Senior Staff Accountant

Washington, United States | Posted on 10/01/2026

• Industry Nonprofit Charitable Organizations
• Work Experience 4+ years
• Salary $50.00/hour
• Location Remote
• City Washington
• State/Province District of Columbia
• Country United States

Organization Overview

Our client is an established, mission-driven organization serving communities across the Washington metropolitan region. Additional information about the employer will be shared with qualified candidates during the recruitment process.

Position Summary

The Senior Staff Accountant is part of a collaborative, high-functioning Finance Team that supports the organization’s programmatic work through accounting, grants and accounts payable, financial reporting, and budgeting. Reporting to the Director, Finance and working closely with the Controller, the Staff Accountant owns cash and investment accounting, a broad portfolio of monthly reconciliations, supports grant-related transactions, and supports the annual audit and tax filings.

In addition to the duties described in this position description, every role is expected to contribute to the organization’s overall success and goals. This may mean that team members will be asked to take on other tasks that may not be listed here. Examples may include working on a project or specific task outside the standard area of responsibility, participating in an organization-wide task force or special initiative, or supporting a colleague when needed.

Any additional tasks will be determined by the manager of this role in coordination with the leadership team.

Key Accountabilities

Cash & Investment Accounting

• Prepare monthly cash reconciliations for all cash accounts and manage outstanding-check compliance per organizational policy.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly reconciliations and related journal entries for all investment assets.
• Manage quarterly drawdown requests and related journal entries for separately managed assets, and the monthly/quarterly rebalancing of pooled assets, coordinating asset transfers with the Director, Finance and CFO.
• Prepare quarterly interest allocations for all funds in cash and internally managed pools and upload the related journal entries.
• Reviews and posts donations of securities and assist staff with requests related to publicly traded securities
• Respond promptly and courteously to investment-related requests from donors, investment managers, and staff.
• Key External Interfaces:
  Investment managers and advisors (OCIO); external auditors; banking partners; donors, fund holders, and investment managers.

Reconciliations & General Ledger

• Prepare monthly reconciliations and record asset, liability, revenue, and expense entries, including bank, prepaid, pledge, accounts payable, grants payable, accrued liability, and other reconciliations as needed.
• Maintain weekly bank tracking, ensuring all bank transactions are recorded accurately and in a timely manner.
• Ensure the integrity of accounting information by entering and verifying transactions, balancing and reconciling sub-accounts, and resolving discrepancies.
• Complete regular reviews of financial data to ensure completeness, accuracy, and compliance with GAAP, and recommend improvements to accounting systems and procedures.

Accounts Payable & Other Payment Processing

• Reviews and Posts Accounts Payable activity for accuracy as well as being in accordance with the operating budget
• Review and oversee vendor files so that all data is accurate and ready for 1099 reporting and oversee in the filing of Form 1099s in a timely manner.
• Approve payment batches for processing and enter wire payments.
• Oversee and enter returned physical checks, voids, reissues, and complete cancellations in the AP module.

Post-Payment Change Management

• Investigate returned…