Accounting Manager (General Ledger) - Oregon Food Bank Inc

Application Guidelines:

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

A cover letter is required for consideration.

This position is currently hybrid.

Out-of-state selected candidates will be required to relocate to the Oregon/SW Washington area within 60 days of their start date.

Who We Are:

Oregon Food Bank (OFB) believes that no one should be hungry. Our mission is to eliminate hunger and its root causes. We believe that food and health are basic human rights for all. We know that hunger is not just an individual experience; it is also a community-wide symptom of systemic barriers to employment, education, housing and health care such as systemic racism, sexism, and cissexism. That’s why we work systemically to achieve our mission to end hunger: we foster community connections to help people access nutritious food, and we build community power and strengthen networks of support and the safety net to eliminate the root causes of hunger for good.

We build community power to dismantle systems and policies that drive hunger and poverty.

Oregon Food Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we strongly encourage applications from candidates who can increase the diversity of our organization and strengthen our capacity to eliminate hunger. We believe strongly in the power of lived experience — and we actively seek individuals who have experienced hunger and its root causes to join our team. Our organization is stronger because of the leadership of people who have faced food insecurity in their own lives and/or hail from historically under-represented communities. Learn more about our commitment at oregonfoodbank.org/equity.

Who You Are:

You care deeply about community, about people experiencing hunger and hold them in the center of all that you do. You are committed to apply equity as a process and an outcome of your work to disrupt systemic social patterns that promote hunger such as racism, sexism, and cissexism. You have a strong affinity with OFB’s 10 Year Visionand are profoundly excited to achieve this vision for and with our community.

Position Summary:

As the Accounting Manager, you will play a pivotal role in advancing the organization’s mission to end hunger and its root causes by overseeing critical accounting functions and driving operational excellence. Reporting to the Associate Director of Finance, you will manage a team of 1-3 direct reports, supervise key accounting processes, and collaborate with analysts and cross-departmental teams to ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial operations.

In this role, you’ll leverage your expertise to lead and manage general ledger, optimize systems such as Sage Intacct, and implement robust internal controls. You’ll also oversee monthly and year-end financial close processes, payroll management, and audit preparation, ensuring compliance and alignment with organizational goals.

This position is an exciting opportunity to contribute directly to OFB’s mission, offering variety, challenges, and the chance to collaborate with individuals dedicated to ending hunger. The role is based full-time at our Portland location and will keep you engaged in meaningful work that makes a difference..

Primary Responsibilities (Essential Functions):

The following responsibilities outline the primary focus areas for this role. The specific tasks performed may vary depending on the needs of the team and organizational priorities.

Accounting Leadership

• Manage daily accounting operations, including hiring, training, and performance coaching for team members (1-3 direct reports).

• Supervise and guide accountants on key processes, including Accounts Payable, Reconciliation, Inventory, Fixed Assets, and other accounting functions.

• Ensure the accuracy of the general ledger and adherence to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

Financial Close and Reporting

• Play a key role in monthly financial close processes, including journal entry reviews, subledger closures, and preparation of financial statements.

• Analyze financial statements and variances, reporting findings to the Associate Director of Finance.

System Administration and Integration

• Master the functionality, integration, and optimization of Sage Intacct and associated platforms such as ADP, Primarius 2, Raiser Edge, and etc. to best utilize these tools for organizational needs.

• Work with the Data Manager to establish accounting codes and develop custom reports that align with organizational priorities.

Internal Controls and Compliance

• Implement, optimize, and maintain key internal controls across all areas of accounting operations to ensure accuracy, compliance, and fraud prevention.

• Focus on strengthening controls for key accounts and enhancing overall financial integrity through effective processes and oversight.

Audit Management

• Lead the preparation and submission of audit deliverables, proactively managing timelines and communicating progress with auditors and leadership.

• Collaborate across teams to ensure timely and accurate responses for the Single Audit and other financial audits.

Payroll Oversight

• Manage payroll functions, ensuring accurate and timely processing in coordination with HR and compliance requirements.

Process Improvement

• Drive efficiencies in month-end and year-end close processes, strengthen internal controls, and enhance inter-departmental collaboration and communication.

• Provide regular updates to leadership on progress, challenges, and special projects.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Deep passion for eliminating hunger and its root causes.

• Full understanding of GAAP, Internal Controls, Risk Mitigation, Federal, State, Local and Other Compliance Regulations and Guidance.

• 5+ years of demonstrated and/or relevant success in advanced accounting functions and staff supervision.

• Expertise in fund, grant and nonprofit accounting,with a strong focus on compliance, reporting, and financial management.

• Interpersonal, supervisory, and customer service skills with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely to different audiences and suggest actionable options/solutions.

