Accounting Manager

The Accounting Manager is a key leadership role responsible for elevating the Accounting & Financial operations of Impact Services. This individual will own the technical accounting of a nonprofit organization, lead the month-end close and support the audit readiness processes that enable the team to operate with excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

Month-End Close

• Own the full month-end close process, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and consistency.
• Understand and articulate the strategic vision for a disciplined, predictable close cycle.
• Execute the timelines, checkpoints, and deliverables established by the month-end close calendar.
• Identify bottlenecks, determine solutions and bring it to the attention of the CFO.
• Ensure all reconciliations and journal entries are completed with precision.

Audit Readiness & Compliance

• Support annual audit preparation, ensuring all documentation is complete, accurate, and well-organized.
• Build a year-round audit readiness framework, not a once-a-year scramble.
• Maintain strong internal controls and ensure compliance with GAAP, nonprofit accounting standards, and grant requirements.
• Anticipate auditor needs and proactively address potential issues.
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Technical Nonprofit Accounting

• Manage accounting for restricted/unrestricted funds, grants, and program allocations.
• Oversee the trial balance and understand transactions entered into the general ledger.
• Ensure balance sheet reconciliations are complete and revenue/expenses accounts are accurate.

Systems, Processes & Documentation

• Lead or support system implementations/upgrades (e.g., accounting software, reporting tools).
• Create and maintain clear, accessible process documentation.
• Streamline workflows to reduce manual work and improve accuracy.
• Build a consistent rhythm for updates, decision-making, and cross-team communication.

Leadership, Communication & Collaboration

• Model proactive communication especially when risks or delays emerge.
• Foster a culture of accountability, clarity, and follow-through and learning.
• Collaborate across departments to ensure shared understanding of deadlines and dependencies.
• Encourage diverse perspectives, active listening, and constructive problem-solving.
• Coach and mentor team members, helping them grow in capability and confidence.
• Demonstrate self-awareness, humility, and a growth mindset. Knowing when to ask questions and seek support.

What Success Looks Like - Within the first 6–12 months, the Accounting Manager will have:

• Established a disciplined, predictable month-end close process.
• Year-round audit readiness structure with no surprises through effective month-end close.
• Strengthened internal controls and documentation.
• Improved communication rhythms across the accounting team and with leadership.
• Identified and resolved process inefficiencies that previously slowed execution.
• Demonstrated ownership, accountability, and strategic thinking in all areas of responsibility.

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 5 years of progressive accounting experience, including nonprofit accounting.
• Strong understanding of GAAP and nonprofit financial reporting.
• Experience leading month-end close and audit processes.
• Excellent communication skills clear, timely, and proactive.
• Demonstrated ability to identify risks early and propose solutions.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Preferred

• Supervisory or team leadership experience.
• Experience in a growing or evolving nonprofit environment.

Leadership Competencies

• Accountability: Own decisions, follow through, and empower others to do the same.
• Strategic Thinking: Look beyond daily tasks to anticipate future needs and long-term impact.
• Collaboration: Create space for diverse perspectives and ensure others feel heard.
• Communication: Provide consistent, accurate updates; escalate risks early; build trust through transparency.
• Focus & Resilience: Maintain clarity and momentum even when priorities shift.
• Coaching & Mentorship: Invest in the growth of others; give generously and lead by example.
• Growth Mindset: Embrace feedback, learn from challenges, and continuously improve.

Physical Demands:

• Frequently stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or equipment, reach with hands and arms, balance, talk or hear. The employee will occasionally climb stairs; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
• Able to sit at a desk working at a computer workstation keyboarding and performing routine clerical duties.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Operate related office equipment and use necessary tools.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include frequent reading and close vision; distance vision; color vision; peripheral vision; depth perception; and the ability to adjust focus.      

The physical 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.