Senior Accountant

This hands-on role requires an experienced accountant who can quickly step in, prepare schedules and supporting documentation, analyze financial activity, and independently identify and resolve issues. Summary: The Senior Accountant will support accounting operations, month-end and year-end close, audit preparation, financial reporting, and reconciliations within a complex nonprofit environment.

Kforce has a client in Washington, DC that is seeking a Senior Accountant. Summary: The Senior Accountant will support accounting operations, month-end and year-end close, audit preparation, financial reporting, and reconciliations within a complex nonprofit environment. This hands-on role requires an experienced accountant who can quickly step in, prepare schedules and supporting documentation, analyze financial activity, and independently identify and resolve issues. The ideal candidate will have strong nonprofit accounting experience, including nonprofit revenue recognition, and experience with Microsoft Dynamics GP. Exposure to grants, investments, or real estate accounting is a plus. Key Responsibilities:

• Support month-end and year-end close, including journal entries, reconciliations, schedules, and financial reporting
• Prepare year-end schedules, PBC requests, and supporting documentation for external audits
• Analyze balance sheet and income statement accounts, including year-over-year comparisons, and investigate unusual fluctuations
• Reconcile balance sheet and accounts receivable activity and resolve discrepancies
• Apply nonprofit revenue recognition principles to contributions, grants, contracts, and other revenue streams
• Support federal grant and restricted-fund accounting requirements as applicable
• Maintain general ledger activity and financial reporting within Microsoft Dynamics GP
• Partner with accounting leadership on audit requests, year-end action items, and accounting issues
• Assist with investment and/or real estate accounting as needed
• Support process improvements and potential accounting system evaluation or implementation initiatives

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• CPA certification is strongly preferred but not required
• Approximately 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including experience operating at the Senior Accountant level
• Nonprofit revenue recognition experience required
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and financial statement preparation
• Demonstrated experience with month-end and year-end close, account reconciliations, audit schedules, and PBC requests
• Experience analyzing balance sheet activity and identifying unusual or potentially incorrect account balances
• Microsoft Dynamics GP experience strongly preferred, with the ability to become productive quickly with limited system training
• Experience with NetSuite and/or Sage is a plus, particularly in connection with ERP evaluations or system transitions
• Familiarity with federal grant accounting and compliance requirements preferred
• Experience within a nonprofit, higher education, research, association, or similarly complex accounting environment strongly preferred
• Experience with investment accounting and/or real estate accounting is a plus
• Strong Excel skills and the ability to work with detailed financial schedules and large amounts of supporting documentation
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify issues independently
• Ability to quickly learn an organization's processes and contribute with minimal ramp-up or supervision