Staff Accountant
Wu Yee Children's Services
San Francisco, CA
Finance / Banking / Insurance, Accounting / Auditing
This is NOT a remote position.
Responsibilities
Grant Billing and Collections
- Ensure transactions are recorded promptly and accurately in accordance with internal accounting policies.
- Prepare and submit government billings and respond to inquiries regarding discrepancies.
- Record payments, reconcile receivables, and communicate with delinquent accounts to collect outstanding balances.
- Review contracts, understand deadlines, submission requirements, and documentation.
- Monitor and analyze budget allocations and develop budget modifications conforming with agency and federal funding requirements.
- Measure actual performance against budget and report on variances.
- Communicate with agency staff to promote collaboration and process improvement.
- Prepare and record payroll journal entries and allocations into accounting software.
- Process bank deposits and record check payments and ACH deposits.
- Record and reconcile contributed and earned revenue.
- Ensure accuracy of accounting data and reconcile general ledger and bank accounts.
- Maintain vendor accounts, prepare credit applications for new accounts, close vendor accounts.
- Respond to vendor inquiries and resolve discrepancies in billings and payments.
- Prepare year-end vendor tax reports (1099s).
- Administer employee credit card and expense reimbursement program.
- other duties as assigned.
- Education & Experience: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field, or equivalent experience managing full-cycle accounting processes
- Grant Management: Solid understanding of government billing, contract tracking, compliance requirements, and budget modification processes.
- Technical Proficiency: High proficiency with specialized accounting software, general ledger entries, and financial data tools (e.g., advanced Excel).
- At least 3 years' experience in AP and payment processing and reporting
- Understanding of U.S. GAAP, nonprofit accounting, and general ledger reporting
- Ability to prioritize and meet multiple deadlines under minimal supervision
- Ability to maintain confidential and sensitive information
- Knowledge of NetSuite, Bill.com and DocuPeak, Microsoft Excel
- Ability to work in a diverse and professional work environment
- Financial Stewardship: Maintains meticulous accuracy across the entire accounting cycle, bank reconciliations, and general ledger maintenance.
- Relationship Building & Communication: Collaborates effectively with internal directors and agency staff, and professionally represents the agency to external funders and partners.
- Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving: Monitors performance metrics against budget, reviews allocations, and tracks and resolves vendor/billing discrepancies.
- The pay range for this position is $80,904 - 125,406. A new hire generally starts between 80,904 and $103,150. The final salary offer will be determined after reviewing relevant factors, including but not limited to skills sets, relevant experience, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs.
- Fully paid employee health, dental, and vision.
- 14 holidays, 10 days vacation, and paid sick leave.
- Employee child care slots at reduced tuition on an as-available basis.
- Lots of opportunities for advancement across the organization.
- Extensive paid training and professional development.
Wu Yee Children’s Services conforms to all the laws, statutes, and regulations concerning Equal Employment Opportunities and Affirmative Action. We promote diversity and urge women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply to all of our job openings. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records to apply for any open position in which they feel qualified. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, genetic information and testing, family and medical leave, sexual orientation and gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Wu Yee Children’s Services is an equal opportunity employer.
About the company
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Wu Yee Children's Services is where San Francisco's families with children 0-5 can go when they need to find child care, get access to public benefits, connect to their communities and more.
We provide free child care to families eligible for Federal Early Head Start and Head Start, home-visiting services to expecting mothers, licensing support to home-based child care businesses and more.
Every day we work to lift San Francisco's families and children out of poverty and to a better future.
Founded in 1977 by newly immigrated parents, educators, and social workers concerned about the challenges faced by new immigrants in Chinatown, Wu Yee Children’s Services (Wu Yee) has grown to a citywide agency serving families of all cultural backgrounds throughout San Francisco.
The phrase "wu yee" means "caring for children" in Cantonese, and children are at the heart of everything we do. Wu Yee's mission is to create opportunities for children to be healthy, for families to thrive and for communities to be strong.
Wu Yee Children’s Services is actively looking for team members to join our growing team. We are looking for passionate individuals interested in the critical work of helping children and families succeed throughout San Francisco. For more details please visit /www.wuyee.org/careers.
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