Senior Accountant

Industry

Academia, college in Boston, about 2500 employees, 6 in Accounting

M-F 8:45am-4:45pm (35 hours per week)

Boston (remote until August 17th, however it is hybrid long term - Tuesday & Wednesday in the office - current expectation is 2 days in the office, but it might increase to 3 - right downtown so close to Park Street, Downtown Crossing and Government Center T stops)

CORI, SORI & county criminal

Turnover

• 3+ years of reconciliations and GL accounting
• Excel (vlookups, pivot tables, able to work with large sets of data)

• Academia or non-profit industry
• Gift and endowment accounting (this is a big part of the job)
• Workday

These are the criteria we require:

• 3+ years of experience in financial operations
• Academia or non-profit experience a plus
• Workday or large ERP system experience preferred
• Strong analytical, organizational and problem‑solving skills; with high attention to detail and deadlines
• Comfortable working with large data sets
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite; especially Excel with experience in using pivot tables and vlookups
• Ability to prepare account reconciliations and proactively resolve differences; understanding prepaid expenses and deferred revenue
• Ability to work independently in a fast‑paced, deadline oriented department

• Prepare prepaid expenses, misc. receivables, deferred revenue and other balance sheet account reconciliations, as needed
• Reconcile gift awards to budget and determine amounts that will be paid in FY27
• Create accounting adjustments and reclass journal entries related to gifts, student groups
• Research endowed gifts with unspent budget and determine if there are expenses to use to apply to the gift
• Provide support and assistance to the Controller in preparing schedules for the year‑end external audit; setting up reconciliation spreadsheets and online folders for FY27