Accounting Manager - Share

About Share 

Share provides a wide spectrum of services ranging from street outreach, hunger response, and emergency shelter to housing and asset building. We offer individuals services, resources, and the tools they need to end their homelessness, secure housing, and maintain that housing.  

We seek bright, driven people who are passionate about social justice and who want challenging career opportunities that deliver personal and professional fulfillment. Our dedicated and energetic employees provide essential services to a vulnerable population. We take pride in making a difference in the lives of so many every day. 

Share recognizes that our employees are the foundation for our organization as well as our heart and soul. Share has a generous and robust benefit package including 4 weeks of PTO, paid sick leave, a wellness program, 401(k) with match, and health/ dental and life insurance. We encourage a culture of supportive compassion for our participants, co-workers, and volunteers. 

Share's Mission 

Share believes every person counts. Together we pursue a stronger community by building relationships, advocating for equitable access to housing and food stability while empowering every individual to grow and thrive. 

DE&I Statement 

Share wants to be part of a community that brings about change. We are committed to actively working to dismantle racist systems, focusing on sustainable solutions to structural racism, police violence, and inequitable economic, health care, and education systems. It requires all institutions, including ours, to ask what more we can and should do to live our commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion – and we must be brave enough to make changes.            

Job Summary 

The Accounting Manager is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day financial operations of our company. You will work closely with our finance team to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting and provide valuable insights to senior management.  

This role is crucial in helping our organization make informed business decisions, drive responsible stewardship of resources, and help ensure our operations are responsive to grantor and donor intent. This position oversees the general ledger, payroll, accounts payable, and accounts receivable staff, while supporting the Finance Director in developing processes and training materials for use agency-wide.  

Major Duties and Responsibilities 

• Manage and oversee the month and year-end close processes and ensuring the completeness and accuracy of the financials. 
• Develop monthly and year-end work plans to include routine deadlines, seasonal procedures and special projects. 
• Audit and review of accounting and payroll data. 
• Ensure compliance with proper accounting methods, policies, and principles. 
• Hiring, training, and motivating accounting staff members while supervising and delegating department tasks. 
• Provide technical assistance to agency staff through interpretation of applicable rules, regulations, and policies that relate to the routine business of the agency. 
• Monitoring and analyzing financial accounting data. 

• Creating financial reports based on data analysis. 
• Oversee the reconciliation of Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, In-Kind donations, and accrued payroll liabilities. 
• Develop a thorough understanding of agency grants and contracts including knowledge of budgets and expense allowability. 
• Review bi-weekly payroll, leave liability, salary accruals, and quarterly taxes. 
• Ensuring the correct structure and integrity of HR and benefit data in accounting system. 
• Support payroll specialist by responding to technical compensation, and benefit administration questions. 
• Periodically review accounting systems and processes for accuracy and efficiency and recommend improvements. 
• Confirm responses to grantor and donor requests for verification of expenditures. 
• Perform related duties as assigned.  

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities 

• Knowledge of best practices in accounting operations 
• Knowledge of grant and contract requirements (Federal, State, Local, Private). 
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and ability to apply these principles. 
• Proficient in policy creation, including creating team buy-in. 
• Monitoring and analyzing complex financial accounting data 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Ability to manage multiple competing deadlines with tight deadlines. 
• Demonstrated skills in interacting successfully with all levels of staff. 
• Collecting, evaluating, and interpreting narrative and statistical data. 
• Understanding, interpreting and applying laws and regulations including labor laws and payroll taxes/benefits. 

• Preparing clear and concise reports, correspondence, and other written records 
• Ability to calculate complex expense allocations to ensure appropriate distribution of expenses across grants. 
• Ability to monitor work to ensure quality, accuracy, and thoroughness. 

Advanced computer skills (MS Office, accounting software, and databases). 

Strong knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting principles, practices, standards, laws, and regulations. 

High attention to detail and accuracy. 

• Ability to lead and supervise. 
• Ability to communicate clearly in a positive and mentoring manner to staff, assisting them in the application of Share's policies and procedures.  

Minimum Qualifications 

• Requires the ability to perform the job as outlined.  
• Training and experience for this position are typically equivalent to a bachelor's degree and two (2) to four (4) years of experience that demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the position. (Equivalency 4-6 years of qualifying training and/or experience). 
• 2 years of experience working with Federal/State/Local contracts. 
• Strong computer literacy including experience working in cloud software, accounting software, and demonstrates strong Excel skills. 
• 3 years experience reviewing expenses and accounting entries for compliance with GAAP standard.  
• Proven working experience as an Accounting Manager, Accounting Supervisor, or Finance Manager, or similar. 
• Experience and ability to work with diverse communities. 
• Ability to operate basic functions of the computer and utilize Microsoft Office software. 
• Exhibit the ability to work as a collaborative and productive part of a team.  

Disclaimer 

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.