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Senior Financial Reporting & Compliance Accountant

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Smith College

Smith College

Senior

Northampton, MA, USA

Category
Auditing
Financial Accounting
Tax Accounting
Accounting
Required Skills
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of relevant experience and/or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Demonstrated advanced accounting knowledge; non-profit financial, tax and compliance reporting and filing experience.
  • Experience working with diverse backgrounds.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Deadline and detail oriented.
  • Analytical approach to complicated reconciliation and data problems.
  • Advanced MS Excel skill and proficiency with MS and Google suites and complex cloud-based financial systems.
  • Familiarity with database queries and reports.
  • Ability to organize and prioritize work, take initiative, resolve problems, and manage multiple tasks.
  • Capacity to work independently and part of a team.
Responsibilities
  • Manage financial reporting as well as federal, state & local tax and other compliance.
  • Manage monthly, quarterly and annual financial close process, preparation of ad-hoc reports, preparation of annual audited financial statements, uniform guidance reporting, responsibility for federal, state and local tax extensions & filings and required educational & debt surveys.
  • Manage the monthly, quarterly and annual general ledger closing process and creations of timely and accurate financial information.
  • Manage the creation of key Workday reports and schedules to support the financial reporting and compliance function.
  • Manage the maintenance of the general ledger, including worktag management.
  • Manage the close process, including analyzing financial data for accuracy, preparing monthly & quarterly ad-hoc reports and preparing the annual financial statements and uniform guidance reports.
  • Support the annual audit financial statement and uniform guidance audit processes.
  • Prepare financial data in support of key education and debt surveys.
  • Responsible for preparing and/or reviewing account reconciliations on an ongoing basis.
  • Manage the preparation and timely filing of federal, state and local tax filings and informational requests, including but not limited to the 990, 990T, state tax returns, sales & meals tax filings and MA Form PC.
  • Manage the federal and state tax extension process.
  • Oversee the unclaimed property process.
  • Manage the recording financial activity and preparing journal entries as necessary.
  • Manage the preparation and review of various account reconciliations.
  • Responsible for the fiscal agency of PRESHCO, including accounting entries, review of local financial information, preparing financial and tax reporting and assisting in the annual audit process.
  • Responsible for the preparation, coordination, and implementation of general accounting policies and processes at the College.
  • Serve as community liaison in responding to inquiries and researching questions.
  • Provide guidance and training to departments in the use of financial systems and with accounting matters.
  • Advise the accounting, payroll and student employment teams in projects and processes.
  • Serve as back-up in certain function for absences.

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