Senior Accountant

Essential Functions:

• Ensures that the activities of the position are consistent with the mission, vision, and values of Catholic Charities, Diocese of
• Cleveland.
• Maintains assigned areas of the general ledger and records financial transactions in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), organizational policies, and established internal controls.
• Prepares, reviews, and posts complex journal entries, including recurring entries, accruals, allocations, and adjustments, and owns assigned components of the month-end and year-end close processes.
• Prepares and reviews monthly balance sheet reconciliations; researches and resolves reconciling items, errors, and unusual activity; and prepares necessary adjusting entries.
• Performs monthly bank reconciliations and reconciles credit card activity, employee reimbursements, payroll-related accounts, and other assigned general ledger accounts to supporting documentation.
• Prepares payroll journal entries and reconciliations and verifies the accuracy of labor cost allocations.
• Prepares and analyzes monthly financial statements, schedules, and management reports; investigates significant variances and communicates findings and recommendations to the Controller.
• Performs trend, budget-to-actual, and account-level variance analyses to identify errors, emerging issues, and opportunities to improve financial performance and reporting.
• Records and reconciles net asset activity, including donor-restricted funds; maintains supporting schedules; and ensures restrictions, releases, classifications, and financial statement presentation are accurate.
• Maintains the fixed asset schedule, including recording acquisitions, transfers, disposals, and depreciation and reconciling fixed asset balances to the general ledger.
• Supports the annual budget and periodic forecasting processes by preparing schedules, analyzing historical results, and collaborating with departments, as assigned.
• Prepares schedules and supporting documentation for the annual financial audit and IRS Form 990 and coordinates assigned requests with internal staff and external auditors.
• Maintains accounting procedures, documentation, and internal controls and recommends improvements that strengthen accuracy, efficiency, compliance, and safeguarding of organizational assets.
• Serves as a technical accounting resource to finance team members and program personnel and provides guidance regarding accounting procedures, coding, documentation, and internal controls.
• Reviews designated accounting work for accuracy, completeness, adequate support, and compliance with established procedures.
• Provides support to Accounts Payable, including invoice coding and payment processing, and serves as backup to the Controller for designated accounting and financial responsibilities.

• Participates in required training, meetings, and professional development activities.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Work Environment & Physical Requirements:

• This position primarily operates in a professional office environment and routinely uses standard office equipment, including a computer, telephone, and multifunction devices.
• The employee must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Occasional travel to agency locations, meetings, training sessions, or other business-related events may be required.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a closely related field.
• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible accounting experience, including general ledger accounting, account reconciliations, month-end close, and financial reporting.
• Demonstrated knowledge of GAAP and internal accounting controls.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP or VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, data validation, and analysis of large data sets.
• Experience using accounting or enterprise resource planning systems.
• Experience in nonprofit, healthcare, human services, grant-funded, or similarly complex accounting environments.
• Experience with nonprofit financial reporting, functional expense allocations, grants or contracts, audit schedules, and Form 990 supporting documentation.
• Ability to independently research and resolve complex accounting discrepancies and apply sound professional judgment.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and time-management skills, with the ability to manage concurrent priorities and meet recurring deadlines.
• High degree of accuracy, attention to detail, confidentiality, and accountability.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain financial information to nonfinancial stakeholders.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively and to build effective working relationships with employees, leaders, auditors, vendors, and community partners.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, professional development, and the mission of Catholic Charities, Diocese of
• Cleveland.

Pay Range: 56,849.15 - 73,193.28

Benefits:

• Health Insurance starting on your first day
• Tuition Reimbursement 
• 401K plan including employer match
• Competitive time off benefits 
• Career planning and development
• And more!!