Senior Accountant – Team Lead

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $75k - $95k / year

⏰ Full Time

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💲 Accountant / Accounting

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Missionwell

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2007

🤝 Non-profit

💼 Consulting

🤝 B2B

Non-profit • Consulting • B2B

Missionwell is a professional services firm that provides nonprofit-focused finance and accounting, bookkeeping, human resources, and corporate and board support. They supply compliance and governance resources (Form 990 review, nonprofit compliance checklists, charity transparency self-assessments) and target nonprofits including faith-inspired organizations. Missionwell positions itself as an outsourced business office to help nonprofit leaders manage finances, people strategies, and board governance so organizations can focus on mission impact.

📋 Description

• Lead financial onboarding and setup for assigned nonprofit business partners, including discovery, risk assessment, data transition, workflow design, system configuration, and handoff • Assess accounting systems, processes, controls, reporting needs, and staffing responsibilities; recommend practical improvements • Implement Missionwell standards, tools, documentation, and quality controls • Establish roles, deadlines, communication practices, escalation paths, and completion evidence • Lead or review accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash activity, general ledger, month-end close, reconciliations, journal entries, and financial reporting • Maintain accurate records and effective internal controls in accordance with GAAP, nonprofit accounting guidance, grant requirements, and contractual obligations • Prepare and present monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, dashboards, forecasts, cash-flow analyses, and budget-to-actual reporting • Lead audit readiness and coordination, including schedules, reconciliations, supporting documentation, management responses, and resolution of findings • Oversee fund, grant, donor, and restriction accounting and promptly escalate material risks • Serve as Controller, fractional CFO, or senior financial advisor for assigned business partners • Advise executives, leadership teams, and boards on budgets, forecasts, cash planning, financial strategy, risk, governance, and decision support • Explain complex financial information to nonfinancial leaders and provide practical options, risks, and recommendations • Lead approved special projects such as financial restructuring, system implementations, policy development, financing support, tax coordination, and interim financial leadership • Direct, prioritize, review, and provide feedback to assigned team members • Coach and develop team members through check-ins, quality review, training, and development planning • Monitor workloads, service commitments, utilization, deadlines, and deliverable quality; address or escalate capacity and performance concerns • Maintain project action items and status updates, accurate timekeeping, confidentiality, and participation in requested meetings

🎯 Requirements

• Progressively responsible accounting and financial leadership experience sufficient to perform essential functions independently • Approximately 10 or more years of relevant experience anticipated, including Controller, CFO, accounting leadership, or comparable client-service responsibility • Experience with financial statements, month-end close, budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow management, internal controls, audit support, and executive-level financial communication • Experience leading staff, projects, or cross-functional financial work, including setting expectations and reviewing deliverables • Strong knowledge of GAAP • Ability to learn and apply nonprofit accounting, fund accounting, grant compliance, and donor-restriction requirements • Ability to manage multiple engagements and deadlines, exercise sound judgment, communicate risks early, and maintain confidentiality • Proficiency with common accounting, reporting, collaboration, and document-management technology • Ability to learn Missionwell and business partner systems • Dedicated, distraction-free workspace providing privacy for confidential conversations and payroll work • Reliable high-speed internet access and ability to work securely in a remote environment • Ability to read, write, communicate effectively, and perform payroll-related mathematical calculations • Ability to sit and work at a computer for extended periods • Repetitive hand, arm, and finger movement when using a keyboard and mouse • Ability to lift and carry up to 25 pounds occasionally

🏖️ Benefits

• Laptop and internet allowance • Fully remote work environment • Occasional travel may be required • Opportunity for meaningful responsibility, visible impact, and room to grow

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