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Accountant I - Headquarters

DESC • Seattle, WA • 6h ago

Seattle, WA (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=515+Third+Avenue+Seattle+WA+USA+98104) -Accounting & Finance

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Job Type

Full-time

Description

Days Off: Saturday, Sunday

Shift: Office Day

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

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

About DESC:

DESC (Downtown Emergency Service Center) is a nonprofit organization working to help people with the complex needs of homelessness, substance use disorders, and serious mental illness achieve their highest potential for health and well-being through comprehensive services, treatment, and housing. Our vision is a community where no person is abandoned, ignored, or experiencing homelessness.

As the region's leading provider of services to multiply disabled adults who have experienced chronic homelessness, DESC serves almost 3,000 people each day. Our integrated service model is designed to help people secure and maintain appropriate, safe and affordable housing. DESC is recognized nationally and regionally as an innovator in developing solutions to homelessness.

JOB DEFINITION:

The Accountant I works closely with the Controller, Accounting Manager, Accountant II, and other accounting staff to maintain accurate and complete financial records for the agency. This position has primary responsibility for contract billing, general ledger accounting including reconciliations, and donation processing.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsible for preparing monthly contract invoices for submission to funders.

Monitor spending against contract budgets; develop and amend contract budgets as needed.

Ensure compliance with program requirements and work with the Financial Analyst in analyzing and investigating budget to actual variances.

Prepare and assist with tax matters including, but not limited to, excise taxes.

Prepare general ledger reconciliations, identify and develop resolutions for discrepancies.

Work with the Accounting Manager and other accounting staff to maintain accurate accounting and administrative records for agency activities.

Responsible for reviewing and processing cash management and banking transactions as assigned.

Maintain a working knowledge of the CHASERS and Real Page databases and facilitate the transfer of rent accounting data and other charges between CHASERS/Real Page and the accounting system

Compile documentation requested by external auditors and funders.

Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Undergraduate degree in accounting or business administration. Equivalent experience or a combination of education and work experience may be substituted for degree.

Coursework and minimum three years of job experience in accounting and financial management.

Computer experience; significant experience with spreadsheets and accounting software (MIP preferred).

Attention to detail, and ability to work independently with a minimum of direct supervision.

Willingness to be flexible and work cooperatively with co-workers to accomplish all responsibilities.

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 effectively relate to agency's clients displaying a wide range of unpleasant and/or bizarre behaviors.

Demonstrate respect for diversity and commitment to developing multicultural competency sensitivity.

Subscribe to philosophy of cooperation and continuity across programs, and of consideration and respect for clients.

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.

Salary Description

$76,147.5 - $86,156.16

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