Job Description

Job Title: Accounting Manager

Days Off: Saturday & Sunday

Shift: Office Day

Insurance Benefits: Medical (no premiums/payroll deductions for employee coverage), Dental, Life, Long-term Disability

Other Benefits: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), ORCA card subsidy, Paid Time Off (34 days per year), Retirement Plan

About DESC:

Recognized nationally as an innovator and leader in developing solutions to homelessness, DESC is a social services organization, supportive housing operator, and licensed behavioral health treatment provider focused on meeting the needs of people experiencing long-term homelessness and living with complex behavioral health and other medical conditions. Approximately 3,000 people are actively receiving services from DESC at any given point in time. Our vision is a community where all people are shown compassion, treated with dignity, and everyone has a safe, stable, and affordable place to call home.

DESC operates five shelter/emergency housing programs, 19 permanent supportive housing facilities with over 1,750 units, several hundred additional scattered site apartments, and a range of behavioral health services including outpatient mental health and substance use disorder treatment, residential crisis stabilization, street outreach, mobile crisis response, and treatment for opioid use disorder.

JOB DEFINITION:

The Accounting Manager works closely with the Controller, CFO and other accounting staff to maintain accurate and complete financial records for the agency. Under the supervision of the Controller, the Accounting Manager will act as the point person on invoicing public funders, oversee the completion of general ledger account reconciliations and property development accounting, and play a key role in federal contract compliance and audit coordination. The role directly supervises three Senior and Staff Accountants.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with appropriate GAAP standards and regulatory/funder requirements.
• Manage all revenue accounting, including federal/local contract invoicing and fund development accounting.
• Oversee the timely and accurate preparation and review of general ledger account reconciliations, including bank and liability accounts, ensuring discrepancies are identified and resolved in accordance with internal controls
• Coordinate audit activity in relation to the financial statement audits, 403(b) audits, IRS Form 990, cost certifications and Uniform Guidance audits.
• Ensure that expenditures are consistently aligned with grant and contract budgets throughout the grant/fund period and collate financial reporting materials for government, corporate, and foundation contracts/grants.
• Recruit, mentor, train, manage and evaluate a diverse team, keeping a strong focus on DESC’s social service mission. Directly supervise Senior and Staff Accountants.
• Participate in the development and implementation of policies and procedures and internal controls for accounting operations.
• Support the preparation of accurate and timely monthly financial reports to management, the Board of Directors, LIHTC investors and public funders.
• Maintain strong knowledge of DESC personnel policies and procedures.
• Work with the Controller and other accounting staff to maintain accurate accounting and administrative records for agency activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, or other related degree. Successful completion of college level accounting coursework or relevant experience may substitute for a degree.
• Three or more years of progressively responsible accounting and leadership & supervisory experience.
• Two or more years of job experience in nonprofit and fund accounting, including federal contract compliance experience, or equivalent experience in public sector accounting.
• Experience performing general ledger reconciliations, including resolving discrepancies.
• Personal qualities of integrity and credibility and a willingness to submit to an in-depth prior employment confirmation and background check.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in support of supervisory and accounting workflow management and process improvement.
• Technology savvy with advanced knowledge of accounting software and Microsoft Office.
• Analytical problem-solving skills supporting strategic data interpretation.
• Careful attention to detail, and ability to work independently with minimal direct supervision.
• Ability and desire to communicate and work effectively and appropriately with staff and vendors from various backgrounds and disciplines in person, on the phone, and via email.
• Ability to relate effectively to clients displaying a wide range of unpleasant and/or bizarre behaviors.
• Demonstrated respect for diversity and commitment to developing multicultural competency sensitivity.
• Subscribe to a philosophy of cooperation and continuity across programs, and of consideration and respect for the clients served by the agency.
• Ability to work flexible hours as required by program and staffing needs, including evenings or weekends, with a strong commitment to meeting deadlines.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• MIP Fund Accounting system experience.
• Experience managing McKinney Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Grant funds.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to sit, communicate with other employees and vendors, is required to lift and carry items weighing up to 25 pounds and to operate computer hardware systems. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Considerable stress may occur.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER:

DESC is committed to diversity in the workplace and promotes equal employment opportunities for all staff members and applicants. The Agency will not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, caste, marital status, or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability in any employment practice, unless based on a bona fide occupational qualification. Minorities and veterans are encouraged to apply.