Senior Accountant

Career Opportunities with Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities

At TASC (Treatment Alternatives for Stronger Communities), our mission is to empower people and strengthen communities with impactful services. Since 1976, we have been guided by the belief that every individual holds the potential for positive change. We advocate, support, and most importantly, empower people to break barriers, find recovery, and reshape their destinies. Through Specialized Case Management™ we create a world where recovery, justice and empathy lead to thriving communities.

Our foundation is anchored at the intersection of behavioral health and the criminal legal system. Today TASC also operates at the forefront of transformative solutions. We are a social impact organization that embodies a future where health safety and justice is synonymous with hope. We are TASC!

We are currently looking for Full-Time –Senior Accountant
Starting at $80,000 - $87,000; contingent upon experience, education, etc.

The Senior Accountant supports the overall accounting, financial reporting, grant management, and finance operations functions of the organization. This role is responsible for assisting with month-end close, reconciliations, grant and contract financial support, billing/vouchering workflows, revenue recognition and cross-functional operational finance support.

This position plays a key role in maintaining accurate financial records, supporting audits and compliance requirements, improving workflow processes, and assisting with continuity planning across the Finance Department. The Senior Accountant must be comfortable operating in a fast paced nonprofit and grant-driven environment with evolving operational and reporting needs..

• Conducts monthly analysis for accounting transactions including bank reconciliations, employee and non-employee receivables and payables, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, accruals, deferred revenue, and other assets and liabilities and prepares monthly detailed general ledger working papers that provide documentation of account activity.
• Assists with preparation for external audits required by contracts, grantors and regulatory bodies and provides technical assistance on accounting, finance, budgeting and financial reporting matters to management staff.
• Assists with and prepares accounting transactions including voucher and payroll allocations, deposits and cash receipts, one-time journal entries, recurring journal entries, invoice preparation and month-end close support.
• Assists with grant and contract financial reporting, billing/vouchering workflows, reconciliations and supporting documentation related to DHS, DCFS, ICJIA, IDPH and other funding sources.
• Assists with revenue recognition support, contract utilisation tracking, reconciliations and financial reporting analysis.
• Supports workflow documentation, SOP development, process standardisation and continuity planning across finance functions.

• Produces, analyzes, bills, tracks and reports monthly billing and financial activity related to assigned programmes, contracts and operational workflows.
• Assists with monitoring billing exceptions, rejected claims, reimbursement activity and related reconciliation issues.
• Maintains organised financial documentation and supporting records for billing, grant reporting and operational finance activities.

• Assists with or provides backup for other accounting and financial reporting functions including accounts payable, accounts receivable, month-end close activities, payroll allocation support and financial analysis.
• Assists with cross‑training efforts and helps maintain written…