Arena Careers

Purpose:

• The Accounting Manager is responsible for oversight of PPFA’s and related entities’ external financial data and regulatory integrity, including the transformation of internal data into complete, transparent, and legally defensible financial statements and regulatory filings.
• This role requires deep technical mastery of GAAP or IFRS to correctly apply complex standards and document policy decisions in technical memos.
• The role manages high regulatory risk by designing and relentlessly monitoring internal controls (SOX compliance) to prevent misstatements.
• Additionally, the tasks of this role may include: periodically adapting our policies and procedures to meet our internal customers’ demands; partner with other members in Finance to develop processes that optimize our work; work as a member of the Finance team with Division coordinators to ensure an accurate, timely and complete activity recording and analysis; play an integral role in the monthly closing, year end closing and audit preparation process; work in all of PPFA's financial applications as needed including the general ledger and reporting system; assist in producing financial monthly reports and needed account/data analysis; support the Finance division and program divisions in their analysis of actual results; participate in special projects as requested, to provide financial analysis and project management within Finance and across divisions.

Engagement:

• Internally: This role works closely with finance leadership, development staff and financial operations and management staff throughout the organization to secure collaboration and agreement on key projects that benefit the organization.
• Externally: This role works closely with the organization’s external independent auditors during the year-end audit process, and communicates with other auditors and consultants for specific projects.

Delivery:

• Supervises and oversees the preparation and filing of all required external reports or other statutory reports, ensuring adherence to strict deadlines.
• Demonstrates strong not-for-profit and other U.S. GAAP accounting knowledge and experience to apply in the preparation of quarterly financial statements. Must be able to prepare or review journal entries and complex underlying supporting schedules and documents with ability to explain such analysis to nonfinancial staff.
• Acts as a subject matter expert, researching, interpreting, and applying complex accounting standards (GAAP or IFRS) to non-routine transactions.
• Develops, documents, and updates the organization's formal accounting policies and procedures to reflect changes in accounting standards or business practices.
• Leads the evaluation and implementation of new accounting pronouncements (e.g., changes to lease accounting, revenue recognition, or credit losses).
• Designs, implements, and monitors the organization's internal controls to ensure the integrity and reliability of all financial data and supports risk management.
• Ensures all reporting activities adhere to the highest standards of financial integrity and professional ethics.
• Directs and owns the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close cycles to produce accurate and timely internal and external financial statements.
• Directs the drafting of all accompanying notes and footnotes to the financial statements, ensuring comprehensive, accurate, and compliant disclosures according to regulatory mandates.
• Supports consolidated financial reporting and coordinates inter-company reconciliations.
• Serves as the key contact for external auditors, preparing audit schedules, managing the flow of information, and resolving audit inquiries efficiently.
• Performs detailed analysis of reported results, comparing them to forecasts, budgets, and prior periods to identify and articulate significant trends, variances, and operational impacts.
• Conducts rigorous review of work prepared by the financial reporting and general accounting teams to ensure the underlying data feeding into external reports is accurate.
• Provides Accounting training to new hires and guidance to financial reporting staff.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs):

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or Finance preferred.
• 3-5 years of directly related management experience.
• Advanced skills in Google products, Excel, Word and PowerPoint required.
• Great attention to details required.
• Experience in not-for-profit accounting and knowledge of not-for-profit operations and systems preferred.
• Great interpersonal skills, excellent work ethic.
• Able to convey accounting information in easy to understand terms.
• Demonstrated skills in problem resolution.
• Must be able to work independently and manage multiple priorities at once.
• Excellent customer service required.
• Must be a team player helping the department achieve all major projects.

90000 - 100000 USD a year