Highlights
This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for maintaining accurate financial records, managing the month-end and year-end close processes, and ensuring strong financial controls and reporting. Our nonprofit client is seeking a Senior Staff Accountant to oversee the organization’s accounting and financial operations.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Staatsburg, NY |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Salary | $71,000–$77,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://www.cfstaffing.com/ |
Description
Senior Staff Accountant
Location: Staatsburg, NY
Industry: Nonprofit Organization
Position Type: Full-Time
Compensation: $71-77k
Our nonprofit client is seeking a Senior Staff Accountant to oversee the organization’s accounting and financial operations. This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for maintaining accurate financial records, managing the month-end and year-end close processes, and ensuring strong financial controls and reporting.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee the day-to-day accounting operations, including AP, AR, general ledger, payroll, and cash management
- Manage and oversee the month-end and year-end close processes
- Prepare and review monthly financial statements and management reports
- Maintain the general ledger and ensure accurate account reconciliations
- Oversee accounts payable and accounts receivable functions
- Manage cash flow, banking relationships, and cash reconciliations
- Develop and maintain strong accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls
- Assist with the preparation and monitoring of the annual operating budget
- Work closely with leadership on financial planning, forecasting, and reporting
- Coordinate the annual audit and serve as a key point of contact with external auditors
- Ensure compliance with applicable accounting standards, regulatory requirements, and nonprofit reporting requirements
- Monitor restricted and unrestricted funds and ensure appropriate accounting and reporting
- Oversee grant accounting and reporting, as applicable
- Provide financial analysis and insight to organizational leadership
- Supervise, mentor, and develop accounting staff
- Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, systems, and efficiencies
- Support leadership with special projects and financial analysis as needed
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Nonprofit accounting experience strongly preferred
- Strong knowledge of GAAP and financial reporting
- Experience with audits, budgeting, and financial statement preparation
- Experience with fund accounting and/or grant accounting is a plus
- Strong Excel and accounting/ERP system skills
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities
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About Company
Founded by CPA firms in 1994, Creative Financial Staffing has spent over 30 years helping job seekers and employers succeed. In fall 2025, we rebranded as CFS—a name that reflects our full range of expertise while staying true to the trusted company you know.
CFS is the industry’s leading employee-owned staffing firm, connecting top talent in accounting, finance, technology, and human resources. We provide skilled professionals on both a temporary and permanent basis across diverse industries, leveraging our extensive network to match the right people with the right opportunities.
Our dedication to excellence extends to our award-winning culture, recognized repeatedly for growth, recruiting, workplace environment, and employee support. Honors include Forbes’ “America’s Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms,” Staffing Industry Analysts’ top U.S. staffing rankings, FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for Remote and Hybrid Work, Top Workplaces USA, Newsweek’s Best Practices awards, and more.
