Staff Accountant



Location: Stamford, CT – full-time onsite
Compensation: $60,000 – $75,000 depending on experience

About the organization:

  • A welcoming community organization that brings together people of all ages and backgrounds to connect, learn, grow, and build meaningful relationships.
  • Offers a broad range of educational, cultural, fitness, recreational, arts, and social programs for children, teens, adults, and older adults.
  • Great work/life balance
  • Strong benefits – including a pension plan and 403b plan

Responsibilities:

  • Download weekly revenue and cash receipts transactions from the Membership Management System and reconcile cash transactions to their bank statement.
  • Upload reconciled sub-ledger transactions to QuickBooks online
  • Maintain and update mapping of G/L codes from sub-ledger to QuickBooks online
  • Prepare all cash and check deposits for
  • Record cash transactions from bank statements into QuickBooks
  • Prepare journal entries for monthly close including depreciation, amortization and accruals to properly record GAAP financial statements.
  • Prepare payroll journal entries downloaded from ADP and coded properly to be uploaded into QuickBooks and create payroll reports including analyses as
  • Prepare account analyses for all material Balance Sheet accounts monthly.
  • Prepare pension and benefits reports to be transmitted to actuaries and Federation to calculate employee contributions.
  • Communicate with actuaries and Federation to resolve any issues with contributions and file transmissions.
  • Assist Senior Director of Finance in the preparation of the agency budget including meeting with program managers to discuss performance of programs.
  • Assist in the budget versus actual analysis and forecasting
  • Assist with audit preparation by preparing schedules and gathering supporting documentation
  • Prepare ad hoc reports and work on special projects as necessary including accounting for spending on specific grants.

Desired Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business-related field
  • 1-3+ years of accounting experience.
  • Experience with QuickBooks Online
  • Experience with Advanced Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs) is a plus.

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