Senior Accountant

Overview

Position Summary The Senior Accountant serves as a senior technical and operational accounting leader within a large, complex community food bank. Reporting to the Director of Finance (and partnering closely with the Vice President of Business Administration/Finance Leadership), this role owns key components of the monthly and year-end close; prepares and analyzes financial statements, schedules, and performance reporting; and ensures accurate accounting and compliance in accordance with GAAP and applicable nonprofit requirements for the Community Food Bank (CFB).

The Senior Accountant is a strategic partner to Program, Operations, Development, and Grants teams—supporting budgeting, forecasting, restricted funds/grant accounting, and audit-ready documentation—while strengthening internal controls and continuously improving finance processes and systems. This role also functions as the “hub” for external reporting workflows, including audit coordination (and Single Audit support, where applicable) and Form 990 preparation, and provides mentoring and high-level support to accounting staff.

• Close leadership, financial reporting, and analysis – Lead assigned areas of the month-end and year-end close, including complex journal entries, accruals, allocations, and recurring entries; ensure timely, accurate close deliverables.
• Prepare and/or review balance sheet reconciliations with clear documentation standards; investigate variances and resolve exceptions on a monthly basis.
• Prepare and analyze monthly financial statements and management reporting, including variance explanations and operational insights.
• Prepare financial schedules and information for leadership review and Board/committee reporting (monthly, quarterly, and annual as needed).

• Grant, restricted fund, and compliance accounting – Lead or co-lead grant and restricted fund accounting, including reconciliations, allowable cost support, reporting packages, and documentation aligned to funder and donor requirements.
• Partner with Grants/Programs/Development to support proposal budgeting and post-award financial stewardship, including reporting and audit readiness.
• Support compliance deliverables and documentation for external reviews (including Single Audit support where applicable).

• Audit coordination and Form 990 support – Serve as audit PBC/project manager: intake auditor requests, assign owners in coordination with Finance leadership, track status, follow up, and quality-control submissions to ensure completeness and timeliness.
• Support annual audit activities and manage follow-up requests, ensuring consistent workpaper standards and retention.
• Play a lead support role in Form 990 preparation: compile schedules, reconcile to financial statements, coordinate with tax preparers/auditors, and support functional expense and disclosure requirements.

• Inventory, payroll, investments, and other complex accounting areas (as assigned) – Support and/or oversee inventory accounting and reconciliation, including valuation support, variance analysis, and coordination with Operations/Warehouse partners.
• Process bi-weekly payroll journal entry, reconcile all payroll-related liabilities monthly and partner with HR to resolve reconciliation issues; support benefits/retirement plan compliance coordination as assigned (e.g., Form 5500 support).
• Review and approve investment accounting, reconciliation and roll forward support prepared by Accounting Support Specialist.

• Budget support and cross-functional partnership – Support the annual budgeting process and periodic forecasting by preparing schedules, analyzing trends, supporting department leaders, and maintaining alignment between budget assumptions and actual results.
• Provide responsive, high-quality financial support to internal partners (Programs, Development, Operations, Admin), translating financial data into actionable guidance.

• Internal controls, coding discipline, and process improvement – Strengthen internal controls through consistent review practices, documentation standards, and proactive issue identification.
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