About FCI:
Forward Community Investments (FCI) is a 30-year-old certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) working solely in the state of Wisconsin. Our mission is to reduce racial and socioeconomic disparities across the state by providing access to capital and technical assistance to a variety of mission focused entities and individuals working to stabilize communities and create wealth building opportunities. Since our inception, FCI has deployed $287MM in capital in the form of loans, grants, tax credits, and equity investments to projects and individuals working to create a more equitable Wisconsin.
Overview:
The Senior Accountant role at FCI is primarily responsible for preparing accurate financial statements, overseeing general accounting activity while maintaining a strong control environment, and ensuring all financial transactions align with laws and regulations. This is accomplished through attention to detail, proactive review with a critical eye towards transactional accuracy and compliance, and strong knowledge of accounting procedures. To be successful in this role, the applicant actively takes ownership of their responsibilities and demonstrates their ability to work independently within their area of expertise.
Reports To:
Director of Finance
Departmental Supervision:
Director of Finance
Role & Responsibilities:
Accuracy and integrity of financial data:
- Provide support and guidance to external bookkeeper to maintain transactional accuracy and integrity
- Perform critical accounting estimates calculations based on policy frequency requirements and reasonable assumptions
- Maintain the general ledger preparing journal entries for month-end close
- Perform timely analytical review of GL account balances and investigate irregularities as appropriate to resolve or confirm balance accuracy
- Ensure timely month/quarter/year end closing process through supervision and assistance as required to resolve issues or bottlenecks
- Assess, implement, and document continual process improvements to strengthen departmental efficiency and organization value
- Maintain sufficient segregation of duties and supervision to provide sufficient internal controls and risk mitigation
- Research regulatory guidance as necessary to implement accounting procedure for new financial initiatives, as applicable, for new knowledge areas
Financial Reporting:
- Prepare financial statements and regulatory reporting documents
- Fulfill ad hoc financial information requests from other departments or as requested from management
- Assist Director of Finance in budgeting, analytic reporting, projections or other projects as requested
Audit Prep and Coordination:
- Organize and prep audit documentation including year-end reconciling reports, spreadsheets, and other general audit requests
- Coordination with non-Finance departmental information deliverables and explanations as necessary from management to fulfill auditor’s requests or questions
- Manage expectations and accountability with external auditors to timelines and deliverables
NMTC Asset Management:
- Monitor cash management activities related to NMTC program deals
- Communicate with external partners as needed to coordinate allocations and distributions on schedule
- Ensure accurate and timely compliance reporting
- Support team as necessary for originations or unwind/closing setup or documentation
Special projects as assigned by Director of Finance
Key Skills Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting and/or finance
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in lead or senior accounting role preferably with supervisory experience of staff accountant or bookkeeper
- Advanced knowledge of GAAP, general ledger function, and month/year-end close process
- Strong attention to detail, numerical accuracy, and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Knowledge of federal grant requirements tracking and single audit experience preferred
- Preferred experience in non-profit, CDFI or other financial institution industry
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills for establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with employees, other departments, and other business stakeholders
Compensation & Benefits:
FCI provides a competitive salary commensurate with experience. Actual salaries are based on various factors related to the candidate’s similar work experience, skill set, and education.
Benefits include:
- Medical and Dental coverage
- Generous PTO and holidays
- Professional Development Opportunities
- Employer sponsored 401(k) retirement plans, including a 6% tax deferred employer contribution.
FCI is an equal opportunity employer. FCI does not discriminate in employment based on actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age sex, or gender. FCI will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.
