Senior Manager, Accounting

🕒 July 29

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $115k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧾 Accounting Manager

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GiveDirectly

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2009

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

💰 $1M Grant on 2018-03

Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact

GiveDirectly is a non-profit organization dedicated to alleviating poverty by providing direct cash transfers to individuals in need around the world. With a mission to help people living on less than $2. 15 per day, GiveDirectly empowers recipients to make their own financial decisions by delivering unconditional cash directly to them, leveraging mobile money technology. Their innovative approach has led to broad recognition and has been studied in numerous research projects. By bypassing traditional aid mechanisms, GiveDirectly aims to efficiently and scalably transform lives, offering targeted assistance in regions such as Bangladesh, Kenya, and the United States, among others.

📋 Description

• Lead key elements of the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, ensuring timeliness, accuracy, and clear documentation of judgments and variances • Oversee revenue recognition in accordance with US GAAP, including reviewing and approving monthly entries, reconciliations, and supporting analyses • Create error free periodic reports, such as balance sheets, profit & loss statements, management reports etc. • Maintain integrity of the general ledger, including establishing and enforcing appropriate coding structures, review processes, and documentation standards • Serve as a key decision-maker on accounting treatment, estimates, and operational judgment calls, escalating complex issues to the Controller as needed • Ensure expenditures comply with donor requirements, regulatory standards, and internal policies; act as a key point of interpretation for finance and non-finance teams • Document and update financial policies and procedures in our knowledge management system. • Review and approve reconciliations and journal entries, ensuring issues are identified, investigated, and resolved promptly • Implement accounting system workflow improvements • Partner cross-functionally (finance, treasury, payments, operations) to ensure accounting implications are understood and embedded in processes • Identify areas for improvements and maintain documentation • Manage the annual financial statement audit and the Single Audit • Support preparation of the consolidated financial statements • Oversee the preparation and submission of regulatory filings, especially form 990 • Ensure ongoing compliance with US GAAP, FASB guidance, and internal control requirements; proactively identify and address gaps • Act as a key liaison between auditors and internal teams, ensuring timely, accurate responses and minimal disruption • Where applicable, manage and support accounting staff, including reviewing work, providing feedback, and strengthening team capabilities • Participate in cross-functional initiatives and organizational projects, representing accounting perspectives and requirements • Perform all other duties that may be assigned to you from time to time by the Controller and stakeholders

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or equivalent practical experience. • 7+ years of professional experience in accounting or finance, with strong experience in data analysis and reporting. • Professional qualification (ACCA or CPA) is preferred. • Professionally proficient in English. • Strong command of US GAAP, with the ability to independently research, interpret, and apply guidance to real-world scenarios • Experience with multi-country / multi-entity accounting, including intercompany transactions, consolidations, and navigating differing local regulatory and reporting requirements, ideally within an international nonprofit or development organization • Experience working in audit environments and managing external auditors • Ability to liaise remotely with a wide range of people at all levels and across different cultures and to act with credibility, tact and diplomacy • Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate accounting concepts to non-finance audiences • Ability to be proactive and logical in problem-solving scenarios • Strong time management skills with an ability to plan ahead, anticipate requirements, and obstacles, and an ability to juggle competing priorities successfully, and to work to tight deadlines • Calm disposition and positive outlook particularly when working under pressure • A full appreciation of the value of cooperation, both internationally and within a team environment • Aptitude to learn new software tools such as Slack and Sage Intacct • Advanced spreadsheet skills • Aptitude for numbers and quantitative skills • Exceptional alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies: emotional intelligence, problem solving, project management, follow-through, and fostering inclusivity. We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve.

🏖️ Benefits

• A supportive team that works hard and cares hard • A robust health benefits plan (exact details will vary by country) • Flexible paid time off that staff is encouraged to take • Allowances for desk set-up and learning and development