Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

This is a hybrid position requiring two days a week, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, working from the office in Doral, FL (and more during Latin GRAMMY season).

Who We're Looking For

The Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation (LGCF) is looking for an experienced Senior Accountant to join our growing team! Reporting to the Senior Finance Manager, you will create and manage budgets and prepare PowerPoint presentations for the Board of Directors and Finance Committee. You are an effective communicator who is organized, detail-oriented, and can juggle multiple projects and work efficiently under the pressure of tight deadlines.

What You'll Do

Financial Reporting & Budgeting

• Prepare, analyze, and distribute financial statements including monthly, quarterly, and annual reports.
• Prepare Budget Reports, comparing actual results to budgeted figures, identifying, explaining, and correcting variances.
• Maintain financial records and prepare provisions as necessary to reflect the company's financial position.
• Support the preparation of financial presentations for quarterly Finance Committee and annual Board of Director meetings.
• Respond to inquiries from management regarding financial results, special reporting requests, etc.

Accounting & Month-End Closing

• Prepare and review journal entries, month-end accruals, and inter-company transactions.
• Ensure accurate and timely month-end closing in line with a timetable approved by the CFO.
• Oversee accounts payable processing, reviewing vendor invoices, getting appropriate approvals from management, and ensuring timely payment of vendors.
• Manage accounts receivable processing, reviewing customer contracts, creating invoices, and ensuring timely collection of all customer accounts.
• Maintain general ledger accuracy and proper recording of financial transactions.
• Provide functional oversight and coordination of accounting activities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to internal controls.

Scholarship & Sponsorship Management

• Maintain and update LGCF Scholarship worksheets including the Scholarships Grid, Present Value Matrix, and restricted funds.
• Track and report all scholarship pledges, unused balances, and restricted funds, ensuring proper financial control.
• Oversee and track sponsorships including scholarship sponsors, ensuring deliverables are met.
• Prepare annual Scholarship Deferral adjustments.

Audit, Tax, and Financial Support

• Prepare all necessary information and provide support required by auditors for annual reviews and opinions.
• Review and prepare information to properly complete schedules of the annual 990 tax return.
• Ensure compliance with IRS requirements by reviewing and approving 1099 Forms.
• Ensure accurate reconciliation of donation payments related to donors and sponsorships.
• Maintain configuration of Workday processes and reports for all financial modules including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Reporting, Budgeting, Cash Management and Accounting.
• Assist in other projects as needed to improve financial processes and systems within the organization.
• Collaborate with other departments and management to address special reporting needs and improve financial transparency.

Skills & Experience

• Bachelors degree in Accounting. Masters degree a plus.
• 5+ years of working experience in accounting in increasingly responsible roles.
• Must be fluent in English and Spanish. Portuguese a plus.
• Working knowledge of Workday highly desired but not required.
• Excellent communication and organization skills with the ability to take ownership, meet deadlines, and manage up as needed.
• Strong problem-solving skills in handling diverse daily tasks.
• Willingness and availability to travel as needed for the annual Latin GRAMMY Awards show every November.

Physical Demands For Certain Roles

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and sit for long periods of time, and work at a computer for long periods of time.

The employee will be required to lift and/or move up to 60 pounds.

Salary and Benefits

The starting salary for this position is $73,000 to $80,000, benchmarked against industry standards. Salaries for positions required to be in specific geographic locations reflect the corresponding labor market. The actual offer extended will depend on the candidate's experience, qualifications, and the role's requirements and will include our comprehensive benefits package (with medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401k match, generous paid time off, and more).

Explore our career opportunities to join a team that values creativity, innovation, and diversity.

About The Recording Academy And Its Affiliates

RECORDING ACADEMY

The Recording Academy represents the voices of performers, songwriters, producers, engineers, and all music professionals. Dedicated to ensuring the recording arts remain a thriving part of our shared cultural heritage, the Academy honors music's history while investing in its future through the GRAMMY Museum, advocates on behalf of music creators, supports music people in times of need through MusiCares, and celebrates artistic excellence through the GRAMMY Awardsmusic's only peer-recognized accolade and highest achievement. As the world's leading society of music professionals, we work year-round to foster a more inspiring world for creators.

LATIN RECORDING ACADEMY

The Latin Recording Academy is an international, membership-based organization comprised of Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking recording artists, musicians, songwriters, producers and other creative and technical recording professionals. The organization is dedicated to improving the quality of life and cultural condition for Latin music and its makers. In addition to producing the Latin GRAMMY Awards to honor excellence in the recorded arts and sciences, The Latin Recording Academy provides educational and outreach programs for the Latin music community either directly or through its Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation.

LATIN GRAMMY CULTURAL FOUNDATION

The Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation is a charitable organization established by the Latin Recording Academy in 2014. The organization is dedicated to creating opportunities for the next generation of Latin music creators through scholarships, educational programs, grants, and access to creators and industry executives.

MUSICARES

A friend and ally of the music community, MusiCares was established by the Recording Academy to safeguard the health and well-being of all music people. A four-star charity and safety net in times of need, MusiCares offers confidential preventative, recovery, and emergency programs to address financial, medical, and personal health issues. Through the generosity of our donors and volunteer professionals, our dedicated team works across the country to ensure the music community has the resources and support it needs.

GRAMMY MUSEUM

The GRAMMY Museum is a nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating and exploring music from yesterday and today to inspire the music of tomorrow through music preservation, education, exhibitions, and public programming and aims to create a world in which shared love of music sparks curiosity, creativity, and community. Programs include GRAMMY in the Schools education programs that are offered year-round for students, teachers, and schools throughout the United States.

Equal Opportunity

The Recording Academy, its affiliates, and the music industry have a strong culture of inclusion and respect for everyone. The Recording Academy makes intentional, courageous, and principled decisions for stronger business outcomes and ensures that all creators and professionals live and work in a fair and safe environment. It is the Recording Academy's policy to provide equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. The Recording Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race (nor traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion (including religious dress and grooming), creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law. The Recording Academy will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship to the Recording Academy. This policy governs all aspects of employment, including selection, job assignment, compensation, promotion, discipline, termination, access to benefits and training, recruitment, hiring, transfer, and social and recreational programs.