Financial Reporting Manager

Description

Financial Reporting Manager

Department

Finance

Reports To

Vice President of Finance

FLSA Status

Exempt

Location

Greenville, South Carolina (Headquarters - 115 Haywood Road)

Employment Type

Full-time

Travel

Occasional travel within the Upstate and Midlands service area and overnight for conferences less than 10%

About Goodwill

Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands South Carolina, Inc. (GIUMSC) is a locally governed 501(c)(3) social enterprise that provides access, information, and resources to help people improve their lives through the power of work. Retail operations across more than 40 stores and dozens of donation centers fund career training, job placement, and wraparound services in 16 Upstate and Midlands counties. GIUMSC is a multi-entity organization with related workforce and contract operations (including South Carolina Vocations and Individual Advancement (SCVIA)/ AbilityOne Program), approximately $60 million in annual revenue, and more than $100 million in assets.

Position Summary

The Financial Reporting Manager owns the quality, timeliness, and usefulness of GIUMSC's internal and external financial reporting. This role leads month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close support for reporting packages; prepares GAAP financial statements and management reports; supports Form 990, audit, and Board/Finance Committee materials; and strengthens reporting processes across a multi-site, multi-entity nonprofit with significant donated-goods retail, program, grant, and contract activity.

The Manager partners closely with accounting, FP&A, retail operations, workforce development, and executive leadership so that numbers are accurate, explainable, and decision-ready. The role is both hands-on and supervisory, with accountability for reporting standards, reconciliations that feed the statements, and continuous improvement of close and reporting cycles.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Financial close and GAAP reporting

• Lead preparation and review of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP for not-for-profit entities, including the Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Activities, Statement of Functional Expenses, Statement of Cash Flows, and supporting schedules.
• Coordinate close calendars, workpapers, and reporting checklists; drive on-time completion of management reporting packages.
• Review journal entries, account reconciliations, and flux analyses that support the financial statements; resolve exceptions with accounting staff.
• Maintain net asset classifications (without donor restrictions / with donor restrictions), contribution and donated-goods accounting, inventory and cost-of-goods sold treatments, allocations, and intercompany/eliminating entries across GIUMSC and related entities.
• Prepare or review consolidating and combining schedules as applicable for related entities (including SCVIA).

Management, Board, and operational reporting

• Produce monthly financial packages for executive leadership, including budget-versus-actual, store/region and program results, key ratios, cash position, and narrative commentary.
• Prepare Finance Committee and Board reporting materials in partnership with the Vice President of Finance.
• Build and maintain standardized dashboards and recurring reports for retail, workforce development, donated goods, contracts, and administrative cost centers.
• Partner with operations leaders to explain variances, identify trends, and improve the usefulness of reports without sacrificing control or accuracy.

Audit, tax, and regulatory reporting

• Serve as a primary finance contact for the annual independent audit, including PBC lists, walkthroughs, confirmations, and draft financial statement footnotes.
• Support preparation and review of IRS Form 990 and related state filings for GIUMSC and related entities, including Schedule support and public-disclosure quality control.
• Assist with single audit / Uniform Guidance requirements when federal awards trigger those procedures, and with other grantor, lender, or insurance reporting.
• Maintain documentation that supports financial statement assertions, internal controls, and subsequent-event review.

Systems, process, and internal control

• Own reporting architecture in the general ledger / ERP (Current System is Sage 100), including dimensions, report definitions, allocations, and close-task workflows.
• Assist in the implementation of a new ERP System currently in the procurement phase
• Improve close efficiency through automation, standardized workpapers, and clearer ownership of reconciliations.
• Help design and monitor internal controls over financial reporting; recommend control enhancements where deficiencies or process gaps appear.
• Document accounting policies and reporting procedures; train accounting staff on close and reporting standards.

Leadership and other duties

• Supervise, coach, and review the work of assigned accountants or reporting specialists (direct reports as assigned).
• Support annual budget and forecast processes by providing clean actuals, mapping, and historical reporting structures.
• Protect confidential financial, payroll, donor, and participant information.
• Perform other related duties as assigned in support of the Finance team and GIUMSC's mission.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a closely related field.
• Five or more years of progressive accounting or financial reporting experience, including substantial work with GAAP financial statements.
• Demonstrated experience with month-end close, account reconciliations, and management or Board reporting packages.
• Expert MS Excel skills (lookups, pivot tables, data validation, and the ability to build clean, auditable workpapers).
• Ability to explain complex results in plain language to non-finance leaders.
• High attention to detail, professional skepticism, and comfort working to fixed close and Board calendars.

Preferred

• Nonprofit accounting experience, including ASC 958 (contributions, net assets, functional expense, donated goods) and Form 990 preparation or review.
• Experience in a multi-site retail, social enterprise, or similarly complex operating environment.
• Hands-on experience with Sage Intacct (or comparable cloud ERP) and report-writing tools.
• Prior supervisory experience and audit liaison experience with a regional or national firm.
• Familiarity with grant accounting, Uniform Guidance, and/or AbilityOne / government contract reporting.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of U.S. GAAP for not-for-profit organizations and internal-control concepts over financial reporting.
• Ability to manage multiple reporting cycles, entities, and stakeholder requests without losing accuracy.
• Clear written and verbal communication; professional presence with auditors, Board volunteers, and operations partners.
• Judgment to distinguish material issues from noise and to escalate risk promptly.
• Commitment to stewardship, transparency, and GIUMSC's mission of helping people improve their lives through the power of work.

Physical and Work Environment

Work is performed primarily in an office environment at GIUMSC headquarters in Greenville, with standard office equipment. The role requires extended periods of computer work, attention to detailed numerical information, and occasional lifting of files or materials up to 20 pounds. Reasonable accommodations will be made for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Other Requirements

• Must successfully complete a background check consistent with GIUMSC policy and the responsibilities of a finance leadership role.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Alignment with GIUMSC values of stewardship, respect, integrity, and service.

Equal Opportunity

Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands South Carolina, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. We are committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications. Management reserves the right to amend the description and to assign other duties as necessary.

Posted / revised: September 2026