Senior Cost Accountant
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Finance Director
JLM HR Consulting, LLC
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • District of Columbia, Washington
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💰 $150,000 - $160,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
About the role
- Report to the Executive Director and serve as a key member of the leadership team
- Develop and implement financial strategies aligned with organizational goals and mission impact
- Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and multi-year financial planning processes
- Conduct scenario planning, cash flow forecasting, and KPI monitoring
- Provide regular financial insights and dashboards to the Executive Director, Finance Committee, and Board
- Oversee day-to-day financial management including accounting, reconciliations, and internal controls
- Ensure timely preparation of financial statements, grant reports, and regulatory filings
- Manage restricted and unrestricted funds in accordance with nonprofit fund accounting standards
- Collaborate with program and development teams to align budgets and grant funding with program needs
- Partner with external HR and accounting consultants to support compensation analysis and compliance
- Manage the full lifecycle of grant funding: acceptance, tracking, compliance, and reporting
- Oversee financial tracking and reporting for grants disbursed by the organization and maintain grant databases
- Monitor grant expenditures against approved budgets and address variances with program teams
- Lead annual audits and liaise with external auditors (including international subsidiaries, if applicable)
- Maintain strong internal controls and ensure compliance with federal, state, local, and international regulatory requirements
- Oversee organizational risk management, insurance coverage, and renewals
- Collaborate with investment consultants to monitor endowment performance and align with investment policies
- Supervise, mentor, and support finance staff and/or contractors and manage third-party vendors and RFP processes
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or related field required
- CPA or CMA strongly preferred
- A minimum of 7 years of progressive financial leadership experience, ideally in a nonprofit environment
- Experience with international operations, grants management and government audits is strongly desired
- Strong knowledge of accounting principles, budgeting, and fund accounting
- Proficiency with financial management systems (Sage Intacct, Blackbaud, QuickBooks Nonprofit)
- Ability to leverage data visualization/dashboards
- Proven ability to translate complex financial information into accessible insights for non-finance colleagues
- Experience preparing financial statements, grant reports, and regulatory filings
- Demonstrated leadership, communication, negotiation, emotional intelligence, strategic thinking, self-direction, integrity, and commitment to an inclusive culture
