Senior Accountant
Are you passionate about accounting and eager to contribute to an organization with a meaningful mission? If so, we have an exciting opportunity to join our client’s dedicated team!
Our client is a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to preserving the legacy of the 40th American President and promoting principles of individual liberty, economic opportunity, global democracy, and national pride. The organization sustains a renowned Presidential Library and Museum, a Center for Public Affairs, a Learning Center, and additional educational and historical facilities. Located in Southern California, the Library houses an extensive collection of documents, gifts, and artifacts and serves as the final resting place of the leader and their spouse.
Best-in-Class Benefits and Perks:
Our client values their employees’ time and efforts. Their competitive compensation of $90,000 to $120,000 annually, depending on experience and extensive benefits package, enhances their commitment to your success. Our client’s benefits package includes:
- 11 paid holidays per year plus an additional floating holiday after 12 months of service.
- 12 vacation days per year for the first five years, with a step up after the 5th and 10th years.
- 12 sick days per year.
- Annual discretionary bonus.
- Medical and dental benefits are fully paid by the Foundation.
- Retirement plan with 10% employer contribution per year after 12 months of service.
- Medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
- Employer-sponsored life insurance with the ability to elect additional life insurance.
- An Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
What You’ll Be Doing:
As a qualified Senior Accountant, you will be working on-site in Simi Valley as part of a small finance department, helping to support the month-end close cycle. The department handles all accounting, report preparation, accounts payable and accounts receivable, audit, budget, and tax reporting.
To thrive, you should have:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field, with 5 years of progressive accounting experience; CPA strongly preferred.
- In-depth knowledge of GAAP standards, double-entry bookkeeping, and financial systems.
- Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, macros) and proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Excellent problem-solving, organizational skills, and attention to detail.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality, meet deadlines, and work occasional special events.
Your Duties and Responsibilities as the Senior Accountant Include:
- Manage the accounts payable process, ensuring timely and accurate invoice payments.
- Prepare reconciliations and post entries for multiple cash, merchant, and investment accounts, including researching and rectifying discrepancies.
- Prepare journal entries and account reconciliations in support of the month end close process.
- Assist with annual audit and tax return preparation, including analyzing and reconciling general ledger accounts.
- Ensure compliance with state sales tax reporting and prepare monthly sales tax filings.
Our client’s organization is a cut above the rest:
Our client is an ethical, collaborative, and results-oriented team performing excellently. You will do well here if:
- You’re always committed to doing what’s right. Act ethically all of the time. Take a pause and ask a colleague if you ever have an ethical question. Treat sensitive or confidential information with the requisite care and discretion.
- You become the colleague we all want to have. Treat everyone with respect. Ask for help when needed and give help when asked. Take initiative, anticipate needs, and improve continuously. We are all stronger and better together.
- You engage in sustained excellence. Be committed to doing the best job possible. Always keep in mind that our mission is to advance the legacy and values of the 40th President and are therefore held to the highest standards.
- You collaborate and communicate. Share ideas, listen to understand, and speak up when you disagree. Providing constructive feedback is always OK and will help us to achieve better outcomes. Everyone feels encouraged to contribute to our processes, decisions, planning and culture.
Apply Now!
Join our client’s dedicated team and contribute to a legacy that continues to inspire and shape the future. Apply today to make a meaningful impact!
Our client is an equal-opportunity employer that welcomes and encourages diversity in the workplace. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment.
