Senior Accountant

Hope Media Group; Houston, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

HSA with employer contribution

Flexible Spending Accounts

PTO

Mission days (3)

Company holidays (12)

401K with company match

Group Life Insurance

Job summary

Hope Media Group in Houston, TX seeks a Senior Accountant to join the Accounting Department reporting to the Controller. You will ensure accurate financial statements, analysis of results, and compliance with GAAP and nonprofit standards for the organization.

You will prepare journal entries, support month-end close, assist with audits and budgeting, and collaborate with FP&A to explain drivers behind variances and financial trends.

Qualifications

• Masters or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• 7+ years accounting or financial reporting experience.
• CPA preferred.
• Knowledge of nonprofit regulations (Section 501(c)3 organizations), preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, maintain, and reconcile accounting records, financial statements, and financial reports.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts.
• Perform various activities to support the month-end close process.
• Prepare and verify journal entries to the general ledger.
• Assist with annual audit and budgeting process.
• Support Financial, Planning & Analysis team with determining financial details and drivers of reporting results.
• Make monthly expense accrual entries and ensure the accuracy of expense coding and reporting.
• Adhere to internal controls, policies and procedures for financial management; and oversight for the organizations.

Skills

Advanced Excel

CPA Preferred

Non-profit regulations knowledge

Attention to detail

Confidentiality

Education

Masters or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Access

Google tools

Job description

Description

Job Summary

• The Senior Accountant serves as a member of the Accounting Department and will report directly to the Controller. The Senior Accountant is responsible for preparation and accuracy of the financial statements, performing analysis of financial results, providing explanation of variances and ensuring compliance with internal policies and generally accepted accounting principles and all other applicable accounting standards for HMG.

Essential Functions

Accounting

• Prepare, maintain, and reconcile accounting records, financial statements, and financial reports
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts
• Perform various activities to support the month-end close process
• Prepare and verify journal entries to the general ledger
• Assist with annual audit and budgeting process
• Support Financial, Planning & Analysis team with determining financial details and drivers of reporting results
• Make monthly expense accrual entries and ensure the accuracy of expense coding and reporting
• Adhere to internal controls, policies and procedures for financial management; and oversight for the organizations
• Record and report on capital expenditure, project and fixed assets accounting and financial implications
• Maintain financial elements of the fixed asset sub-ledger (including additions and disposals)
• Record and ensure accuracy of monthly capitalization and depreciation entries and roll forward schedules
• Any other duties as assigned

Financial

• Study financial trends to identify potential impact to the organization and identify drivers, root causes of results to share with management in monthly close reporting
• Assist with monthly financial reports by drafting comments and collecting, analyzing and summarizing financial data and trends
• Advise budget managers on their functional and brand results to assist them in understanding, managing, forecasting and budgeting their departmental expenses
• Support ROI evaluations
• Any other duties as assigned

Demonstrated Faith

• Committed to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
• Grounded spiritually and biblically literate
• Comfortable praying for co-workers in team meetings, leading spoken prayer, and participating in ministry prayer meetings and Bible studies
• Live Christian principles defined by the ministry’s Statement of Faith & Biblical Beliefs
• Participate in on-air fundraisers and prays for donors as needed
• Passion for leveraging the HMG’s media platforms for evangelism and discipleship
• Exhibit a strong moral character
• Active member of a Bible believing local church

Non-Essential Functions

• Contribute to department and organization special projects as assigned.

Requirements

Education

• Masters or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

Experience

• 7+ years Accounting or financial reporting experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Advanced Excel skills
• CPA preferred
• Knowledge of non-profit regulations (Section 501(c)3 organizations), preferred
• Ability to multi-task
• Strong attention to detail to ensure financial accuracy
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Creative and enthusiastic, team player
• Comfortable and excited about a growing and innovated environment
• Strong administrative and organizational skills
• Effective writing skills and excellent grammatical usage and style
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Power Point, Access and Google tool applications

Supervisory Responsibilities

None.

Working Conditions and Environment

Travel

• As needed, for conferences and seminars.

Nights/Weekends/Holidays

• As needed

Physical Requirements

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Physical Activity may include Talking. Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Hearing. Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. Light work. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading

Full-Time Benefits Offerings

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Health Savings Account w/employer contribution
• Flexible Savings Accounts
• Company Paid Short Term Disability/Long Term Disability
• EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Three (3) Paid Mission Days
• Twelve (12) Company-Paid Holidays
• 403B Retirement with Company Match
• Group Life Insurance
• Legal Shield/Identity Theft Protection
• Access to Marketplace Ministry Chaplains