Senior Accountant: Close & Grants Specialist

Goodwill Central Texas; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodwill Central Texas in Austin, TX seeks a Senior Accountant to lead the monthly and year-end close processes, ensuring accurate general ledger entries and timely reconciliations. The role supports grant accounting activities and collaborates with program and finance teams to maintain compliant, transparent financial reporting.

The position emphasizes process improvements, robust reconciliations, and audit support, with CPA preferred and opportunities to contribute to financial strategy in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting is required.
• Two years of accounting experience preferred.
• CPA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Leads assigned areas of the monthly and year-end close process, including preparation and review of journal entries, account reconciliations, supporting schedules, and financial analysis.
• Ensure timely and accurate reconciliation of sub-ledger activity to the general ledger and research and resolves identified variances.
• Prepares and maintains balance sheet reconciliations and supporting documentation in accordance with established close timelines.
• Prepares and review monthly recurring and non-recurring journal entries, including accruals, allocations, reclassifications, and other adjusting entries.
• Supports grant accounting activities, including review of grant-related revenue and expenses, account reconciliations, funding and receivable activity, and preparation of supporting activities.
• Review grant expenditures for appropriate coding, departmental and funding-source allocation, and compliance with applicable grant requirements.
• Supports grant billing, reimbursement requests, revenue recognition, receivable reconciliation, and grant closeout activities, as applicable.
• Works with program, finance, and grant personnel to research and resolve grant-related accounting discrepancies and ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Supports annual financial statement audits, compliance audits, and other external reporting requirements by preparing schedules and responding to documentation requests.
• Identifies accounting issues, process gaps, and reconciliation of discrepancies and works with management to develop appropriate resolutions.
• Provides accounting guidance and technical support to Staff Accountants and other accounting personnel as needed
• Partners with Accounting Manager, Assistant Controller, and Controller on special projects, process improvements, system enhancements, and other accounting issues.
• Performs other duties and projects as assigned.

Skills

Excel

Accounting knowledge

Communication

CPA preferred

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

Accounting software

Excel

Reporting software

Job description

Goodwill Central Texas in Austin, TX seeks a Senior Accountant to lead the monthly and year-end close processes, ensuring accurate general ledger entries and timely reconciliations. The role supports grant accounting activities and collaborates with program and finance teams to maintain compliant, transparent financial reporting.

The position emphasizes process improvements, robust reconciliations, and audit support, with CPA preferred and opportunities to contribute to financial strategy in a