Staff Accountant

Staff Accountant

Affinaquest (AQ) is the market leader in institutional advancement, fan engagement, and nonprofit fundraising through its market-leading data warehouse & analytics, and empowering Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) technology. AQ partners with institutions of higher education, collegiate athletics, and nonprofit organizations to deliver a constituent-centric, personalized experience in support of our client's missions.

Our enterprise-class cloud platform and open APIs deliver critical capabilities that support development campaign success by facilitating meaningful engagement based on rich data and keen insights. AQ solutions easily integrate with existing client systems and external partners, enabling an extensive and open ecosystem that leverages existing institutional investment, accelerates innovation, and delivers a frictionless personalized constituent experience.

In 2018, Strattam Capital made a majority investment in Affinaquest, and since then, has added several strategic acquisitions. Strattam Capital invests in founder-led, independent, B2B software and technology companies across North America. For more information, please visit: https://strattam.com/

KEY FACTS

• #1 established and/or #1 growing player in its respective verticals
• The preferred next-gen Advancement solution of the "Top 300" fundraising institutions
• Serving over 50% of the Power-5 athletics programs
• 10+ years in data warehousing, data quality, lifecycle hygiene, analytics, and CRM

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Affinaquest is seeking a staff accountant who will function as part of the accounting and finance team working to prepare and maintain financial records to track the company's assets, liabilities, profit and loss, and other related financial activities.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Reports to: Corporate Controller

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide close support to CFO and Controller in executing accounting and finance tasks
• Perform monthly operating expense and balance sheet accruals, reconciliations, variance analysis, and P&L and balance sheet reporting
• Assist with the general ledger month-end close and presentation of the balance sheet and income statement results and analysis to the Controller
• Assist with the preparation of General Ledger entries and reconciliations for month-end closing to close books in a timely manner
• Prepare monthly account analysis of balance sheet and income statement accounts
• Review/process expense reports
• Issue and manage customer invoices and process bank deposits
• Approve and process invoices for payment in the vendor payment system
• Manage the Fixed Asset process, policy, and procedure
• Assist with the consolidation of subsidiaries
• Assist in documentation and monitoring of internal controls
• Assist the internal and external financial and tax audit and examination processes, including assisting with the preparation of audited financial statements, footnotes, and supplemental information
• Prepare Ad-hoc financial analysis
• Other projects as assigned

Requirements

MANDATORY REQUIREMENTS TO APPLY

• Proficiency with computer software packages (Adobe, Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and accounting platforms (preferably NetSuite and Quickbooks)
• Excellent grammar, punctuation, editing, language skills, and letter writing
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills
• Excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated with a keen sense of urgency for every task/project
• Must be a detail-oriented person who carefully reviews their own work to ensure complete accuracy of data provided.
• Must be a fast worker who can manage multiple deadlines and will put in the extra effort to complete a task on deadline, same day
• Ability to handle multiple projects in a given time, including during deadline periods
• Ability to work outside normal business hours when necessary, on a daily and weekly basis
• Ability to work unsupervised and set own priorities
• Excellent business judgment and initiative
• Excellent customer relation skills (internally and externally)
• Knowledge of company procedures and organization
• Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with all levels of employees, management, and external agencies to maximize performance, creativity, problem-solving, and results
• Proactive and independent, looks for work to do and people to help
• Positive attitude and motivation to achieve
• Flexible and adaptable in thinking
• High sensitivity to the needs of others

IDEAL ATTRIBUTES AND PROVEN CAPABILITIES

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting
• 1-3 years of accounting or related experience
• Knowledge of accounting principles and procedures, including US GAAP
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel required
• Strong accounting and analytical skills

POSITION LOCATION

Reston, VA

TRAVEL

No

Affinaquest is an equal-opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.