Staff Accountant Job Description:

Beech Acres Parenting Center has been serving the community for 175 years. We uncover the natural gifts of children by unleashing the power of parents and caregivers. As a contemporary parenting center, Beech Acres serves over 35,000 people annually through a wide range of services including foster care, kinship care, adoption, behavioral health support in schools, parent coaching and much more. All of our programs are founded in our Natural Strength Parenting™ framework which enables parents to unlock their own potential by building on their unique strengths. With our growth, we are looking for a Staff Accountant to join our team.  An ideal candidate will have a minimum of 2+ years of accounting experience.  If this is you, please look at our requirements and apply today!

Full Time Exempt ($50,100 to $57,500 + Bonus Potential)

Staff Accountant Benefits:

• Generous compensation within the non-profit sector along with bonus opportunities for all team members.
• Benefits effective 1^st day of hire which includes health care, dental and vision.
• Best in market paid time off benefits. Eligible to receive up to 42 days your first year.
• Life insurances and disability packages
• 401K match
• Tuition + Licensure reimbursement
• Cell phone + Mileage reimbursement
• Awards and recognition programs
• Professional Development
• Clinical and Training supervision and in-house training to achieve CEU’s
• Workplace Flexibility
• Employee Resource Groups
• And much more

Staff Accountant Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

The position is responsible for supporting our Finance Team with day-to-day accounting operations.  This role involves preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, assisting with month-end and year-end close processes, audits, and ensuring compliance with internal controls and accounting standards.

• Prepare and post journal entries.
• Maintain and reconcile bank accounts and various general ledger accounts.
• Assist in preparing financial reports and ad-hoc analysis as needed.
• Review and allocate expenses to appropriate grants and funding sources.
• Monitor and reconcile restricted and unrestricted funds, ensuring compliance with donor requirements and fund accounting principles.
• Track program budgets.
• Manage and account for fixed assets.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure financial accuracy.
• Assist in maintaining and updating the accounting policies and procedures manual to ensure alignment with current GAAP standards, internal controls, and non-profit compliance requirements.
• Ability to write with clarity and professionalism is essential for internal documentation, audit support, and cross departmental collaboration.
• Collaborate with Finance leadership to identify process improvements and support documentation of best practices.
• Provide support for annual audits and 990 process.
• Assist in accounting system and application upgrades and in building efficiencies across the Finance Department

Staff Accountant Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Bachelors Degree in Accounting required.
• 2-4 years related work experience required.
• Experience with financial software preferred (e.g. Sage)
• Strong attention to detail, precision, and accuracy is a must.
• Proficiency in Excel.
• Critical thinking and analytical skills required.
• Ability to work collaboratively across departments

Beech Acres is an Equal Opportunity Employer

BAPC provides equal employment opportunities (“EEO”) to all persons, consistent with applicable federal, state and local equal employment opportunity laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, genetic information, religion, ancestry, military or veteran status, color, national origin, or any other applicable statutorily protected group status under local, state, or federal law. This applies to all phases of the employment relationship including recruitment, hiring, compensation, advancement, and discipline.