Southwest Center Hiring for Staff Accountant at Phoenix, AZ Full Time

Position Summary
The Staff Accountant will perform a high level of operational and accounting activities for all aspects of non-profit accounting functions. The position is directly responsible for (a) accounts receivable; (b) accounts payable (including credit card accounts) ; (c) grant billing/ reporting support; (d) donation recognition support; (e) recording/reconciliation food voucher inventory; (f) review of all revenue and expenditure entries to ensure allocations are correct; (g) support for the month-end close process (including journal entries); (h) bi-weekly payroll journal entries Essential Functions
This job description serves only as a general description of anticipated day-to-day responsibilities of the position. Management retains the discretion to add duties or change the duties of this position at any time.
Finance:

• Responsible to enter and reconcile accounts receivable and ensure invoices are allocated to the appropriate accounts

• Responsible to enter and reconcile all payments made to the Center and ensure payments are allocated to the appropriate accounts

• Maintain food voucher inventory and reconciliation

• Enter and reconcile accounts payable invoices and payments and ensure payments are allocated to the appropriate accounts

• Enter and reconcile credit card transactions

• Produce and enter bi-weekly payroll journal entries

• Perform month-end and year-end close processes

• Provide assistance during the annual audit, including gathering necessary information and documents for external auditors

• Prepare monthly documentation for grant billings

• Assist in tracking and reporting government grants for accuracy and conformance to departmental, county, state and federal requirements

• Assist in donor recognition support Administrative:
• Recommend and implement processes to resolve data quality issues needed for reporting

• Maintain all A/P and A/R files (electronically)

• Maintain all payment reports and files (electronically)

• Maintain support documentation for grant billings (electronically)

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related degree
• Minimum two years professional experience, preferably in non-profit finance.
• High level proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, Power Point, Outlook).
• Knowledge of GAAP principles, reporting, and audit procedures
• LGBTQ+ cultural competency

Preferred Qualifications

• Single audit support experience
• Experience working with state, federal and county funders
• Experience working with Paylocity

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements

• Work primarily in a climate controlled environment with minimal safety/health hazard

potential.

• Office environment, exposure to computer screens for lengthy periods of time.
• May require evening and occasional weekend work.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, sit,

stand; use hands, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and
arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and
ability to adjust focus.

• This position may require the employee to occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch,

bend or crawl.

• This position must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or

move more than 25 pounds.

• Requires operating standard office equipment (i.e. telephone, computer, fax machine, copier,

etc.).

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Southwest Center maintains a healthy work environment free from harassment and discrimination
based on sexual, racial, age-based, religious, ethnic, disability, family status, sexual
orientation, gender identity or expression. All recruitment and retention decisions are guided by
this policy.

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