Accounting Analyst
Under the leadership of the Controllership, the Accounting and Consolidation Unit performs monthly financial consolidation, analysis, reconciliations and preparation of financial statements and reports for Management and external users. The Unit ensures that there is consistency and quality of accounting data and reporting across the organization. The Unit is responsible for the consolidation of the financial data and ensures that reporting is done accurately and on a timely manner. The Accounting Analyst is part of the consolidation unit team.
Major
Responsibilities:
The Accounting
Analyst will support the monthly consolidation of financial data in New York,
review and analyze country office financial data and balance sheet
reconciliations to ensure the integrity and accuracy of accounting data and
perform recurrent tasks including revenue recognition and payroll journal
preparation for offices in INTEGRA.
Specific tasks:
- Accounting
- Preparation of revenue
recognition journal entries for offices in INTEGRA for approval and
posting.
- Clear intercompany
transactions between IRC offices during the interim periods.
- Engage with country office
finance leadership and teams to ensure compliance with IRC accounting
policies and generally accepted accounting principles in data
processing.
- Analysis and Control
- Review transactions posted in
integra, highlights data accuracy and integrity issue and follows up with
parties concerned to resolves outstanding issues promptly.
- Analyze and reconciles CRRD
country offices data bases with the consolidated headquarter database
- Prepare a monthly exception
report of significant issues involving data accuracy and integrity for
management information and follow-up.
- Provide data set for input
into the management dashboard for country office performance against
selected accounting metrics.
- Based on the quarterly and
annual analysis, provide guidance to the country offices on any
corrective actions required.
- Prepare analysis of revenue
and expenses, benefits, payroll clearing and restricted contribution
balances, and working to address any differences.
- Prepare the quarterly and
year-end analysis, ratios and fluctuations in financial metrics,
highlighting areas of interest or concern to management.
- Monitor the exchange rate use
in integra and analyze the impact, recommending any actions required.
- Consolidation
- Coordinate with CRRD country
offices on the monthly closing process of IRC books to ensure that accounting
information is ready for timely reporting.
- Perform other tasks related to
accounting and consolidation in Integra and other organization systems as
delegated.
- Engage and participate in
deployment and implementation of Integra in CRRD offices.
- Coordinate and Lead training
on consolidation and analysis as needed
- Annual Financial Audit
- Engage in the Headquarter
annual Financial Statement audit and single audit process.
- Primary focal person for each
field office specific audit requests
- Communicate, extract or
receive, and review for completeness of the supporting documents for
field office audit samples.
Job Requirements:
Work Experience:
- Approximately three to six years’ progressive
finance/accounting experience in the non-profit sector.
- Previous work experience in a multi-cultural
international environment is desirable.
- Demonstrated familiarity with GAAP, IFRS and
proven general knowledge of Fund Accounting.
- Previous work experience with a major general
ledger software package – experience in Microsoft Dynamics 365
and SUN preferred.
- Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
- Excellent communication skills, including the
ability to communicate effectively in a multi-cultural environment and
diplomatically manage collegial relationships.
- Solid organizational skills: the ability to be
flexible and work well under pressure in a fast-paced team environment.
- Flexible work attitude: the ability to work
productively in a team environment & independently and ability to meet
unexpected demands.
- Strong Computer skills: facility with MS Word,
Excel, various accounting software, and email/internet software.
Education:
Bachelor’s Degree in
Accounting, Finance, or equivalent; Master’s degree a plus.
Working Environment:
This role may require
working remotely full or part time and part time remote employees may be
required to share workspace.
The IRC and IRC workers
must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Standards for Professional Conduct.
These are Integrity, Equality, Service, and Accountability. In accordance
with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary
Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace
Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.
How
To Apply
Interested
and qualified? Go to International Rescue
Committee on rescue.csod.com to apply