The House of Ruth Maryland is one of the nation's leading intimate partner violence centers, helping thousands of battered women and their children find the safety and security that so many of us take for granted.

Services provided at the House of Ruth Maryland include legal advice and representation, counseling, emergency shelter, community education and outreach and abuse intervention programming.  Nearly 9,000 victims received services from the House of Ruth Maryland in 2015.

 

Founded:  1977 Headquartered:  Baltimore Contact:  Erika Buffaloe
Phone:  (410) 889-0840 Website:  www.hruth.org
STAFF ACCOUNTANT
Location:

Baltimore, MD 21218
United States of America
Department:
FUNDRAISING AND ADMINISTRATION
Full/Part Time:
Full Time
Workplace Type:
Years of Experience:
2 - 5 Years
Level of Education:
Bachelor's Degree
Shift:

Description:

Following generally accepted accounting principles, the primary activity of this position is to maintain the general ledger for the agency and its 10 locations including payables and reconciliations, and completion of supporting schedules for routine analysis, audits and grant needs. In addition, position provides customer and accounting support necessary for grant and contract compliance.

  • Maintains Accounts Payable general ledger and journals including coordination of support schedules for general ledger; reviews vendor payables and travel reimbursement vouchers for accuracy and appropriate cost coding and posts to ledger; analyzes monthly corporate invoices, prepares spreadsheets to track assignment and/or usage as needed by department, employee and/or grant; incorporates information into AP ledger and to grant tracking sheets; maintains spreadsheets for pre-paid expenses and prepares recurring journal entries. May prepare cash disbursements for signature.
  • Acts as vendor liaison for disputed invoices and researches payment issues. Acts as liaison to program directors for monthly program budget issues.
  • Maintains AP general ledger and supporting spreadsheet schedules for a wide range of government, foundation and corporate grants in accordance with individual grant guidelines; works with agency directors and support staff to identify budget spend-down issues and makes recommendations for spending; creates new tracking spreadsheets to support grant specific compliance reporting needs; maintains current knowledge of funding sources and funding compliance issues.
  • Maintains Revenue and AP general ledger for agency social enterprise including posting, journal vouchers and supporting schedules; reconciles daily store receipts and identifies and works to correct any issues with credit card vendors; reconciles bank accounts and prepares and submits monthly sales taxes and prepares monthly and year end due-to-from reconciling entries.
  • Reconciles bank statements for three agency entities to the general ledger including posting of all fees and bank charges; identifies, tracks and researches outstanding checks and recommends replacements or voids.
  • Prepares and maintains schedules for audit and budget purposes and prepares ad hoc schedules as directed by supervisor or director. Assists with document retrieval and uses accounting software to generate ad hoc reports, and query information for audit or other purposes.  May use extracted information to prepare spreadsheets for program analysis.
  •  May prepare supporting schedules for Naomi Project; may post general ledger Due To/From transactions under direction of supervisor.
  •  Maintains accurate vendor and grant files.  

 

PLEASE NOTE: WE WILL NOT BEGIN SCHEDULING INTERVIEWS UNTIL MID-JUNE. PLEASE DO NOT EXPECT A RESPONSE FROM OUR SELECTION TEAM UNTIL THEN.

 

 


Skills:
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting (or equivalent work experience), required; one year general accounting experience required two years preferred (non-profit experience in grant or project accounting and reporting preferred).
  • Ability to work independently and accurately.
  • Good analytical and written skills.
  • Ability to design and use EXCEL spreadsheets.
  • Computer literate (MS WORD, EXCEL, general ledger software and e-mail).
  • Energetic team player with excellent interpersonal communication and problem solving skills. Ability to maintain confidentiality.
  • Ability to understand intimate partner violence and how it affects the client population
  • Ability to work with people of diverse backgrounds.
  • Ability to pass a criminal background and credit history check.

Language Requirements:
English
Manages Others:
No
Travel Required:
None
Pay Range:
to per
Pay Comments:
Benefits:
Dental Insurance
Disability Insurance
Domestic Partner Benefits
Employee Assistance Plan
Flexible Scheduling
Health and Wellness Programs
Life Insurance
Medical Insurance
Mental Health Coverage
Paid Time Off
Prescription Drug Coverage
Retirement Savings and Planning
Vision Insurance
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