Senior Accountant

YMCA Southcoast
New Bedford, MA
YMCA Southcoast

Job Title: Senior Accountant

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position supports the work of the Y, a leading non-profit charitable organization committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. The Senior Accountant is accountable to assist the CFO in improving overall financial health as well as maintaining full compliance with all applicable regulations. The individual must be well versed in all aspects of financial management, ranging from managing all accounting functions, accounting policies and procedures, and ensuring preparation of complete and accurate financial statements and overseeing annual audit.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The Financial Controller will:

  • Oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes and reporting.
  • Prepare and analyze financial statements, management reports, and variance analyses.
  • Perform month-end and year-end closings, including to but not limited to bank reconciliation reviews, balance sheet analysis, closing journal entries, and posting monthly accruals.
  • Support the CFO in managing the annual budgeting process.
  • Leads the external audit processes and manage relationships with external auditors.
  • Develop, implement, and continuously improve accounting processes, procedures and controls.
  • Ensure that current accounting standards and legal requirements are met.
  • Leads process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
  • Lead the preparation of reports for all required governmental agencies and the Y-USA. Manage all transactions, files, and all necessary reports, ensure that all account reports and transactions are prepared on a timely basis.
  • Manage and develop accounting staff and foster a collaborative and high-performance team environment.
  • Special projects as assigned to support financial objectives.

QUALIFICATIONS: YMCA LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES: PREFERRED: WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS: BENEFITS:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, CPA strongly preferred
  • 8+ years of progressive accounting experience.
  • 4+ years of experience managing a team.
  • Approachable, collaborative, and influential partner to business leaders.
  • Ability to be autonomous, multi-task, set priorities and execute in a fast-paced environment.
  • Ability to remain focused under pressure, ambiguity, frequent change, or unpredictability to adapt with a scaling business.
  • Strong presentation skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Strong organizational, attention to detail, time-management, and problem-solving and analytical skills.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion.
  • An exemplary model of professionalism, integrity, dependability, and trustworthiness.
  • Strong proficiency in MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Advanced use of MS Excel, including formulas, filtering, pivot tables, sorting and formatting.
  • Onsite 3 days/week, 2 days remote from home
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus.
  • Building relationships
  • Financial Management
  • Critical Thinking & Decision Making
  • Problem Solving & Results Driven
  • Emotional Maturity
  • Developing Self & Others
  • Experience working in at a nonprofit organization is preferred but not required.
  • MBA, CPA or CMA preferred.
  • 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.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use a computer for extended periods of time and be able to communicate using a computer and phone/smart device.
  • The employee frequently is required to sit and reach and must be able to move around the work environment.
  • The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
  • Health, Dental and Vision insurance
  • YMCA Retirement – 12% match after 2 yrs of service
  • Life & Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • YMCA Southcoast Association Membership (includes Nationwide membership)
  • Vacation, holidays and sick time
Posted 2025-12-21

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