Sr. Accounting Finance Manager

About Youth UpRising

Youth UpRising (YU) exists to build healthy, economically robust communities in East Oakland and the surrounding county by harnessing the leadership of young people, improving the systems that most impact their lives and advancing community development.

Since opening in 2005, YU has been an emerging as East Oakland’s leading community transformation engine. YU’s mission is to transform East Oakland into a healthy and economically robust community by developing the leadership of young adults and improving the systems that impact them.

YU is housed in a 25,000 square-foot state-of-the-art center annually serving about 4000 Alameda County youth, ages 13-24. YU’s campus includes a health clinic, an internet café and a multimedia center, and offers core programming in four areas: education, health and wellness, civic engagement, and art and expression. YU also operates a social enterprise hub that creates jobs and provides industry-specific training in high-growth sectors that facilitate a young person’s transition into the workforce and nurture education opportunity.

For more information about Youth UpRising go to: www.YouthUpRising.org

POSITION SUMMARY:
The Sr. Accountant &Finance Manager is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Accounting and Finance for the organization, ensuring complete compliance with all GAAP and internal policies and practices. The Sr. Accounting & Finance Manager will report to and work closely with the CEO. In addition, they will partner with leadership to develop and implement strategies across the organization. The Sr. Accounting & Finance Manager will assist the CEO in overseeing all financial compliance and recognition for government (federal and state) contracts and grants. They must be able to adapt to a continually evolving environment and thrive in an autonomous and deadline-oriented workplace.

This is an ideal position for a personable, experienced accounting/finance professional looking to become part of a well-respected, highly collaborative, mission-based organization.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Daily management of accounting and bookkeeping duties

Financial Statement Preparation in collaboration with outside consultant
Budgeting and Forecasting for future financial sustainability planning
Work with outside consultant in creating and distributing preliminary Financials
Serve on the Agency Leadership Team
Contract finance management
Work with outside consultant in reconciliation of bank accounts and other asset GL accounts and maintain GL files/

Other Accounting Duties
Update internal finance processes and procedures

Design an internal control tracking process to ensure security is maintained

Oversee and streamline as necessary interdepartmental transfers and journals
Review monthly A/P reconciliations
Preparation of spreadsheet reports (403b, Salaries, Workers Compensation, manual payroll checks, advance to employees)
Quarterly 403b review for cash-out eligible former employees
Handle and coordinate 403b audit, compliance issues, testing and annual report
Coordinate 5500 annual filing
Other duties as assigned

Core Competencies - required of all staff for successful performance at YU.

● HIGH PERFORMANCE - Strong work ethic • Results oriented • High energy • High integrity • Reliability • Committed to Excellence • Takes initiative and gets things done • Demonstrated success in an entrepreneurial setting, with the ability to think strategically while executing tactically within a resource-constrained environment.

● ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS - Detail oriented • Tracks results • Demonstrates good work habits • Effectively uses their and other people’s time • Comes to tasks/meetings well prepared • Has basic computer skills • Develops efficient systems, processes and tools •

● FLEXIBILITY - Adapts to new information or circumstances • Willing to wear many ‘hats’ to get the job done • Creative in troubleshooting and finding solutions • Able to flourish in a fluid environment •

● POSITIVE ATTITUDE - Able to maintain composure, hope and a sense of humor amid challenges

• Able to remain positive and see solutions among difficult issues • Stamina • Able to manage and diffuse stress •

● SOCIAL SKILLS - Able to work with a variety of people • Able to communicate with respect and clarity • Open to different viewpoints • Able to disagree without animosity • Self-aware • Compassionate • Collaborative • Able to give and receive candid feedback • A role model •

● CRITICAL THINKING - Thinks interdependently, framing the goals of one department/project within the entire vision • Sees current issues and challenges within a broad framework • Makes decisions that have the greatest long and short term positive impact • Thinks ‘outside the box’ – beyond given paradigms • Able to access resources (money, people) to advance solutions • Able to reflect on and improve both content and delivery • Open to developing awareness of the structural factors (socioeconomic context) impacting our communities •

COMPETENCIES:
Experience & Education: Masters Degree in Accounting and minimum 6 yrs. experience as an general accountant.

Team player: Demonstrates cooperative spirit, respects professional boundaries and is successful at sharing responsibilities with others
Self-led: Knows and completes responsibilities in assigned timelines, asks for clarifications when needed.

Customer oriented: Works well with all customers (internal staff and external contacts), promotes a positive image of the agency and works diligently to resolve customer issues
Poised: able to maintain a calm, positive and constructive attitude during interactions with diverse populations, sometimes in challenging situations
Ethical: Honest, accountable, maintains confidentiality
Decisive: Thoughtful when considering options, seeks input from others, makes difficult decisions when necessary
Knowledgeable: Understands facets of job, keeps job knowledge current
Well organized: Information organized and accessible, maintains efficient work space, manages time well
Strong communicator: excellent verbal and written communication skills
Technical savvy: Skilled with computers, proficient with function appropriate technology, learns quickly, uses technology to enhance job performance with the interest and ability to learn new technology
Leadership: Completes all assigned tasks in a timely manner and is able to identify projects or work needed for future completion. Anticipates needs before they are assigned. Recognizes themselves as a departmental or function representative
Agile: Able to move effectively between big-picture thinking and hands-on logistics
Takes Initiative: Takes action, seeks new opportunities, strives to see projects to completion
Problem solver: Strong analytical skills and able to creatively address and solve problems
Motivated: Looks for opportunities to increase knowledge, works to increase responsibility, strives to achieve personal goals
Budget conscious: Ability to quantify cost and savings potential in relation to projects as well as develop and maintain a realistic departmental budget
Detail oriented: Meticulous and thorough when entering, reviewing and providing information