Senior Accountant

Job DescriptionJob Description Join a agency responsible for implementing and managing economic housing and community programs, for single and multi-family housing, home repair, rehabilitation, weatherization and other citywide planning efforts. This role is more than just a job. This is a chance to get real legal experience while working on projects that improve our neighborhoods, support housing development, and bring vital resources to our city. As a condition of employment, appointee must establish and maintain residency within the City of Buffalo, NY during their tenure of employment. Under the general supervision of the Director of Financial Control of Agencies, the Senior Accountant will serve as lead accountant in the accounting and record keeping of the organization, including accounts payable and accounts receivable functions. In addition, the Senior Accountant will be responsible for assisting with the supervision and training of FCA staff who perform accounting functions.

Job responsibilities:

• Manage monthly close process, creating financial statements and reporting;
• Analyze financial statements and prepare monthly variance and analysis reports as needed;
• Prepare or review monthly bank reconciliations prepared by accounting staff;
• Prepare monthly payroll allocation entries in relation to grants activities, as needed;
• Perform account reconciliations of balance sheet accounts;
• Reconcile and maintain fixed assets schedule;
• Performing monitoring work that requires a high degree of judgement in the application of accounting principles and practices;
• Prepare financial reports, review of contracts and payroll related items;
• Inventory control of accounting files;
• Monitor program requisitions, and gather information for outside auditor requests for loan information;
• Review and process loan packages for encumbrance requests, set up encumbrances in the HUD system, certify the availability of funds for the encumbrance request, track and reconcile budget available balances between the accounting system and the HUD system for accuracy, and ensure expense eligibility relative to the programs;
• Will work in collaboration with BURA and City of Buffalo staff to complete project cost reconciliations;
• Will provide customer service to internal/external customers; and
• Will assist in all other general ledger functions as required, including posting of journal entries.

Job qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree in accounting with one (1) year of non-profit or governmental accounting experience OR MBA with one (1) year of non-profit or governmental accounting experience Benefits include:

• Paid holidays
• Medical, dental and vision plan options
• Pension plan
• Paid life insurance
• Generous PTO
• Perfect attendance incentive Monday -

Friday:

8:30am - 4:30pm