Senior Accountant

Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York; Wildwood (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York seeks a Senior Accountant to ensure financial health and regulatory compliance. Reporting to the Controller, you will oversee daily accounting operations, treasury management, monthly financial reporting, and internal control maintenance.

This full-time, 35-hour-per-week hybrid role is based in Wading River, NY, with occasional travel to New York City and across Long Island. Work hours outside of schedule may be required.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 5+ years' progressive accounting experience.
• Proficiency in SAGE Inacct, MARTUS and advanced Excel Skills.

Responsibilities

• Generate monthly and quarterly financial packages, including Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Activities, and budget-to-actual reports.
• Draft dashboards and variance explanations for finance leadership.
• Perform month-end and year-end closing activities.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and credit card payables.
• Analyze financial performance and explain budget variances.
• Assist in preparing annual operating and program budgets.
• Perform month-end and year-end close procedures, fixed asset schedules, and deferred revenue calculations.
• Assist in preparing audit schedules, Form 990, and other regulatory filings.
• Ensure all financial and accounting operations strictly comply with non-profit GAAP.
• Maintain strong internal controls over financial transactions.
• Support annual external audits and prepare audit schedules.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical skills

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

SAGE Inacct

MARTUS

Advanced Excel

Job description

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Senior Accountant

Full Time Wading River, NY, US

Salary Range: $90,000.00 To $95,000.00 Annually

Summary Job Description

TheSeniorAccountantensures the financial health and regulatory compliance of the organization. Reporting to the Controller, this role oversees daily accounting operations, such as treasury management, monthly financial reporting, internal control maintenance, and audit workpaper prep. This position bridges programmatic needs and financial realities, empowering leadership to make mission-driven decisions.

This position offers a full-time, 35-hour-per-week, hybrid work schedule and is based in Little Flower’s Wading River office. The role may require occasional travel to New York City and throughout Long Island. From time to time, this position may requires work outside of normally scheduled working hours.

About Little Flower

Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York is a human services nonprofit supporting the well-being of children, youth, families, and individuals across New York City and Long Island since 1929.

Our staff of more than 500 builds well-being by providing prevention services, foster care, residential treatment care, adoption services, programs and services for individuals with developmental disabilities, and medical and mental health services.

• Generate monthly and quarterly financial packages, including Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Activities, and budget-to-actual reports.
• Draft dashboards and variance explanations for finance leadership.
• Perform month-end and year-end closing activities.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and credit card payables.
• Analyze financial performance and explain budget variances.
• Assist in preparing annual operating and program budgets.
• Perform month-end and year-end close procedures, fixed asset schedules, and deferred revenue calculations.
• Assist in preparing audit schedules, Form 990, and other regulatory filings.
• Ensure all financial and accounting operations strictly comply with non-profit GAAP.
• Ensure compliance with nonprofit accounting standards and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain strong internal controls over financial transactions.
• Support annual external audits and prepare audit schedules.
• Prepare all workpapers for the CFR.
• Complete and submit New York State CFR.
• Assist with preparation of annual information returns and other regulatory filings.
• Partner with the Development/Fundraising team to record donor contributions correctly and assist leadership with organizational budget forecasting.
• Partner with Contracts department to ensure accuracy of reimbursable expenditures and process adjustments as necessary.

Required Qualifications and Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 5+ years' experience of progressive accounting experience.
• Proficiency in SAGE Inacct, MARTUS and advanced Excel Skills.
• High attention to detail, strong analytic skills and the ability to multi-task.

Travel Requirements

This position offers a full-time, hybrid schedule and is based in Wading River, NY and may require travel to Wading River and New York City, and other locations when needed.

Disclaimer

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the incumbent in this position. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of a person in this position.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Statement

With more than 250 years of combined experience, Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York and St. John’s Residence for Boys have a long-standing history of serving children, youth, adults and families of color. Our mission, vision and values are grounded in elevating the shared humanity of every staff member, community partner and those with whom we engage. We recognize that our DEIB work is continuously evolving as we strive for equity and inclusion for individuals of all races, ethnicities, genders, sexualities, ages, abilities, religions and lived experiences.

Accessibility

Some job requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may be designed to protect the safety and health of the employee, their fellow employees and the individuals being served and may therefore exclude some individuals.