Junior Accountant

Junior AccountantA leading nonprofit animal welfare organization dedicated to protecting animals, inspiring compassion, and strengthening the bond between people and pets. Through sheltering, veterinary services, wildlife rehabilitation, and community outreach, the organization provides vital programs that save lives and create a more humane community.We're looking for a Junior Accountant to help ensure the financial integrity of our general ledger and support timely, smooth month-end and year-end closes. This position reconciles account balances and bank statements and owns our payroll function and related reporting. It's a hands-on role performed fully on-site.Essential Duties and ResponsibilitiesSupport day-to-day and monthly accounting operations, including account reconciliations, journal entries, and initiating reimbursements for some receivablesHelp maintain an accurate general ledger database and ensure integrity between the GL and development databaseContribute to external audits by preparing schedules, coordinating projects, and providing accurate, relevant reportingDocument and maintain policies, procedures, and workflows for assigned areas of responsibilityPerform bi-weekly payroll processing and related reporting, including verifying timesheets and union duesWork with Human Resources to ensure accurate employee setup/changes in payroll, benefit/union deductions, reporting, and accruals; resolve payroll discrepancies; process and maintain retirement transmissions, reports, and census; prepare final checks on timePrepare bank reconciliations and investigate discrepanciesMaintain fixed asset and depreciation schedulesMaintain schedules for select prepaid expenses, amortizing and recording monthly allocation expenses as appropriatePrepare certain monthly reports in a timely mannerAssist with departmental and organizational special projects as assignedAssist with budget preparation as necessaryPerform other accounting duties as assignedQualifications Education & ExperienceBachelor's degree in Accounting from a four-year college or university, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experienceMinimum of 2 years' experience in a similar roleThorough understanding of accounting and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)Experience with Blackbaud Financial Edge and ADP Workforce Now strongly preferredSkillsStrong time management, problem-solving, and organizational skillsDetail-oriented, with the ability to effectively prioritize competing projectsAbility to read, analyze, and interpret business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and/or governmental regulationsAbility to write clear reports, business correspondence, and procedure manualsAbility to present information and respond to questions from managers, employees, clients, customers, and the publicSolid math skills: calculating earnings, labor hours, overtime, discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, and volume; basic algebraSound judgment applying instructions in written, oral, or diagram form; able to work through problems involving multiple variables in standardized situationsTechnical SkillsKnowledge of computerized general ledger systems (e.g., Blackbaud Financial Edge)Knowledge of payroll systems (e.g., ADP Workforce Now)Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook)Other RequirementsMust pass a background check upon hire