Accountant I

Make a bigger difference

At The Jewish Board, we don’t just make a difference – we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that’s been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make.

Reasons you’ll love working with us:

• If you have a particular age range or population you’re interested in working with, you can find your niche here.  Our clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.

• We’re committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs.

• With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live. 

• Generous vacation time and paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work/life balance.

• We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays.

• You’ll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit.

How you can make a bigger difference: 

The Jewish Board is a large and diverse human services agency, with an annual budget of $240 million, 3,000 employees, and 60 service locations around the five boroughs. Our mission is to empower New Yorkers, providing integrated mental health and social services with compassion and expertise.  Our vision is to transform lives and communities through clinical and operational excellence.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

An Accountant I  functions in a line capacity performing general and specialized accounting work under the direction of the Supervision Accountant or Assistant Controller.  The Accountant I performs tasks with guidance.

RESPONSIBILITIES (Include but are not limited to):

• Performs all accounting tasks as assigned, generally as related to a specific functional area of the Agency. 
• Is expected to analyze fiscal trends and patterns within the scope of their assigned area and report any unusual or divergent patterns to their supervisor
• Is responsible for posting to the general or subsidiary ledgers
• Ensures that all ledgers are reconciled and analyzed
• Analyzes/audits monthly posting to ensure accuracy
• Is responsible for meeting deadlines regarding monthly, quarterly and annual closings

CORE COMPETENCIES include:

• Strong written and oral communication skills, customer/client skills
• Excellent organization and time management skills are essential.
•  Ability to prioritize tasks, and manage multiple projects simultaneously to meet deadlines.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or a closely related discipline.  An Associate’s Degree and two years of experience in Accounting is also acceptable.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills with proven ability to meet deadlines.
• Ability to function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
• Extremely proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or similar software with the ability to learn new or updated software.  Knowledge of excel required

COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Proficiency in using computer hardware (e.g. laptop, printers, scanners).
• Proficiency in using computer software (e.g. Microsoft office software, Avaya, Dayforce CRM)
• Familiarity with digital communication tools, email, video conferencing MST, Zoom, webex and instant messaging platforms

VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXTERITY:

• The candidate should be able to read documents for analytical purposes such as computer information, software, computer graphic design programs, etc.
• Limited applications of manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination

WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL EFFORT

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be willing to work a hybrid work schedule.

If you join us, you’ll have these great benefits:

• Generous paid time off in addition to agency holidays and 15 sick days
• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans 
• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
• Free continuing education opportunities 
• 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation 
• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program  
• Life and disability insurance 

Who we are:

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.

More on Equal Opportunity:

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

 We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.