Senior Staff Accountant

Location: St Petersburg, FL or New York City.

FLSA: Exempt

The Senior Staff Accountant is the top accountant under the Assistant Controller and will be working closely with the Assistant Controller to complete audit requests, special projects, the month end close, and to present the subsequent financial reports to the CFO/Board of Directors.

• Maintaining financial reports, records, and general ledger accounts.
• Enforce internal control and comply with policies and procedures.
• Recording financial transactions including bank deposits, cash receipts, outgoing checks and eft’s, interest received, and credit card payments.
• Reconcile credit card transactions.
• Preparing journal entries, ACH payments, and assisting with monthly close processes.
• Maintaining documentation for accounts payable, purchasing, and treasury and conducting internal audits.
• Preparation of fixed asset journal entries and reporting.
• Managing expense reimbursement and company credit card transactions, ensuring departments are following proper internal controls.
• Reconcile monthly revenue along with project and program balances.
• Review of intercompany transactions.
• Provide guidance and limited supervision for accounting staff.
• Maintaining liability accounts reconciliations
• Manage multiple projects and initiatives as directed by the Assistant Controller.
• Prepare accruals, assist in AR & AP as directed by the Assistant Controller.
• Research and resolve straight forward and complex accounting discrepancies and irregularities in a timely manner.
• Performing monthly bank reconciliations.
• Contributing to the development and review of annual operating budget.
• Meeting processing and reporting deadlines.
• Participate in the year-end audit annual financial statement audit by preparing audit schedules, reconciling balances and information requests.
• Ensuring compliance with GAAP.
• Backup to clerical staff and other office duties as required.
• Additional ad hoc responsibilities as requested.

• Must be a practicing Catholic in good standing with the church.
• BA/BS in Accounting
• Master’s degree in accounting or related field preferred
• 5+ years of accounting experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft office application (Advanced Excel)
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
• Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills
• Must be detail-oriented
• Strong organizational skills
• Experience in not-for-profit

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, copiers, printers.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, sit, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

The Pontifical Mission Societies (“TPMS”) is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. TPMS strictly prohibits and does not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex (including pregnancy), gender, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current, or prospective service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

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