Senior Accountant and Team Lead

Some accountants keep the books moving. This role helps mission-driven organizations move forward. Missionwell partners with nonprofits that are doing meaningful work in their communities. We are looking for a remote senior financial leader who can bring order to complexity, build trust with executives and boards, and help an accounting team deliver excellent work. You will combine hands-on accounting leadership, Controller and fractional CFO support, business partner onboarding, and team development in one varied, high-impact role.

• Your work directly strengthens nonprofit organizations and the people they serve.
• You will move between detailed financial operations and strategic executive conversations.
• You will shape systems, controls, and team practices rather than simply inherit them.
• You will work in a collaborative remote environment with a laptop and internet allowance.
• You will have meaningful responsibility, visible impact, and room to grow with Missionwell.

• Lead the financial onboarding and setup of assigned business partners, including discovery, risk assessment, data transition, workflow design, system configuration, and handoff.
• Assess accounting systems, processes, controls, reporting needs, and staffing responsibilities; recommend practical improvements consistent with the engagement scope.
• Implement Missionwell standards, tools, documentation, and quality controls while adapting to each business partner’s requirements.
• Establish clear roles, deadlines, communication practices, escalation paths, and evidence of completion.

• Lead or review accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash activity, general ledger, month‑end close, reconciliations, journal entries, and financial reporting for assigned business partners.
• Maintain accurate records and effective internal controls in accordance with GAAP, applicable nonprofit accounting guidance, grant requirements, and contractual obligations.
• Prepare and present timely monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, dashboards, forecasts, cash‑flow analyses, and budget‑to‑actual reporting.
• Lead audit readiness and audit coordination, including schedules, reconciliations, supporting documentation, management responses, and resolution of findings.
• Oversee fund, grant, donor, and restriction accounting as applicable, and expedite material compliance, liquidity, control, or reporting risks promptly.

• Serve as an assigned Controller, fractional CFO, or senior financial advisor for one or more business partners within the approved engagement scope.
• Partner with executives, leadership teams, and boards on budgets, forecasts, cash planning, financial strategy, risk, governance, and decision support.
• Explain complex financial information clearly to nonfinancial leaders and provide practical options, risks, and recommendations.
• Lead approved special projects such as financial restructuring, system implementations, policy development, financing support, tax coordination, and interim financial leadership.

• Provide clear work direction, priorities, deadlines, review standards, and feedback to assigned team members.
• Coach and develop team members through regular check‑ins, quality review, training, and individual development planning.
• Monitor workloads, service commitments, utilization, deadlines, and deliverable quality; address or elevate capacity and performance concerns promptly.
• Promote respectful, inclusive, and collaborative working relationships across remote teams and client environments.

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