Senior Accountant

At JSL you are part of a warm and inviting community that provides support services and quality living for older adults. Our residents enjoy a full range of social/cultural programs and activities while residing in our assisted living communities.

We have an wonderful opportunity for a Senior Accountant at our Corporate office.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities include the following:

• Reconciles and maintains schedules on various general ledger accounts and prepare journal entries for posting in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
• Tracks and reconciles intercompany transfers.
• Performs grant management including budget preparation, submitting draws, and grant compliance.
• Performs and reconciles fund accounting.
• Approves payroll submitted expenses and prepares journal entry allocation entry and bank transfers for payroll funding.
• Prepares cash receipt entries for bank transfers.
• Prepares investment account journal entries and reconciliations.
• Manages credit card purchases and approve charges.
• Serves as the liaison between the third-party IT support company and employees.
• Oversees internal financial statement review and accruals.
• Prepares external governmental reporting to HUD and MSHDA.
• Assists with budgeting and forecasting.
• Assists in preparing supporting documents for annual audits of financial statements.
• Comply with federal, state and company policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Engages in ongoing educational opportunities to update job knowledge.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Associates degree in accounting.
• Have a minimum of 2-5 years of accounting experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• General business and non-profit experience (preferred).
• Experience with multi-entity organizations (preferred).
• Experience with Blackbaud’s Financial Edge software (beneficial but not required).
• Knowledge of accounting principles and practices and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
• Critical thinking: uses logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Deductive reasoning: apply general rules to problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Inductive reasoning: ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions.
• Organizing, planning and prioritization of work with the ability to multitask effectively.
• Ability to establish and maintain constructive and cooperative interpersonal relationships.
• Providing timely and appropriate information to supervisors and co-workers.
• Dependability: being reliable, responsible, and fulfilling obligations.
• Attention to detail: being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
• Integrity: being honest, ethical, and maintaining confidentiality.
• Cooperation: being pleasant with others and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
• Adaptability/Flexibility: being open to change (positive or negative) and variety in the workplace.
• Initiative: willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
• Achievement/Effort: establishing achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
• Independence: guiding oneself with minimal supervisor oversight to accomplish task and job.
• Self-Control: maintaining professionalism and composure while keeping emotions in check.
• Stress Tolerance: accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
• Persistence: job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.