Senior Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

About BRIC: 

BRIC is a leading arts and media institution anchored in Downtown Brooklyn whose work spans contemporary visual and performing arts, media, and civic action. For over forty years, BRIC has shaped Brooklyn’s cultural and media landscape by presenting and incubating artists, creators, students, and media makers. As a creative catalyst for their community, BRIC ignites learning in people of all ages and centralizes diverse voices that take risks and drive culture forward. BRIC builds Brooklyn’s creative future.

About the Senior Accountant Role: 

Reporting to the Senior Director of Finance, the Senior Accountant is a key member of the Finance team responsible for maintaining the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of BRIC's accounting operations and financial reporting. This role supports the monthly and year-end close processes, strengthens internal controls, ensures compliance with nonprofit accounting standards, and partners across the organization to deliver reliable financial information that supports sound decision-making. 

What You’ll Do in the Role:  The Senior Accountant will be responsible for the following, in addition to other projects as assigned by Senior Director, Finance: 

General Accounting & Financial Reporting

• Support day-to-day accounting operations, including general ledger accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll accounting, fixed assets, net assets, cash activity, and bank reconciliations.
• Prepare and post journal entries, including recurring entries, accruals, reclasses, payroll-related entries, depreciation, prepaid expenses, and other month-end adjustments.
• Coordinate the monthly and year-end close processes by preparing journal entries, reconciliations, supporting schedules, accruals, prepaid expenses, fixed asset activity, revenue recognition, receivables, payables, net asset activity, and other required analyses to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Review general ledger activity and assigned account reconciliations to ensure transactions are complete, accurate, properly supported, and coded correctly by account, department, program, grant, and funding source, as applicable.
• Reconcile and maintain assigned balance sheet and income statement accounts, including bank accounts, payroll liabilities, prepaid and accrued expenses, investments, fixed assets, receivables, payables, revenue accounts, and other general ledger accounts.

Compliance, Audit & Internal Controls

• Review accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll accounting activity to ensure accuracy, proper coding, required approvals, complete supporting documentation, and appropriate allocation of costs across departments, programs, grants, and restricted funding sources.
• Support the annual financial statement audit and other regulatory filings by preparing audit schedules, reconciliations, supporting documentation, and information required for Form 990, CHAR500, and other compliance reporting.
• Maintain accounting documentation and financial records in accordance with GAAP, nonprofit accounting standards, funder requirements, internal controls, and organizational policies.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen accounting processes, internal controls, documentation, reconciliation procedures, and overall Finance team efficiency.

Financial Analysis & Team Collaboration

• Prepare financial analyses and supporting schedules for management reporting, budget-to-actual reviews, Finance Committee materials, and other internal reporting needs.
• Foster a collaborative Finance team culture that promotes accuracy, accountability, confidentiality, continuous improvement, and exceptional customer service.

You’ll Bring these Skills and Strengths to the Role:

• Mission & Values Alignment : A passion for BRIC’s support of the arts in Brooklyn and a deep commitment to building community, igniting learning and making change through the arts and creativity.
• Experience and Qualifications :
  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required or strongly preferred.
  • Minimum of 4–6 years of relevant accounting experience ; nonprofit accounting experience strongly preferred.
  • Strong knowledge of GAAP and nonprofit accounting principles.
  • Experience with month-end close, account reconciliations, journal entries, payroll accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and audit support.
  • Experience with Sage Intacct or a similar accounting system preferred.
  • CPA or CPA-track experience preferred but not required.
  • Strong Excel skills and ability to work with financial reports, reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
  • High level of attention to detail, accuracy, accountability, and follow-through.
  • Ability to manage multiple deadlines and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Good judgment and ability to evaluate issues, identify solutions, and escalate matters appropriately.
  • Commitment to process, procedures, documentation, confidentiality, and internal controls.
  • Ability to work collaboratively with Finance colleagues and staff across the organization.
  • Belief in BRIC’s mission and commitment to supporting arts, media, education, and community engagement.
• Communication & Relationship Building : An emotionally intelligent, values- and results-driven leader who can inspire staff and collaborate across departments and at all levels of the organization, and provide feedback and coaching to support the achievement of goals. Highly skilled communicator and relationship builder, both individually and in large audience or public communications.
• Commitment to Equity & Inclusion : Brings experience operationalizing equity within the fundraising function and setting an equity and justice rooted strategy for revenue generation and team management. 

Other Things to Know:

• Compensation: The annual salary range for this position is $60K - $70K.
• Status and location : This is a full-time, exempt role based in our Brooklyn office. 
• Benefits : BRIC has a comprehensive benefits package, including: paid time off, 403B retirement plan, pre-tax transit cards, medical flexible spending plans and more. BRIC currently pays 100% of the premium for employee medical, dental and vision coverage starting on the first of the month after 2 months of employment. 
• Mission & Values : BRIC is committed to building Brooklyn's creative future. We advance opportunities for visual artists, performers, and media makers. We present bold work that reflects diverse audiences and speaks to the world. We ignite learning in people of all ages. We unite Brooklyn through art and creativity to build community and make change.

How to Apply:

All applicants must submit a resume together with a cover letter outlining the ways in which their skills and experience align with our specific needs via our online application portal found here on our website. Candidates of color and from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds are highly encouraged to apply.

BRIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, military and veteran status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot be used as a basis for an employment decision.