Assistant Director of Accounting

Assistant Director of Accounting

Location New York,, NY 10038 Date Posted September 23, 2026 Job ID 15593 Employment Type Contract To Hire Pay rate $48/hour

Scion Staffing has been engaged to conduct a search for an Assistant Director of Accounting on behalf of our client, a mission-driven nonprofit organization in New York City. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, hands-on accounting professional who enjoys owning key accounting functions while helping strengthen processes and systems. This is a full-time, temp-to-hire opportunity offering a hybrid schedule of 2 days onsite and 3 days remote in Lower Manhattan.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes, including journal entries, accruals, adjustments, reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
• Maintain general ledger accuracy and support the preparation of month-end financial statements.
• Manage accounting for revenue, invoicing, cash receipts, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll-related activity, and organizational expenses.
• Manage accounting and expense allocations across multi-year grants and maintain appropriate supporting documentation.
• Oversee partner invoicing and earned-income activity, ensuring revenue is accurately recorded and received.
• Serve as a key user/administrator for Sage Intacct and Concur, helping improve accounting workflows and system utilization.
• Reconcile development and revenue information between Salesforce and the general ledger.
• Partner with the Controller on the annual financial audit and Form 990 process, including schedules, documentation, and auditor requests.
• Identify opportunities to streamline manual processes, strengthen internal controls, and improve accounting efficiencies.
• Collaborate closely with finance, development, regional teams, and external auditors.

What You'll Bring

• Approximately 6-8 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Strong hands-on full-cycle accounting experience.
• Demonstrated ownership of month-end and year-end close.
• Experience with journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, general ledger accounting, AR, revenue, and expense accounting.
• Sage Intacct experience strongly preferred and highly important for this role.
• Grant and/or nonprofit accounting experience strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting annual audits; Form 990 experience is highly valuable.
• Concur and Salesforce experience preferred.
• CPA is a plus but not required.

Compensation & Schedule

This temp-to-hire opportunity offers approximately $48/hour during the temporary period, with an anticipated permanent salary of approximately $98,000-$100,000 annually. The schedule is Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, with 2 days onsite and 3 days remote at the organization's Lower Manhattan office.

ABOUT OUR SEARCH FIRM

Scion Staffing is a national award-winning staffing firm! Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of successfully placing thousands of talented professionals with amazing career opportunities. Through our innovative team building and recruiting solutions, we bridge the gap in executive leadership searches, direct hire recruiting, interim leadership placement, and temporary professional staffing.

We are proud to be part of the Forbes lists of the Best Recruitment Firms and the Best Executive Search Firms in America. Additionally, Scion has been recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm as well as a top recruitment firm by The Business Times. Additional information about our firm can also be found online.

Scion Staffing, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and the candidates we represent. For opportunities located in a region that have enacted fair chance, arrest or conviction-based employment ordinances, Scion Staffing proactively follows the enacted guidance and considers for employment all qualified applications with arrest and conviction records. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of Scion as well as every client organization with whom we partner.