Accounting Manager

Are you a skilled professional who believes in lending your skills to end hunger during these unprecedented times? If so, consider being the Accounting Manager for the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank. Join our friendly, collaborative, and hardworking finance team, reporting to the Director of Finance.

The Accounting Manager will be a strategic member of the Finance team who will not only lead and manage the daily accounting operations for the Food Bank but will also play a critical role in implementing new systems and software to streamline current processes and to scale and automate accounting close procedures.

Who We Are:

Our mission is to end hunger in San Francisco and Marin.

We envision a just and equitable society that nurtures a resilient community. We envision a community where everyone will have access to nutritious food of their choosing and will be uplifted by a network of support. We work with our community to create lasting solutions to address both the hunger we see today and the root causes that perpetuate food insecurity in our society. Every week, over 50,000 households count on us for food assistance. 60% of what we distribute is fresh fruits and vegetables.

Who You Are:

To excel in this position, you will need to approach the work with the following habits and values:

• You are an accounting professional with a passion for our mission to end hunger.
• You are hands-on, creative, and a collaborative team player
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills.

What You Would Be Accountable for:

The Accounting Manager will be responsible for the following key pieces of work:

• This role reports to the Director of Finance and manages a team of two accounting support staff to ensure the accounting function supports and facilitates organizational growth.
• Act as a liaison between the finance department and other departments to ensure proper financial record-keeping and compliance with organizational policies.
• This individual will work collaboratively with the entire team, including the CFO, as well as cross functionally across the organization to support the strategic direction Finance team’s success.

What You Would Be Doing Right Now:

• Manage all aspects of the day-to-day general accounting operations, including AP, AR, treasury accounting (wires, checks, ACHs).
• Lead the month-end close process, including reviewing journal entries, reconciling key accounts, and reviewing supporting schedules to ensure timeliness, efficiency, and accuracy of the financial information.
• Focus on operational improvements and close optimization and accuracy.
• Prepare monthly closing entries and reconciling transactions, including but not limited to investments, cash, contribution revenue, fixed assets, prepaids, accounts payable, accrued liabilities, and others.
• Manage fixed asset accounting in Asset Panda (Asset Management Software).  Coordinate with Facilities and Operations teams to keep asset information up to date.  Prepare journal entries related to dispositions, additions, and depreciation. 
• Assist in the annual audit process, ensuring all records are audit ready.  Prepare schedules and other documentation required for external audits including:
  • Prepare entries related to Right of Use Assets and Liabilities. 

• • Produce schedules of restricted net assets, detailed roll-forward schedules, additions, releases and adjustments.
  • Prepare fixed asset roll forward schedules.
• Ensure adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for nonprofits.
• Support regulatory reporting, including IRS Form 990 schedules, annual Federal or State filings and other required financial disclosures.
• Liaise and participate in workflow design on processes, policies, and systems testing and implementations, that touch accounting applications.
• Support ad-hoc projects

What Else You Should Know:

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• CPA and management experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a combination of education and relevant experience.
• 5+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics NAV and Ceres is a plus.
• Non-profit accounting experience including accounting for restricted funds is highly desirable.
• Familiarity with inventory accounting, supply chain operations, and functional allocations is a plus.

KEY KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES:

• You have strong Excel skills and are comfortable with large data set volumes.
• You have financial systems knowledge and experience with financial business applications such as Expensify, Bill.com, Tipalti, and Asset Panda.
• You have proven experience leveraging technology to optimize and automate accounting processes, as well as experience with financial reporting tools such as Microsoft NAV or Netsuite and knowledge of US GAAP.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: N/A

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT:

This position is set in a hybrid environment. The physical and environment demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

SALARY The position is full-time exempt. The starting salary for this position ranges from $115,669 - $125,669, with exact salary depending on experience.

BENEFITS All positions are offered generous holiday and sick time as well as retirement savings. This position also qualifies for medical, dental, life, long-term disability, and vacation time.

The San Francisco-Marin Food bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we value having staff who come from communities that we serve. We especially encourage people of color, folks from the LGBTIA2+ community, and people with disabilities to apply. In accordance with and support of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we encourage formerly incarcerated individuals and those with arrest and conviction records to apply.