Accounting Manager

General Description: Provides leadership and management of the organization's accounting and financial reporting functions, ensuring fiscal integrity, regulatory compliance, and effective stewardship of organizational resources. Oversees all aspects of the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process; prepares and analyzes financial statements; coordinates the annual budget and audit; and ensures compliance with GAAP and nonprofit accounting standards. Supervises a small accounting team, strengthens internal controls, improves financial systems and processes, and serves as a trusted financial partner to leadership in support of the organization's mission and strategic goals.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Actively manage the month, qtr, and year end close process, assuring compliance with GAAP
• Preparation and communication of the financial statements
• Create, monitor, and enforce policies and procedures to ensure fiscal accountability and proper internal controls
• Lead the annual budgeting process
• Key liaison for the annual external audit and filing of 990 tax return
• Oversee cash management
• Management of restricted donations
• Systems lead with Concur (Invoice/Credit Cards) and Abila MIP (General Ledger)
• Managers a team of 1-3 (AP Specialist, AR Associate, AP Volunteer)
• Relationship management: banking, audit, tax, financial systems
• Ensure integrity of cash, receivables, and payables management
• Support effective staff development, training and engagement
• Other duties as assigned

Essential Qualifications/Capabilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business or economics (accounting preferred)
• Minimum 2-3 years experience actively managing end-to-end month close process and related activities; Minimum 5-7 years accounting experience with track record increasing responsibility (nonprofit experience a plus)
• Entire General Ledger experience required; design, document, implement internal controls
• Technical financial analysis skills: excel (pivot tables and advanced formulas), knowledge of advanced data manipulation and relational databases; MIP & Concur knowledge a plus
• Exemplify and exhibit all the core values of MUST Ministries in establishing cross functional relationships with internal clients and managing people and processes with excellence and attention to detail

Physical and Work Requirements:

• Work is performed both in an office environment.
• Requires sitting, sufficient mobility and physical reflexes.

Must Ministries is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, qualified handicap or status as disabled or Vietnam era veteran or Iraq veteran or Afghanistan veteran. We are committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.