Senior Accountant

We are seeking a Senior Accountant to help manage accounting processes and financial reporting for a growing company based in Birmingham, Alabama. This role is integral to ensuring financial information is accurate, timely, and well-organized, while also supporting leadership with meaningful reporting and insight across a multi-entity environment. The ideal candidate will have strong accounting knowledge, excellent discretion, and the ability to handle confidential matters with professionalism. Previous nonprofit accounting experience is required.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain the general accounting records for the private foundation, affiliated companies, and other designated entities, ensuring transactions are recorded accurately and completely.
• Prepare and post journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and general ledger activity, and investigate variances or discrepancies as needed.
• Contribute to month-end and year-end close by preparing supporting schedules, reviewing balances, and assembling required backup documentation.
• Generate financial statements, internal reporting packages, and analysis to assist leadership in evaluating results, liquidity, and financial performance.
• Record and monitor charitable contributions, grantmaking or program expenditures, and other nonprofit-related transactions with proper documentation.
• Track activity related to income, distributions, receivables, ownership accounts, and cash transactions for investment and portfolio entities.
• Work closely with outside accountants, tax advisors, and other business partners to provide data and respond to reporting, tax, and compliance requests.
• Support audit preparation, tax reporting, and other regulatory filings by maintaining organized financial records and delivering requested schedules.
• Exercise sound judgment in managing sensitive financial, investment, and foundation information while balancing multiple deadlines and responsibilities independently.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field preferred.
• Required: prior nonprofit accounting experience.
• 3+ years of accounting experience
• Strong understanding of general ledger accounting, reconciliations, month-end close, and financial reporting.
• Experience working across multiple entities or in a complex organizational structure is highly preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal leadership and external advisors.
• High level of integrity, discretion, and attention to detail.

Compensation

$90,000.00-$100,000.00 Yearly

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