Accountant (Brevard, Orange, Osceola, Seminole County) - Community Based Care of Brevard, Inc.

Starting Salary: $60,000

Position Summary: This position will be responsible for managing various accrual accounts, payment processing, and payroll allocations. The Accountant-General will also manage specific reports to the agencies’ funder, ensuring timely submittals. Ensures compliance with all related accounting regulations and Agency procedures and completes other duties and reporting as assigned. This position will be based in one of the service area counties, Brevard, Orange, Osceola or Seminole.

Technical/Functional Expectations:

1. Accrual Management – Essential Function: This position will be responsible for maintaining AP and UM accruals as well as entering PTO and payroll accruals as required.
2. Payroll Entries, Allocations – Essential Function: Manage payroll entries, time log allocations and grant allocations for all payroll periods.
3. Funder Deliverables – Essential Function: This position will manage and submit monthly and quarterly reconciliations and reports required by the family of agencies main funder.
4. Journal Entries – Essential Function: This position is responsible for making all journal entries within one day of receipt into the software system.
5. Miscellaneous Account Management – Essential Function: This position is responsible for managing miscellaneous accounts such as postage, mobile fingerprinting, deposits, gifts in kind, donated services and NCIE support unit rate billing.
6. Backup for other Accountant positions: This position will serve as backup for the other Accountant positions.
7. Other duties as required: Job performance requires fulfilling other incidental or related duties as assigned, assisting and training others, and performing duties of higher rated positions from time to time for developmental purposes.

Behavioral Competencies:

1. Attention to Detail: Able to be thorough and complete when working with assembling, processing, or providing detailed information; track details even when under pressure.
2. Deal with Ambiguity: Able to maintain composure and handle frequent job changes or unexpected disruptions; work with conflicting, delayed, or unclear information; remain effective when faced with change and uncertainty.
3. Versatility: Able to take on new or multiple roles and responsibilities and do them well; be flexible when considering options or opinions; be open to new ideas and change.
4. Integrity: Able to demonstrate consistency of words and actions; protect confidential information; do what is right even when no one is watching; demonstrate sound business ethics; consistently comply with organizational values.
5. Self-Control: Able to maintain a composed problem-solving approach when faced with unrealistic expectations, pressing time demands, frustration, or interpersonal conflict.
6. Assertiveness: Able to express opinions and feelings maturely in spite of disagreement; candidly and honestly confront others regardless of status or position; confidently approach and present new ideas to decision makers.
7. Sensitivity: Work effectively with and show sensitivity to cultural differences and various socio-economic backgrounds of others.
8. Ethics: Adhere to and model principles and values of Agency and System of Care by being strength-based, solution-focused, maintains highest level of integrity and ethical standards and work collaboratively with employees, partners, stakeholders and clients in all interactions.

Business Experience:

1. 3+ years of progressive experience in accounting dept.: To effectively perform the required accounting functions and financial oversight to include A/P, journal entries, and GL and bank reconciliations.
2. Prior experience in non-profit accounting preferred: To more easily understand the multiple funding streams and accounts and sub accounts utilized in this environment and under OMB Circulars.
3. Effective Communication and Interpersonal skills: This is required to work in a dynamic team environment and address challenges and pressing deadlines in a collaborative, positive, solution-focused manner.
4. Intermediate Level Skill in Excel: This is required in order to develop and maintain various and complex spreadsheets in support of the department’s goals.