What are the responsibilities and job description for the Accounting Manager position at Monadnock Family Services?
Description
Monadnock Family Services is seeking a highly organized, detail-driven Accounting Manager who can bring structure, visibility, and momentum to our accounting operations. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys improving systems, solving problems before they grow, supporting mission-driven work, and helping a busy Finance Department operate with confidence.
In this role, you will help lead core accounting workflows with a primary focus on accounts payable, vendor management, financial documentation, deadlines, established internal controls, and grant-related financial support. You will work closely with the fractional Controller, fractional CFO, Finance team, program leaders, grants staff, vendors, and other internal partners to keep financial activity accurate, timely, organized, and ready to support reporting, audits, and decision-making.
The ideal candidate is someone who thrives on creating order, improving processes, managing deadlines, supporting staff, and maintaining strong communication across departments. With the recent AP Specialist vacancy, this role will be especially important in stabilizing accounts payable workflow, supporting continuity, and helping the Finance Department maintain reliable day-to-day operations while longer-term staffing needs are addressed.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and organize accounting workflows, with a strong focus on accounts payable and payment processing.
- Monitor invoices, approvals, vendor activity, deadlines, documentation, and recurring financial obligations.
- Support grant-related financial activity, including coding, documentation, reporting support, reimbursement records, and compliance-related financial files.
- Coordinate priorities, workload, coverage, and process consistency across assigned responsibilities.
- Identify discrepancies, missing approvals, duplicate invoices, deadline risks, documentation gaps, and control issues early.
- Partner with fractional finance leadership to ensure timely, accurate information is available to support month-end close, year-end close, audits, and financial reporting.
- Improve processes, tracking tools, checklists, procedures, and workflow visibility.
- Provide guidance, training, and possible supervision to assigned finance or accounting staff.
Requirements
What We’re Looking For
- Strong accounting, accounts payable, finance operations, or related experience.
- Excellent organization, follow-through, accuracy, and attention to detail.
- Ability to manage competing deadlines and keep others informed of priorities and status.
- Comfort working with accounting systems, Excel, electronic records, and financial documentation.
- Sound judgment, confidentiality, professionalism, and strong communication skills.
- Experience with nonprofit, healthcare, behavioral health, grant funding, audits, or financial controls is helpful.
- Supervisory, lead, or workflow coordination experience is preferred.
Why This Role Matters
Reliable financial operations help MFS focus on its mission. This role strengthens the behind-the-scenes systems that keep vendors paid, grants supported, records organized, deadlines met, and leadership informed. For the right person, this is a chance to make an immediate and visible impact by bringing clarity, accountability, and continuous improvement to essential finance functions.