• Positive management style with solutions oriented mindset, attitude, and communications

• Experience conducting financial, transactional, general ledger research, as well as preparing, analyzing, explaining, and presenting financial statements

• Proven ability working with restricted revenue, expense tracking and reporting.

• Advanced experience with Excel, large scale spreadsheets, complex databases

• Ability to work with confidential information and sensitive situations

• Ability to take initiative and be self-directed in a quick-moving, ever-evolving environment

• Organizational level skills and experience required for exempt employees include:

• Disposition and willingness to maximize multiple perspectives to innovate, problem solve and seek creative solutions.

• Experience in modeling intercultural competence and demonstrated commitment to equity and social justice.

• Demonstrated ability to think strategically, collaborate, take initiative, and to maintain confidentiality.

• Project coordination and organization skills; ability to manage multiple projects with attention to detail; ability to handle interruptions, and produce timely, accurate work.

• Ability to both work independently and as part of a team; comfortable working in an office environment and offsite.

• Ability to thrive in a diverse, creative, responsive, mission-driven, and fast-paced work culture.

• Experience of successful multicultural immersion working and/or living within OFB's Equity Constituencies: BIPoC, Immigrants & Refugees, Single Mothers, Trans and Gender-Non-Conforming folx.

  • Multicultural Immersion defined as: Actively integrated in one or more communities, interacting with individuals and groups, and seeking to understand the diversities within and between communities by being there and engaging in daily life activities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance. CPA preferred.

• Knowledge and experience using ERP systems; Raiser’s Edge and Sage Intacct are preferred.

• Knowledge and experience using Payroll systems; ADP is preferred.

• Organizational level preferred qualifications of exempt employees include:

  • Multilingual skills at a minimum professional level of proficiency or greater in English and any additional language/s, defined as being able to speak the languages with sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations on practical and professional topics.

  • Multicultural skills of adaptation and integration are strongly preferred.

    • Adaptation is defined as the capacity to communicate and interact with people of multiple cultures, backgrounds, and styles by incorporating and adapting to the world view and perspectives of others.

    • Integration is defined as being able to “code-switch” or move in and out of one's worldview and help others understand different cultures, backgrounds, and styles to promote diversity and inclusion.

  • Commitment to continued professional development to strengthen capacity to work through an equity lens for equity and racial justice.

  • Strong capacity to consider multiple perspectives, to pivot to respond to emerging needs and lead through organizational changes.

  • Years of successful multicultural immersion either working with and/or living within one or more of OFB’s Equity Constituencies at the time of hire. An additional step for at least 10 years above minimum required of successful multicultural immersion working with and/or living within one or more of OFB’s Equity Constituencies at the time of hire.

    • Multicultural Immersion defined as: Actively integrated in one or more communities, interacting with individuals and groups, and seeking to understand the diversities within and between communities by being there and engaging in daily life activities.

The Fine Print:

Work environment:

Work is performed in an office environment while sitting in meetings or at a computer screen for extended periods inside and outside of Oregon Food Bank and will use computers and phones extensively.

May work outside of general working hours of 8:00 – 5:00 p.m., such as evenings and weekends, and occasional travel out of town may occur.

This role requires travel/personal vehicle use /work outside normal hours.

Work may require to lift, move and carry objects from 20 to 40 pounds, such as boxes containing office and other supplies. Crouching, bending, kneeling and reaching when filing. Accommodations may be available upon request.

Background Check:

This position does require a criminal background check. Criminal background checks may be required for the following reasons:

• Insurance requirement

• Third party contractual requirement/s

• Job duties requirements include unsupervised administration of cash or other liquid assets.

• Job duties include unaccompanied work with minors, elders, or anyone legally unable to consent to touch, discipline, or sexual contact.

A criminal record unrelated to theft, assault, or sexual violence may not make you ineligible to work at Oregon Food Bank. We actively support all our staff in developing relevant skills and capacities to improve job retention and advancement.

Inclement Weather, Service Disruptions and Disaster Response expectations:

OFB is part of the regional disaster response network and, as part of our commitment to our community, we all are expected to report to work as soon as it’s safe to do so and to respond to the disaster, emergency, inclement weather or extended service disruption as needed and as possible. Work and paid designations are described in OFB’s Inclement Weather Guidelines. At all times staff is supported to prioritize their safety and those of their dependants, families and loved ones while in communication and coordination with supervisors.

1. Exempt classification refers to employees who earn a salary rather than an hourly rate for the work they do instead of the number of hours they take to complete the task. Exempt employees are not eligible for overtime pay or minimum wage. They; 1) Supervise two or more full-time employees or four part-time employees regularly; 2) Are responsible for managing at least part of a business; 3) Play an important role in the job status of other employees, including hiring and delegating tasks; or 1) Perform office or non-manual work directly related to the business operations or management of an organization and its customers; and 2) Exercise independent judgment and discretion over important business decisions.