Senior Staff Accountant - Nonprofit, Multi-Entity, Hybrid

Popular Democracy; United States; Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

15 vacation days (first year)

12 sick days per year

401K plan contributions

Job summary

Popular Democracy seeks a Senior Staff Accountant to join our Finance Team. This full-time, exempt role supports monthly close, AR/AP management, and reporting for a national nonprofit with multi-entity operations. Work may require travel and occasional office days in DC.

The ideal candidate has nonprofit accounting experience, strong Excel skills, and GAAP knowledge, with the ability to manage multiple projects and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Prior accounting experience; nonprofit experience preferred.
• GAAP knowledge required.
• Strong Excel skills (Pivot tables, VLOOKUPs) for reporting and data analysis.
• Experience with nonprofit financial systems administration.

Responsibilities

• Book banking and investment activity.
• Perform monthly closing activities and payroll processing.
• Complete reconciliations and update balance sheet schedules.
• Lead inter-entity staff billing, journal entries, and invoicing.
• Manage AR system: invoicing, payments, collections, and supporting docs (grants, proposals, budgets).
• Manage AP: invoices, card expenses, 1099 prep; reconcile credit cards.

Skills

Nonprofit accounting

GAAP

Advanced Excel

Pivot tables

VLOOKUPs

Multi-entity operations

Stakeholder communication

Attention to detail

Tools

SAGE Intacct

Paylocity Finance

Workday Adaptive Insights

Salesforce

Job description

Popular Democracy seeks a Senior Staff Accountant to join our Finance Team. This full-time, exempt role supports monthly close, AR/AP management, and reporting for a national nonprofit with multi-entity operations. Work may require travel and occasional office days in DC.

The ideal candidate has nonprofit accounting experience, strong Excel skills, and GAAP knowledge, with the ability to manage multiple projects and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.