Director of Accounting

World Help • Forest, VA, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 1m ago

Director of Accounting

World Help, a Christian humanitarian organization serving the physical and spiritual needs of impoverished communities around the world, is looking to hire a Director of Accounting to serve as an overseer to the entire Accounting & Finance department and lead the team in recording and reporting revenue, expenses, disbursements, credit card transactions, and vendor payments while preparing for the annual audit and 990 tax return, performing reconciliations, and analyzing cash flow. This role also provides administrative, direct management, and strategic planning oversight to the Accounting & Finance team to create cohesiveness and collaboration between employees, improve areas that are lacking growth, and enable efficiency across the department. Together, these responsibilities allow the Director of Accounting to ensure that financial operations of World Help are documented/recorded properly, are in local/state/federal compliance, and works to ensure a successful annual audit.

Whoever is taking on this role must exhibit exceptional attention to detail, a strong understanding of accounting practices, and excellent communication skills in order to be selected for the Director of Accounting position. World Help is searching for a devout follower of Christ whose worldview correlates with the company’s mission and values.

Scope of Job

40% - Oversight and Management: Time will be dedicated to management of department staff and oversight/review of all financial transactions and reporting including payment approvals, cash flow document, revenue and expense entries, journal entries, and the month-end closing process.
20% - Month End: Time will be dedicated to the completion of month-end tasks including bank reconciliations, reviewing reconciliations and the recording of investment activities, preparation of financial statements, and updating key performance indicator write up/PowerPoint.
20% - Financial Analysis and Reporting: Time will be dedicated to analysis of financial data in Sage Intacct Accounting Software and assisting the Chief Financial Officer with financial analysis and reporting on an as needed basis.
15% - Audit and 990 Preparation: Time will be dedicated to the preparation of documentation and review/oversight of the annual audit and 990 preparations.
5% - Data Entry: Time will be dedicated to entering journal entries within Sage Intacct Accounting Software.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Review and approve weekly wire and ACH payments.
Review and analyze the weekly cash flow document.
Perform monthly bank reconciliations for all bank accounts.
Prepare & enter month-end adjusting journal entries into Sage Intacct Accounting Software.
Oversee month-end closing process by reviewing the revenue and expense staff accountants’ tasks.
Prepare monthly financial statements.
Prepare monthly Temporarily Restricted Net Asset report.
Update Temporarily Restricted Net Asset report and review International Partnership’s disbursement and financial requests on a weekly basis.
Update month-end key performance indicator writeup and PowerPoint.
Oversee and prepare appropriate documentation for the annual audit and 990 tax return process.
Work with department heads to create annual budgets and monitor departmental budgets on an ongoing basis.
Oversee Gift Processing team to ensure timely and accurate entry of donations in Salesforce database.
Any additional duties needed to help drive the mission, vision, and organizational values of World Help.

Required Skills, Experience, and Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting.
Proficient in utilizing Microsoft Office applications (Primarily Excel).
Must have excellent attention to detail and organization skills.
Excellent use of time management and must be able to meet time sensitive deadlines.
Exemplary written and verbal communication skills.
Must possess the ability to keep sensitive information confidential.

Preferred Skills, Experience, and Education