepares periodic financial statements, supporting schedules and reports.
• Maintains and reviews fixed asset and other special funds and reconciles such funds to accounting records.
• Prepares, reviews, and corrects department and/or program expenditures transfers; verifies account numbers and related information; conducts assigned internal audits.
• Analyzes budget documentation to assure that expenditures are properly charged and do not exceed appropriations.
• Conducts research and prepares special studies as requested; analyzes financial accounting data and makes appropriate recommendations.
• Provides technical guidance to Accounting Technicians and other accounting support staff in performing accounting entries.
• Works directly with staff from other departments to resolve technical accounting issues and problems.

Skills

General accounting

Budgeting

Cost accounting

Non-profit regulations

Auditing

Accounting data processing

Internal controls

Communication

Job description

MAAC in Chula Vista, CA seeks an accounting professional to perform routine to moderately difficult duties in preparing and maintaining financial records for agency accounts and funds. You will compile routine reports, apply professional accounting principles, and support internal controls and audits.

The role involves preparing journal entries, reconciling ledgers, and generating financial statements and analyses to assess expenditures and fund conditions.