Senior Accountant

Hybrid Senior Accountant | San Francisco This Jobot Consulting Job is hosted by: Howard Santos Are you a fit? Easy Apply now by clicking the "Quick Apply" button and sending us your resume. Salary: $45 - $50 per hour A bit about us: A mission-driven nonprofit organization is seeking a Senior Accountant to join its growing finance team. This role partners closely with leadership and plays a key role in overseeing endowment accounting, financial reporting, and audit preparation. Why join us? If you enjoy working in a collaborative, purpose-driven environment and have strong experience with investments, fund accounting, and nonprofit reporting, this is an excellent opportunity to step into a high-impact role. Job Details What You’ll Be Doing Lead endowment accounting activities, including general ledger reconciliations, journal entries, and investment activity tracking Manage fund accounting and unitization reporting, ensuring accurate allocation and reconciliation of endowed funds Prepare financial reporting packages, including statements of activities, balance sheets, and supporting schedules Support development of annual budgets and ongoing forecasts, partnering with finance leadership Own month-end and year-end close processes related to investments, pledges, and restricted funds Prepare rollforward schedules for pledges, charitable gift instruments (e.g., annuities, trusts), and donor-restricted net assets Assist with grant reporting, including compliance and financial tracking Coordinate year-end audit activities, including preparation of supporting schedules, footnotes, and audit deliverables Prepare and support Form 990 and other regulatory filings in coordination with leadership Maintain debt and cash activity schedules, ensuring accuracy and reconciliation with external statements Develop and enhance internal controls and process improvements, including automation opportunities Generate reports and perform variance analysis using a cloud-based ERP system What You Bring Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field (CPA strongly preferred) 4 years of progressive accounting experience, ideally within nonprofit, foundation, or fund accounting environments Experience with investment accounting, endowments, or restricted funds highly preferred Familiarity with financial reporting standards for nonprofits and regulatory filings (Form 990) Strong understanding of GAAP and internal controls Experience working with ERP systems (e.g., Sage Intacct or similar) Advanced Excel skills and analytical mindset Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines Interested in hearing more? Easy Apply now by clicking the "Quick Apply" button. Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is Jobot’s policy to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. Sometimes Jobot is required to perform background checks with your authorization. Jobot will consider qualified candidates with criminal histories in a manner consistent with any applicable federal, state, or local law regarding criminal backgrounds, including but not limited to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Information collected and processed as part of your Jobot candidate profile, and any job applications, resumes, or other information you choose to submit is subject to Jobot's Privacy Policy, as well as the Jobot California Worker Privacy Notice and Jobot Notice Regarding Automated Employment Decision Tools which are available at jobot.com/legal. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Jobot, and/or its agents and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy here: jobot.com/privacy-policy