Senior Accountant

About The Company EdFin, powered by Charter Impact empowers mission-driven organizations to achieve their goals through personalized support in finance, operations, and business management. We accomplish this through enthusiastic collaboration within our team and with our clients to support their communities. We are a remote first company growing on a national scale and are continuously seeking qualified candidates to join us.

Ideal candidates will be highly motivated professionals who are committed to supporting the team in an environment of growth and change.

The Senior Accountant uses their expertise and knowledge of our clients and accounting systems to oversee specific projects and reports, becomes more involved in the forecasting and budgeting process, and begins overseeing and training other accounting team members and inter-departmental staff as appropriate. This position is also responsible for assisting the CFO reviewing staff work, ensuring accuracy and providing meaningful feedback for staff development.

The Senior Accountant is highly visible to clients, their boards and their service teams and delivers high quality and professional levels of customer service on a consistent basis, acting as a resource for junior team members. This position is based in Minneapolis, MN and operates on a hybrid schedule, with three days in-office and two days remote.

• Cash Maintenance
• Review and problem solve monthly bank reconciliations
• Assist with entry and review of other monthly transactions as needed
• Communicate with CFO and client team regarding cash flow issues and potential courses of action
• Month-End Closing
• Perform month-end close procedures and prepare financial statements as needed
• Enter and post journal entries
• Record appropriate monthly accruals
• Reconcile inter-company accounts and Affiliated Building Company escrow statements
• Perform analysis and provide reasoning for variances
• Other Financial Reporting
• Review grant compliance reports for assigned clients
• Review budget-to-actual variance reports for assigned clients
• Client Interaction
• Be a resource for clients when questions arise regarding banking, reporting and other accounting matters
• Assist in answering and resolving inquiries from clients, governmental agencies and auditors
• Perform new client onboarding, as needed
• Provide guidance and be an example for accounting staff on customer service best practices
• Perform other duties as assigned by the CFO Team
• Review other work performed by the Accounts Payable, Payroll and Grants teams
• Complete forward-looking cash projections based on known client needs
• Communicate with Director of Client Finance regarding cash flow issues and potential courses of action
• Assist in special projects and year-end audit schedule preparation
• Be a resource for Accounting Associate, Grant Team on industry best practices

EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in accounting. Master’s degree is a plus.

LICENSE: A CPA license or CPA-eligibility is a plus.

EXPERIENCE: At least 3 years of experience preparing financial statements (full close), a portion of which should include client management and supporting lower-level team members.

• Purposes, methods, and practices of financial and accounting record keeping
• Basic accrual accounting principles and procedures
• Advanced Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) skills and able to design new spreadsheets
• Proper and effective use of English grammar and communication skills (oral and written) to perform job‑related duties

• Maintain, encourage and participate in a close and highly collaborative team environment with clients and EdFin/Charter Impact staff
• Communicate in a clear and professional manner at all times
• Adapt quickly to change
• Learn the appropriate rules, regulations and technical procedures specifically related to processing payments for non-profit organizations and charter schools
• Understand and carry out directions in an independent manner
• Demonstrate the ability to problem solve
• Perform arithmetic calculations accurately and rapidly
• Prepare a variety of accurate financial reports and summaries
• Identify and…