Staff Accountant

Description

Maintains the Cathedral’s general accounting records to achieve and sustain high-quality fiscal operations in a complex accounting environment. Focus is on accounts payable, expense reports, credit card reconciliations, and general ledger uploads, with other duties as assigned. Participates in assessing ongoing effectiveness of internal processes, procedures and controls.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with Controller; CFO; and the Washington National Cathedral (WNC) and Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation (PECF) accounting teams to maintain financial operations and transactions for the institution. Ensure accuracy, completeness and compliance with generally accepted accounting principles, local and federal laws, and nonprofit best business practices.
• Set up new vendors in Anybill, ensuring all documentation is appropriately captured, including, but not limited to, W-9, contracts, change orders, etc.
• Work with PECF to maintain and finalize 1099s for calendar year end reporting.
• Process accounts payable invoices in Anybill system, including review of invoice to relevant contract, checking coding and amount, memo information, date, and ensuring all details are correctly recorded prior to submitting for approval.
• Monitor and maintain Anybill system to ensure current vendor profiles, uploaded contracts, other important information related to vendor and pre-coding.
• Prepare monthly reconciliation of Anybill activity to Great Plains database.
• Prepare, record and reconcile to supporting documentation routine and monthly journal entries including credit card expense reports.
• Prepare full supporting documentation for review by the Sr. Accountant/Controller, ensuring proper coding, accounting treatment and approval.
• Collaborate and coordinate with personnel outside the Finance department to ensure that financial data originating in other departments is received and reported timely and accurately.
• Organize and implement the weekly cash count. In collaboration with the Controller, organize larger plate counts, e.g. at Christmas and Easter, identifying and recruiting additional Cathedral personnel to assist.
• Keep abreast of policies and procedures, current developments in accounting professions, and changes in local and federal laws. Participate in the ongoing review of, and adherence to, institutional accounting processes, procedures and internal controls.
• Assist with year-end closing and preparation of audit schedules.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls and.
• Reconcile vendor statements and follow up on outstanding items.
• Assist in month-end close by preparing AP accruals and reconciling AP sub-ledger to the general ledger.
• Respond to vendor inquiries and maintain strong relationships with vendors and internal departments.
• Ensure timely and accurate coding, posting, and payment of all AP transactions.
• Process vendor invoices and employee expense reports in accordance with company policies.

Other duties and special projects as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or similar field.
• More than three years plus of accounting experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPA preferred or equivalent experience in the accounting field.
• Not-for-profit accounting experience, preferably in a complex accounting environment.
• Anybill or  experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Highly developed organization skills, highly detail oriented.
• Collaborative working style; ability to establish strong working relationships with peers, management and other departments, including PECF accounting office.
• Ability to communicate accounting information, policies, and/or procedures in a manner easily understood by non-financial personnel. Excellent communication skills.
• Knowledge of, and/or willingness to learn, nonprofit specific accounting, standard accounting principles, methods and applications.
• Ability to implement policies and procedures to maintain compliance with various regulations, and identify and communicate potential issues to management.
• High level of skill in and understanding of accounting systems;
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