G/L Accountant
Alight Minneapolis, MN
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DescriptionG/L Accountant
July 2024 | Minneapolis – Hybrid | Full time
AboutHello Hello! So you’re interested in joining us? Welcome, we’re happy you’re here. Here are a few things you should know about being a G/L Accountant:
The G/L Accountant role will offer you the opportunity to deepen your technical expertise, access multiple companies, and sharpen your communication skills. If you’re looking to jump start or pivot your career to the nonprofit sector, know that when you join us you will be supported by a skilled management team who will help you grow. We work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, with no shortage of opportunities—so, as you master your responsibilities, the role will evolve and expand with you.
About The RoleOur Finance team provides leadership, guidance and oversight of Alight’s and affiliated organizations’ financial resources. As the G/L Accountant you will provide on-going support to Alight and affiliated organizations using the Serenic and BlackLine systems for budgeting, financial reporting activities and audit. You will utilize established finance practices and ensure compliance with Alight policies and procedures for the accounting activities of the organizations, including accounts payable, general ledger entries and reconciliations, and payroll and related regulatory filings.
Who We Are
We are a humanitarian relief organization providing health care and clean water, shelter, protection, and economic opportunity to more than 3.5 million people in 17 countries each year. We used to call ourselves American Refugee Committee, but in solidarity with the people we serve who are too often defined by a single dark moment in their lives, we’re dropping the label ‘refugee.’
We are on a journey to build Alight, a new platform of amazing people and organizations providing lifesaving services and creating breakthrough solutions for and with the displaced. WeAreAlight.org
When you Join Alight, you’ll find…
A team with deep experience in co-designing solutions that create new value around the world. We know we need to always be better, and we believe in the power and abundance of everyday people, everywhere, to change the world with us.
A culture of radical accountability to our customers –as we help build a meaningful life for and with the displaced, we ask them what they want and then deliver on it.
An organization that refuses to settle for anything less than delivering human-worthy services.
If you are looking to be part of a living, breathing, ever-changing organization full of disrupters and doers, then read on!
Your Responsibilities
Based in Minneapolis, you’ll be guided by and receive support from our Accounting Manager. This role can be accomplished remotely with periodic office visits.
General Ledger Accounting, Reconciliation, and Oversight – 70%
Provide general ledger accounting, reconciliation, and oversight for the Alight community of organizations.
The activities include but are not limited to the following:
- Record and maintain daily banking activities
- Prepare journal entries including monthly expense accruals and allocations.
- Prepare monthly reconciliations of General Ledger accounts in Blackline
- Prepare/extract monthly financial reports, preparation of support schedules, etc.
- Review vouchers for valid account/cost code and advise necessary adjustments to originator.
- Obtain and classify all credit card expenses
- Research expenditure variances and prepare correcting journals as required.
- Retain documentation in appropriate Sharepoint cloud folders for easy access
Credit Card Portal Administration
- Administration of credit card portal, including user access and charge code management
- Ensure transactions have individually been coded, reviewed, and approved within the system workflow
- Review data for coding discrepancies and issues
- Extract data and prepare for upload, including field transaction backup preparation and dissemination
- Troubleshoot other issues relating to credit cards, including user issues (declines, credit limit increase/decreases) and the user experience between card holders and credit card provider
Accounting Support – 20%
Provide accounting support for new and affiliated organizations, as well as existing Alight organization as-needed in the following areas:
Accounts Payable Support
- Maintain vendor records
- Review and verify Payment Request Forms and supporting documentation
- Enter purchase invoices (Payment Request Forms) into accounting system
- Process accounts payable payments weekly
- Submit request for wire payments
- Print and distribute signed checks
- File the Payment Request Forms/invoices
- Receive and file all approved contractor and agreements in the electronic external audit file
- Prepare weekly A/P aging report and take appropriate action on outstanding invoices
- Assist in preparing annual Form 1099s
Audit
Assist with periodic field audit requests and year-end audit including providing all necessary documents for all companies
- Ensure all accounting files and supporting documentation are properly organized
- Communicate any problems or concerns regarding procedures or any other issues with management.
- Provide country programs with necessary assistance during periodic grants audits (Mostly providing them with support documents and explanations for expenses emanating from HQ).
Other duties as assigned.
Progressive Responsibilities – 10%
As you continue to develop, you may be involved in the following:
Integration and Training for New Affiliated Organizations
Perform all steps needed to integrate new companies into the Alight umbrella organization such as:
- Support the development of an integration plan
- Prepare new company data for upload
- Uploading Serenic information into Test and Live environments and validation
- Provide training as required
- Ensure proper reporting and successful go-live
- Keeping all parties informed
Special Projects
To be determined, as they arise based on departmental needs and professional interests
About YouWe’re looking for someone who is curious and meticulous; the kind of person who won’t leave the table until each piece of the puzzle is in place. The qualifications are listed below. However, you may not have all of these. Don’t let that stop you from applying. If you think this is a good fit, please reach out to us.
We are proud to work on borderless teams across the globe. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds and specifically encourage members of refugee, immigrant or other displaced communities to join us.
- University degree in accounting or related field or equivalent experience
- Minimum 3 years’ relevant experience in accounting, business, or similar function
- Working knowledge of non-profit/fund accounting and financial analysis is a plus
- Experience in financial reporting.
- Good computer skills and knowledge of accounting systems;
- Experience with Serenic Navigator or Microsoft Dynamics Nav (Navision) is a plus.
- Detail-oriented, organized and respect for accuracy in numbers is essential.
- Ability to take initiative, work under pressure, and meet deadlines.
- Highly motivated self-starter
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, must be a team player
- Ability to travel if required.
BenefitsAlight offers a generous package of benefits and career opportunities:
Work Hybrid/Remotely – Your work can be done primarily remotely apart from occasional office meetings, small tasks, or group projects. Office resources are available as needed.
Borderless Team of 2,500 staff worldwide that sees possibility, celebrates moments of abundance, shares new ideas, and strives to do a better thing every day.
Health, dental, long-term disability, life and AD&D, and MedEvac Insurance – We strive to offer the best-in-class healthcare plans to our staff each year. We cover 100% of the cost for your health premium and 75% of the cost for coverage for your spouse/dependents.
Retirement – We contribute 6% of your salary regardless of your contribution amount, after one year of service.
Flexible Leave Time – Between vacation days, personal leave days, and holidays, you have ample opportunity to take time off when you need it.
Learning & Development – Access hundreds of free online learning courses to take at your own pace and tailor to your professional goals.
Alight is an Equal Opportunity Employer offering employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, citizenship, physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status. Alight complies with all applicable laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.
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