Staff Accountant

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Full Time Professional Omaha, NE, Omaha, NE, US

3 days ago Requisition

Staff Accountant

Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative is a nonprofit that supports parents and childcare providers by giving them the resources they need to give children the education they deserve. Our programs and services reach more than 500 childcare business owners in Nebraska, creating impact for children, families, and communities across the state.

NECC provides its employees with a casual work environment (no traditional dress code policies here!), excellent benefits, and all the technology and tools needed to do the mission-focused work that we do. We know that to best serve our mission, our employees need a healthy work-life balance. We provide work-from-home flexibility, 9 holidays off per year, a lengthy winter break, plus Summer Fridays.

(Be sure to ask about Summer Fridays during your interview – they’re awesome!) Since we’re all about children here, we encourage creativity, learning, and fun in the workplace! We hold frequent employee events as well as multiple training and development opportunities throughout the year. Ultimately, NECC is a forward-thinking organization that hires mission-driven people who are dedicated to using their various talents to serve families and children in our community;

we hope you’ll be one of them.

The Staff Accountant completes tasks related to various areas of the accounting field:
General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Payroll. These tasks are completed for two separate organizations for which NECC provides accounting services. T
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is not a remote/work-from-home position.

Accounts Payable

• Assist with manual payments and recording activity through journal entries.
• Prepare check requests; assist with account coding to ensure entries are made accurately.
• Reconcile and process receivables and payments, verifying that all necessary documentation is present.
• Organize, review, process, and file all purchase orders, vendor changes, and address changes for payees.
• Monitor billing accounts and address any delinquent accounts as necessary.
• Process 1099s at year end.
• Act as a liaison with internal and external stakeholders for accounts payable issues or concerns.

Credit Card Reconciliations

• Perform monthly reconciliations of credit card statements.
• Review supporting documentation for each credit card transaction.

Benefit Billing Reconciliations

• Perform monthly reconciliations of benefit statements.
• Review the statement and compare to the payroll system.

General Accounting

• Assist with preparation of monthly reports and preparing for the fiscal year-end audit.

Payroll

• Analyze, prepare, and input payroll data; use automated system to produce accurate and timely payroll; ensure compliance with all applicable state and federal wage and hour laws.
• Update payroll records by entering changes in exemptions, insurance coverage, savings deductions, job titles, and department/division transfers.
• Maintain current knowledge of applicable state and federal wage and hour laws.
• Stay current on payroll systems to achieve alignment with company benefits and other related items, and to ensure effective accounting support.
• Communicate with supervisors and employees regarding employee timesheets, inaccuracies, and other payroll inquiries.

We are looking for the following qualifications:

• High school diploma/GED required; and
• Associate’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field preferred; and
• Two or more years of experience in accounting, payroll, or accounts payable/receivable required; and
• Demonstrated commitment to NECC’s mission.
• Knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Ability and willingness to learn fiscal requirements of the Head Start Performance Standards.
• Highly organized with a strong attention to detail.
• Ability to analyze and interpret fiscal data.
• High degree of discretion when dealing…