GSGNY Background
For over a century, Girl Scouts has been instilling generations of girls with the skills and knowledge to become young women of courage, confidence, and character, to speak out and be leaders. Today, Girl Scouts of Greater New York (GSGNY) is delivering its message of empowerment and engaging more than 25,000 girls of every race, background, and religion.
GSGNY’s vision is a New York City in which every girl feels empowered to lead in her community, the workplace, and the world. GSGNY has become a hub for innovation within the broader Girl Scouts movement, presenting new ways to engage and inspire the next generation of young leaders.
Recent investments and initiatives include:
- The Leadership Institute provides middle and high school-aged girls with 21st-century leadership skills and subject-specific knowledge and experiences that will help girls reshape their views on leadership and about their own potential to transform into powerful agents of change while equipping them to succeed in school and their future careers.
- Troop 6000 is the first Girl Scout program specially designed to serve the thousands of girls currently living in the New York City homeless shelter system.
- Cybersecurity Programs at Girl Scouts were designed to serve the evolving needs of New York City’s girls and New York City’s workforce. With the goal of encouraging girls to consider careers that require STEM skills, this program ensures girls have the tools and knowledge they need to safely navigate our increasingly tech-driven world.
- Anti-Racist and Anti-Bias Training: We teach girls to lead by example, and to that end, we are committed to doing the work necessary to become an anti-racist organization. We are working to partner with experts in the areas of race, inclusion, and equity to conduct a series of trainings for both staff and volunteers.
- Camp Kaufmann: The camp experience is an essential part of Girl Scouting – and as the only Girl Scout council in the nation in which 100% of the girls we serve are growing up in an urban environment, we prioritize offering high-quality outdoor education opportunities to New York City girls. We recently upgraded and enhanced facilities at our 425-acre Camp Kaufmann in Dutchess County, including the construction of a new swimming pool.
Guided by an ambitious strategic plan and its dynamic CEO, Meridith Maskara, Girl Scouts of Greater New York aims to expand to reach more girls while serving as an innovating force within the national Girl Scout movement.
Position Description
Reporting directly to the CFO. The Accounting Manager is a key player in the accounting functions on the Finance team. This role will meticulously manage a multitude of accounting activities including general ledger reconciliations, bank reconciliations, revenue recognition, cost allocations and reclasses, financial reporting, month-end close and year-end audit and 990 preparations.
Responsibilities
The Accounting Manager will:
- Supervise, direct, and review the work of accounting staff (including, but not limited to, bank reconciliations, journal entry preparation, balance sheet analysis, and P/L account reconciliations)
- Provide direct financial support to various departments to maintain accurate financial data
- Lead month-end close activities, including preparing and reviewing revenue and expense transactions, preparing various reconciliations, and variance analysis
- Prepare and processes year-end close activities, ensuring appropriate financial statement recognition
- Manages payroll (through our PEO), tax policies, procedures, duties, issues and recordkeeping
- Assist the CFO in analyzing, monitoring, and managing donor restricted net assets
- Work with the CFO on the year-end audit and Form 990s
- Help develop and implement procedures and systems to enhance department workflow
- Partner with Human Resources on varies shared projects
- Assist the CFO with preparing the annual budget
- Performs other accounting and administrative duties and projects as assigned
Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years of accounting experience, preferably working in the nonprofit sector
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field
- Expert knowledge of Excel
- Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy, be very organized, and handle confidential information appropriately
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to effectively report financial information
- Ability to identify issues quickly and develop effective solutions
- High-level of accuracy and attention to detail in handling financial data, preparing reports, and ensuring compliance with various regulations and requirements
- Demonstrated ability to effectively organize disparate information and multiple activities and anticipate, identify, and solve problems
Compensation & Benefits:
- 75k – 85k annual salary.
- Comprehensive benefits including options for health, dental & vision coverage, Flexible Spending Account/FSA, commuter benefits, 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match, and generous PTO.
The Girl Scouts of Greater New York Team is currently working in a team-specific, hybrid style with some employees working from the office and others working partly remote.
The Girl Scouts of Greater New York are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to you without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, marital status, age, veteran status, medical condition or disability, genetic information, gender identity, or any other protected status under federal, state, or local law.
This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive. It is intended to identify the essential functions and requirements of this job. Incumbents may be requested to perform job-related responsibilities and tasks other than those stated in this description. Any essential function or requirement of this job will be evaluated as necessary should an incumbent or applicant be unable to perform the function or requirement due to a disability as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Reasonable accommodation(s) for the specific disability will be made for the incumbent or applicant when possible.