Responsibilities:

Manages all financial reporting aspects for chapters using SFS, including preparing statements, reconciling accounts, and reviewing documentation.
Reviews internal and external financial statements, ensures an accurate monthly close, and documents all variances.
Monitors chapter performance against budget and national benchmarks, informing leadership of significant variances.

Leadership and Coordination:

Leads and develops members of the accounting team, setting expectations and managing workload.
Serves as the primary relationship manager for an assigned portfolio of chapters, providing reports and analysis.
Acts as a key staff person in the annual internal and external audit process, communicating with various stakeholders.

Qualifications and Systems:

Requires a Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field and a minimum of 3 years of accounting/financial reporting experience.
Nonprofit accounting experience and people leadership experience are strongly preferred.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, and experience with Salesforce and NetSuite are highly valued.

Make-A-Wish America

Make-A-Wish is the world's largest wish-granting organization whose mission is to unite communities to grant life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. It is a nonprofit organization with a culture that warmly embraces wish families, volunteers, and colleagues, believing strongly in the power of a wish.

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