Director of Accounting

Key member of the Finance and Accounting department and the entire organization, providing support to all legal entities by ensuring accurate and timely review, input, processing, and maintenance of financial records.

This individual will report directly to the Controller and assist with overall operations of this team.

Our guiding principles underpin everything we do. The Director of Accounting is expected to consistently demonstrate the DRC’s GREAT guiding principles.

We foster a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and personal and professional growth, empowering our team members to reach their full potential.

We are self-starters who take ownership of our actions and commitments and honor our responsibilities to our teammates, members, partners, and community.

We strive for excellence in everything, delivering high-quality services, and experiences that drive positive outcomes for our members and the Dallas Region.

We embrace the chance to improve every day, constantly looking for opportunities to help the Dallas Region be even better tomorrow than it is today.

We play a team sport, working together to achieve common goals, making sure our teammates feel valued and included, and cheering each other on along the way.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily. The duties and responsibilities include the following, though other duties may be assigned.

• Maintains and reconciles daily deposits, including checks, ACH transactions, and credit card payments, ensuring accuracy and completeness of all recorded activity.
• Posts payment receipts to the accounts receivable subledger and Sage accounting system, while reconciling accounts receivable balances.
• Assists with maintaining, organizing, and processing of accounting records across multiple entities, including providing backup support for Educate Dallas as needed.
• Assists with month-end close processes and performs additional accounting duties as assigned.
• Participates in annual audit and tax return preparation activities by completing assigned tasks and providing required documentation and support.

• Reviews ACH and check payment batches and imports transactions into Bank of America Cash Pro for final review and approval.
• Safeguards blank check stock by maintaining appropriate internal controls and oversees the processing of checks through the check-signing machine.

• Completes payroll accounting and posting activities for each payroll cycle processed through Paycom, including wages, payroll taxes, employee benefit deductions, commissions, bonuses, parking deductions, and other payroll-related transactions.
• Coordinates employee benefit and parking payment processes and ensures required approvals are obtained.
• Completes monthly and year-end reconciliations of payroll-related balance sheet and expense accounts, researching and resolving discrepancies as needed.

• Maintains the Sage Fixed Asset module ensuring system integrity, proper asset classification, and adherence to corporate accounting policies.
• Tracks and records all fixed asset lifecycle activities, including evaluating new purchases against capitalization thresholds, assigning appropriate useful lives, and processing asset additions and disposals.
• Calculates and records monthly depreciation expense, ensuring all calculations interface with the general ledger.
• Prepares monthly fixed asset roll-forward schedules and reconciliations between the sub-ledger and general ledger to support month-end close.

• Completes monthly accounting activities related to non-financial transactions, including in-kind contributions and trade-out agreements.
• Collaborates with the Member Engagement team regarding Total Involvement agreements involving non-financial components to ensure accurate accounting, proper tracking, and timely processing.