Senior Accountant

Job Title: Senior Accountant

Team: Finance

Location: Hybrid in Atlanta (GA), Chicago (IL), Newark (NJ), or New York City (NYC) 

Employment Type: Full-time

FLSA Classification: Exempt

Start Date: ASAP

About Braven

Braven is a career-accelerating program that prepares promising young people—many of whom are people of color, from low income backgrounds, and the first in their families to attend college—to secure a strong first opportunity after college graduation. 

We work with higher education and employer partners to offer a life-changing experience that begins with a semester-long course for college students followed by support that lasts through graduation.  

Together, we are helping to open up access to the American Promise, empowering a generation of leaders who mirror the diversity of our country.

To learn more, take a look at Braven’s Impact Report and Jobs Report.

About the Role

In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring a Senior Accountant who will help the organization maintain fiscal responsibility by ensuring exceptional internal controls and tight month-end close processes. This role will own the month-end close and general ledger workstreams, and have an opportunity to create new or improved Finance policies and processes that will help us reach our ambitions.

This role is on the Finance team and reports directly to the Assistant Controller.

What You’ll Do 

General Ledger & Month-End Close Process (70%)

• Manage accounting activities of the organization and ensures compliance with appropriate GAAP standards and regulatory requirements
• Perform monthly closing journal entries and support or lead all other monthly, quarterly and year-end close processes
• Support the annual audit, including preparation of year-end closing, prepare balance sheet accounts analysis; prepare and post year-end journal entries
• Review Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Payroll transactions; ensure accurate synchronization of payroll and accounts payable in Intacct, our general ledger system

Ad Hoc Reporting (20%)

• Prepare financial reports for month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close, as well as for grant reporting and ad-hoc reporting, in coordination with the External Affairs team and other Finance teammates
• Own the year-end 1099 filing, audit and 990 project management, and annual filings in coordination with our third party preparers, ensuring we have a clean audit and meet filing requirements

• Support all other accounting related functions as needed, and additional duties as assigned

Process Improvements (10%)

• Maintain Braven’s accounting-related systems, including Intacct, Expensify, and bill.com, plus collaborate on system improvements for Salesforce, Martus, and others as needed
• Streamline inefficiencies within the organization; develop systems and processes that minimize the amount of effort required by staff to complete administrative tasks such as timesheets, expense reports and invoice processing, while maintaining airtight internal controls
• Develop, maintain, and train non-finance staff on fiscal policies and procedures 
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
• At least 3 years of experience in Accounting
• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting practices and principles and auditing practices and principles

Preferred Qualifications 

• At least 1 year of experience in the non-profit field
• Highly skilled in math, accounting, and financial processes
• Solid understanding of GAAP and applicable regulations
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and ability to notice and adapt quickly when conditions change
• Success independently gathering relevant data, information and perspectives to make an informed decision
• Clear ability to manage complex projects by prioritizing the most important work, breaking projects into actionable steps, paying close attention to detail and keeping work organized and up-to-date
• Excellent communication skills, choosing the right avenue and time to convey information
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to be approachable and authentic with others, to understand the perspectives of others, and to build trust and cooperation among peers
• Demonstrates awareness of their positional power and impact on others and creates power-sharing opportunities, empowering others to solve problems, create solutions, and lead
• Effectively coaches team members, including across lines of difference, to become the strongest version of themselves, aligned to the goals of their role and their professional aspirations
• Demonstrated commitment to equity and inclusion.
• Exemplification of Braven’s core values.
• Experience that has informed your belief in Braven’s mission and have prepared you to work with, or for, Braven’s student Fellow population.

Please know that no one ever meets 100% of the preferred qualifications. If much of this describes you, we encourage you to apply.

Work Demands

• Ability to work in-person in Atlanta (GA), Chicago (IL), Newark (NJ), or New York City (NYC) at least 3 days per week
• Travel out of town 2-4 times per year

Additional Requirements

• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• Must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and provide proof of such by the date of hire. Individuals may claim exemption from the vaccine requirement for medical or religious reasons.

Application & Interview Process

While the interview process may vary slightly, the general process will be:

• Phone screen with Talent Team member
• Performance Task & Interview with Hiring Manager
• Panel Interview with Key Partners
• Reference Checks

Benefits

Compensation and Benefits

The salary for this position, which depends on prior work experience and our assessment of your demonstrated fit for the role, will likely be between $65,200-$81,500 in Atlanta, $68,600-$85,700 in Chicago, and $75,500-$94,300 in New York/Newark. Braven offers competitive base salaries based on the midpoint of the market among not-for-profit organizations of similar size, with opportunities for salary growth over time. We believe in compensating staff members fairly in relation to each other, their qualifications, and their impact on behalf of the organization, and take internal and external equity seriously. Given our commitment to equity, Braven does not negotiate salary offers; instead each salary offer is determined carefully using external and internal benchmarking. You will have an opportunity to discuss salary in more detail after you begin the application process.

Braven also provides competitive, comprehensive benefits, recognition, and career development. While Braven reserves the right to change benefits at any time, current benefits include: 

• Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and week-long shutdowns in July and the end of the calendar year (this is a minimum of 19 days per year
• Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
• Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff

Location

We gather in the office at least 3 days per week (on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday) and often work remotely 2 days per week (although certain commitments might adjust that from time to time). Therefore, this role requires teammates to live within commuting distance of one of our hubs: Atlanta, Chicago, Newark, or New York City. We believe in the magic, connection, and collaboration that happens when people work together face-to-face and we believe in giving people flexibility to focus, balance personal priorities, and save themselves two commutes per week.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 

At Braven, we are committed to attracting, engaging, developing, and retaining a diverse team. Braven operates in the context of our American culture, against the backdrop of systemic racism and oppression of marginalized people since our country’s founding. We are committed to assembling leaders at our organization who have emerged from everywhere, with a particular emphasis on those who share the racial and income backgrounds of our Fellows, and creating an inclusive culture that allows all teammates, of all experiences and identities, to thrive.  

Braven is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.  We encourage talented individuals of all backgrounds to apply.