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The Boston Foundation · 1 day ago

Staff Accountant

Boston, MA

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry, Mid Level

$58K/yr - $63K/yr

2+ years exp

The Boston Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people in the Greater Boston area. They are seeking a Staff Accountant to perform monthly general ledger reconciliations and reconcile gift activity to bank accounts under the direction of the Controller.

CharityCommunitiesNon Profit

Responsibilities

Performs weekly review and preliminary reconciliation of activity in the Operating and Grantmaking accounts by matching activity reflected on the accounts to the weekly funding schedules

Assists Controller with the weekly funding schedule

Completes monthly reconciliations for gifts, grants and assigned General Ledger accounts

Reconciles grant checks more than 90 and more than 45 days and coordinates follow-up with Fund Administration

Tracks ACH Bouncebacks to ensure that payments are reissued in a timely manner

Drafts responses to audit requests and FASB letters

Prepares the monthly Statement of Activities and Statement of Financial Position reconciliation files

Assist with the annual financial audit

Compiles monthly internal metrics for the Fund Admin and A/P areas

Assists Controller with special projects

Responsible for second review of ACH signups, including call backs for banking changes

During high volume periods and as backup for staffing vacations, processes grants made by the donors through the Donor Portal and processes donor gifts received

Provides general support to the Fund Admin team; and

Performs other duties as assigned

Qualification

Accounting degreeExcel proficiencyDatabase experienceData entry experienceCustomer service experienceMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft WordOrganizational skillsCommunication skillsTeamwork