Staff Accountant at Regional Food Bank in Albany, NY, USA

Job description

• Job Description
• Position Summary: Assists in all areas of the Finance Department, with a primary focus on grants, credit cards, account reconciliations, and month-end close.

Responsibilities

• Process payment requests, invoices, and drawdowns to verify that costs are reasonable and allocable
• Tracking of award spending, manage salary allocations, and prevent unallowable cost transfers
• Enforce adherence to local, state, federal, or foundation legal regulations
• Communicate with Finance Management regarding any inquires or non-allocable spending
• Reconcile and track custodial accounts
• Report any unused or expiring funds to management
• Handle all weekly credit card transactions and reconciliation
• Assist with monthly account reconciliations, month-end close and year-end audit
• Save transaction reports for Lockbox
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Maintain privileged and confidential information in strict confidence.

Requirements

• Qualifications: Associates degree in Accounting or two to five years of related experience. Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other financial software. Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, and attention-to-detail skills, with excellent follow-through.

Skills

Required

• Other financial software
• Strong communication skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Organizational skills
• Attention-to-detail
• Excellent follow-through