Staff Accountant

POSITION TITLE

Staff Accountant

DEPARTMENT

Finance and Accounting

REPORTS TO

VP of Finance

FLSA STATUS (Exempt or Non-exempt)

Exempt

LOCATION

Arlington, Virginia or Remote (United States)

DATE

November 2022

Position Summary

The Staff Accountant will be responsible for a variety of important accounting functions along with being the primary Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable contact for ISEP.

Principal Relationships

External: Banks, Foreign currency firms, Audit firm, Governmental agencies, Vendors, Consultants, ISEP Member organizations, Students

Internal: VP of Finance, Senior Accountant, ISEP Team Members

Key Job Responsibilities

• Accounts Payables: Full responsibility except for ISEP-Direct wire payments. Processing of Accounts Payables weekly including researching and contacting vendors regarding problems or disputes with vendors or bills.
• Collections on scheduled invoice runs. Assist the collections efforts for delinquencies with the following invoice runs: Annual Membership Dues, Application Fees, Acceptance Fees, ISEP Direct Program Fees
• Cash Receipts: Posting of all cash receipts into our EMS, AMS and accounting system.
• Maintenance of a few general ledger accounts (possibly more accounts in the future): Refunds payable, General receivables, Pre-paid expenses
• Monthly work: Upkeep of depreciation schedule, Upkeep of two amortization schedules
• Credit Card Monitoring: Monthly download of the credit card transactions and back up receipts. Weekly notification of outstanding charges to the credit card holders for timely submissions.
• Events Accounting: A variety of duties including invoicing, collections, postings on the registration system, issuance of receipts, compilation of registered participants and other lists, etc.
• Grant Accounting: Post grant expenses, release from restricted net assets, and record revenue.
• Assisting VP of Finance with preliminary forecasting spreadsheet work
• Perform other duties as assigned

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• BA, Accounting, Business or Finance
• 2 to 4 years' experience in non-profit accounting
• Strong Communication Skills
• Microsoft Word
• Excel
• Outlook
• Sage Intacct experience highly desirable