Senior Accountant at Ashoka

The Opportunity:Ashokas Finance Team plays an integral role in maintaining a strong financial infrastructure across more than 30 country offices. The Senior Accountant will support the Assistant Controller with core accounting operations NetSuite transactions month-end close audit preparation reconciliations and reporting. This role strengthens Ashokas financial accuracy controls and compliance. This is a great opportunity to support the operational infrastructure of an organization with the ultimate goal of an Everyone a Changemaker world. This role will be based in either Arlington VA or Bangalore India.What Youll Do:Support monthly quarterly and annual close processesPrepare and reconcile general ledger accounts (cash AP AR accruals intercompany restricted funds)Post journal entries and maintain proper documentationMaintain AP/AR and banking activityUse NetSuite for daily accounting reconciliations and reportingSupport improvements to NetSuite workflows and internal controlsAssist with audit preparation schedules and documentationGenerate monthly and quarterly reports and support variance analysisContribute to process improvement and operational efficiencyAssist the Assistant Controller with special projects as assignedWhat You Bring:Minimum 7 years of accounting experienceExperience with NetSuiteExperience with nonprofit and grant accountingExperience with multi-entity and international/intercompany transactionsExperience preparing audit schedules or supporting auditsStrong GAAP knowledge analytical skills and attention to detailAbility to work collaboratively across cultures and time zonesBachelors degree in Accounting required; CPA strongly preferredCore Criteria:Entrepreneurial Quality:Compelled to take creative initiative and ownership (e.g. founding an organization or company starting a movement or re-shaping the work of an existing organization). Demonstrates relentless and realistic how-to-thinking and passion for seeing their ideas come to life.Understanding and Belief in theEveryonea Changemaker:Understands and believes theEveryonea Changemaker vision at a gut level. To be able to innately get this candidates should have a broad and inquisitive intellectual and a thinking pattern that connects the dots between historical trends and current social context.Emotional and Social Intelligence:Ability to work efficiently and respectfully in teams putting organizational/team goal first (personal glory second).Ethical Fiber:Exceptionally strong ethical behavior. Is self-reflective and has strong empathy skills. Trustworthy.Self-Definition:The person expects that changing the world in big ways and on a continental scale is what he/she will do in life.About Ashoka:Ashoka is the worlds largest community of leading social entrepreneurs having pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship over 40 years ago. We support a robust network of more than 4000 Ashoka Fellows in 90 countries who have successfully implemented systems-changing solutions to human and environmental problems globally. By learning from and collaborating with our Fellows and other social entrepreneurs Ashoka identifies patterns and key levers to help society gain a new framework for living in the world as a changemaker.Our current work is centered around the Everyone a Changemaker (EACH) movement which stems from our belief that everyone has the potential and responsibility to make positive change in an ever-changing world. We continue to grow a global movement of social entrepreneurship recognizing that the rate of change is accelerating and our problems are growing faster than our solutions.Required Experience:Senior IC Key Skills General Ledger Reconciliation,Accounting Software,Account Analysis,GAAP,Journal Entries,QuickBooks,General Ledger Accounting,Accounting,Account Reconciliation,SOX,Microsoft Dynamics GP,NetSuite Employment Type : Full-Time Department / Functional Area: Finance Experience: years Vacancy: 1