Senior Accountant bei YMCA of South Florida

Essential Functions / Job Duties:

• Assist with month-end and year-end close, including preparing and posting recurring and non-recurring journal entries (e.g., Salesforce pledges and invoices, shared services, reserves, YMCA dues, monthly estimates).
• Perform general ledger reconciliations and resolve discrepancies across key balance sheet accounts, including cash, deferred revenue, accrued expenses, prepaid expenses, deposits, fixed assets, and payroll.
• Maintain fixed asset records, including additions, deletions, and reconciliations to NetSuite and other financial reporting systems.
• Monitor and reconcile prepaid expenses, accrued liabilities, deferred revenue, and contribution-related accounts associated with Salesforce.
• Prepare monthly facility rental invoices and assist with related revenue tracking and reporting.
• Support the preparation of monthly management reports, including budget vs. actual analysis, supporting schedules, and narratives.
• Enter and process accounts payable invoices, obtain necessary approvals, and monitor positive pay exceptions.
• Maintain proper support documentation for all journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reports.
• Assist with the preparation of audit schedules and other documentation for the annual external audit.
• Participate in the development and testing of new financial system reports and ensure accuracy of financial data.
• Serve as a back-up to Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and month-end functions assigned to the Assistant Controller.
• Perform other general ledger analysis and ad hoc projects as assigned by the VP of Corporate Finance or CFO.
• Manage vendor records, including setting up new vendors, updating existing vendor information, and maintaining current W-9 documentation.

YMCA COMPETENCIES (Multi- Team Leader):

Mission Advancement: Models and teaches the Y’s values. Ensure a high level of service with a commitment to changing lives. Provides volunteers with orientation, training, development, and recognition. Cultivates relationships to support fund-raising.

Collaboration: Champions inclusion activities, strategies, and initiatives. Builds relationships to create small communities. Empathetically listens and communicates for understanding when negotiating and dealing with conflict. Effectively tailors’ communications to the appropriate audience. Provides staff with feedback, coaching, guidance, and support.

Operational Effectiveness: Provides others with frameworks for making decisions. Conducts prototypes to support the launching of programs and activities. Develops plans and manages best practices through engagement of team. Effectively creates and manages budgets. Holds staff accountable for high-quality results using a formal process to measure progress.

Qualifications, Skills, and Abilities / Position Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.
• 2+ years of accounting experience, preferably in a non-profit or multi-entity environment.
• Strong understanding of GAAP and accounting principles.
• Experience with NetSuite and Salesforce preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and other Office applications.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and ability to meet deadlines.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.

Position Profile (Ideal Candidate)

• Innate desire to provide excellent customer service.
• Analytical, organized, driven by attaining results.
• Emotionally mature, able to initiate, conduct and navigate difficult conversations with individuals at all levels.
• Responsible and demonstrate integrity.
• Leader and diligent worker.
• Bilingual, English and Spanish, a plus.

Work Environment:

The work environmental characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Primary work in an office environment.

Physical Demands

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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities. Being in good physical health with full range of body motion, including manual and finger dexterity and eye/hand coordination. Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is often required to reach with hands, sit, stand for an extended period, perform repetitive motions, talk, hear and have visual acuity.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Employment at the YMCA is at will. It is purely voluntary, based upon the consent of both the Association and the staff members. No expressed or implied contractual rights should be inferred from this job description.

As a condition of employment, you will be required to submit to and satisfactorily clear a thorough Level II fingerprinting background screening.

As a Drug-Free Workplace, all new hires must successfully complete a drug test. Please note Medical Marijuana cards do not exempt you from successfully passing your drug test.

The YMCA of South Florida is committed to the policy of Equal Opportunity prohibiting discrimination in the workplace because of race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, political affiliation, age or disability.