Senior Accountant

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Full Time Professional Washington, DC, US

3 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $76,950.00 To $90,000.00 Annually

The American Institute of Architects (AIA)

AIA will provide you with the opportunity to advocate for the value of architecture and give architects and design professionals the resources they need to do their best work. The collective voice of architects is essential, and our work drives positive change through the power of design.

Each one of us at AIA is a leader committed to demonstrating our mission and values and designing a better future for our country and planet. Even in times of change, AIA's values remain constant:

• We stand for equity and human rights
• We stand for architecture that strengthens our communities
• We stand for a sustainable future
• We stand for protecting communities from the impacts of climate change
• We stand for economic opportunity
• We stand for investing in the future
• We speak up, and policymakers listen

The American Institute of Architects, as part of the global community, is building a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion within the profession of architecture to create a better built environment for all. Achieving this vision has a direct impact on the relevance of the profession of architecture and the world's prosperity, health, and future.

Reporting to the Assistant Controller, the Senior Accountant is responsible for general ledger accounting, financial reporting, and accounting operations for assigned legal entities. The Senior Accountant will serve as an accounting resource with responsibility for month-end close, complex accounting transactions, fund reconciliations, financial reporting, audit support, tax compliance and application of accounting policies.

• Manage assigned areas of the monthly and annual close process.
• Prepare and review complex and non-routine journal entries.
• Review reconciliations, investigate variances, and resolve accounting discrepancies.
• Perform and review balance sheet and general ledger account analyses.
• Manage accruals, prepaids, intercompany activity, deferred revenue, and other significant accounting areas.
• Ensure accounting records are complete, accurate, and appropriately supported.
• Support fixed-asset and construction-in-progress accounting, including capital project budget-to-actual reporting, contractor invoice and retainage review, application of capitalization policies to distinguish capital improvements from repairs and maintenance, and recording of placed-in-service transfers.
• Perform the year-end search for unrecorded liabilities, including review of subsequent disbursements and open invoices.

• Serve as the primary accounting resource for the Foundation and Fund.
• Support accounting and financial reporting for the AIA and its entities.
• Maintain and reconcile restricted and unrestricted fund activity.
• Account for contributions, releases, transfers, and other fund activity.
• Prepare and review the pledge (promises to give) aging and perform documented follow-up on past-due installments.
• Maintain the allowance for doubtful accounts methodology and provide periodic reporting on pledge collection activity.
• Record and reconcile investment activity, including investment-related journal entries, purchases, sales, income, realized and unrealized gains/losses, and investment account reconciliations.
• Reconcile investment statements to the general ledger and investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• Prepare entity and fund-level financial statements and management schedules.
• Monitor intercompany activity and ensure appropriate accounting between entities.

• Prepare financial statements, account analyses, and supporting management reports.
• Prepare schedules and documentation for the annual financial statement audit and other external reporting.
• Support the Form 990 process and other financial compliance activities.
• Prepare grant billings and reimbursement requests on a timely basis for cost-reimbursement federal awards.
• Maintain allowable-cost documentation and time-and-effort records in accordance with Uniform Guidance (2 CFR 200), and monitor annual federal expenditures against the single audit threshold.
• Prepare rolling cash flow projections, monitor available liquid assets against…