Job description
Overview
Since 1972, Covenant House has served and advocated for youth and young families experiencing homelessness, human trafficking, and exploitation. Our overarching goal is to end homelessness among youth and young families by helping them achieve housing stability, heal from trauma, tap into their innate resilience, and hone their interests and skills to forge new pathways to independence. This work is carried out across Covenant House sites in 34 cities in the US, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras.
About the Role
The Senior Accountant plays a dual role supporting the scaling needs of the Finance Department. Approximately half of this role supports the Controller on general accounting close, grant accounting, and audit support, and approximately half supports the SVP of Finance on global close, consolidation reporting, and interim finance coverage for affiliate sites.
You will manage complex accounting areas including grant accounting, prepaid expenses, donor-restricted investment activity, and liability reconciliations, while serving as a key contributor to the organization’s global consolidation process in NetSuite. You will also support both the stand-alone entity audit and the consolidating/group audit, and serve as a resource to affiliate finance teams, including stepping into a hands-on, interim capacity when a site has a finance role vacancy.
In this role, you will report directly to the Controller and work in a matrixed capacity with the SVP of Finance. You will have the opportunity to support accurate financial reporting, audit readiness, and compliance across the parent organization and its affiliates.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Controller Support — General Accounting Close & Grant Accounting (≈ 50%)
Lead assigned month-end and year-end close activities including journal entries, reconciliations, financial analyses, and supporting schedules
Investigate and resolve variances and ensure assigned accounts are audit-ready
Reconcile grant transactions and journal entries and apply invoice payments
Reconcile grant activity between PyanGo and NetSuite to ensure compliance with grant terms
Own prepaid expense accounting including analyses, amortization entries, and reconciliations
Manage donor-restricted investment accounting including journal entries, analyses, releases, and reconciliations
Own assigned liability and balance sheet account reconciliations
Reconcile intercompany balances and transactions between parent and affiliates
Build, maintain, and refine NetSuite saved searches, reports, and validation tools
Manage corporate credit card reconciliation including matching activity to receipts and resolving exceptions
Support the Controller on stand-alone and consolidating/group audits including PBC checklist management, schedule preparation, and auditor requests
Provide occasional backup support for AP operations and the daily cash report (preparer-only)
SVP of Finance Support — Global Close, Consolidation & Site Coverage (≈ 50%)
Support global monthly, quarterly, and annual close across affiliates
Prepare and maintain consolidated financial reporting in NetSuite including eliminations, multi-currency translation, and consolidation adjustments
Provide interim finance coverage to affiliate sites experiencing finance vacancies
Support IRS Form 990 consolidated/group return schedules
Support board and donor reporting packages, ad hoc financial analysis, and special projects
Perform data validation and variance analysis across systems and schedules
Cross-Cutting Responsibilities
Leverage advanced Excel functions (VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, IF formulas, pivot tables)
Support annual audit processes for assigned areas
Collaborate across departments and affiliate finance teams
Assist in training affiliates on finance procedures, documentation, and NetSuite/AP automation tools
Segregation of Duties & Internal Controls
Journal entries and reconciliations prepared by this role require independent review and approval
No disbursement authority; AP support is preparer-only
Site-vacancy coverage is recording-only; approvals remain with site leadership
Grant setup is performed by AVP of Grant Management; this role performs reconciliation only
Credit card reconciliation is independent; this role does not approve its own card activity
Consolidation entries require SVP of Finance review
Audit support is preparer-level; significant accounting judgments are escalated
Interim site assignments are time-bound with defined start/end dates
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Advanced ERP experience, preferably NetSuite (OneWorld/multi-entity consolidation)
Strong Excel skills (VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, IF formulas, pivot tables)
Ability to independently prepare complex reconciliations, analyses, audit schedules, and reporting packages
Experience reconciling corporate credit card programs and expense management platforms
Familiarity with nonprofit accounting concepts including net assets with and without donor restrictions
Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and time management
Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities across two distinct responsibility areas
Effective communication skills and ability to collaborate across departments and affiliates
Ability to work independently, exercise judgment, take ownership, and escalate control-related boundaries appropriately
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
Seven or more years of progressively responsible accounting experience
Experience with grant accounting including restricted net assets, draw-downs, and funder reporting
Experience reconciling grant activity between grant management systems (e.g., PyanGo) and ERPs (e.g., NetSuite)
Experience with intercompany reconciliations across multiple related entities
Experience supporting audits and financial statement preparation
Willingness and ability to provide short-term interim support to affiliate sites
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Qualifications
Experience working in a nonprofit parent entity environment and supporting affiliates
Experience with multi-entity or global consolidations including eliminations and multi-currency translation
Experience assisting a Controller or Finance leader with external audit coordination
Experience supporting IRS Form 990 processes
Mission-driven and comfortable in a collaborative nonprofit environment
Ability to balance recurring Controller-facing responsibilities with SVP-facing consolidation priorities
Strong problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and professional judgment
Ability to identify risks, present recommendations, and flag segregation-of-duties concerns
Ability to build effective working relationships across departments and affiliates
Travel Requirements
Ability to travel once per year to New York City in October for annual in-person traditions
1-2 additional team meetings per year in NYC
Outside of the above travel, this position is 100% remote
Our Community
Our critical mission demands that we have all voices at the table. A team of diverse people, perspectives, and experiences is smarter, stronger, and more effective for our young people. At Covenant House, every team member is valued, respected, heard, and supported, and we welcome honest and courageous self-reflection on any aspects of our work that are based on biased or outdated viewpoints. We deliberately create opportunities for our staff to grow and thrive.
Covenant House International is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind: CHI is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at CHI are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, family or parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. CHI will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics and encourages all qualified applicants to apply.
If you have a disability or medical condition and need a reasonable accommodation, such as an ASL interpreter or a different interview format, or if you have physical accessibility needs, let us know. Contact us at 1-929-502-2521, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern Time or email us at .
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Who can apply
Eligible countries: United States. Accepted UTC offsets: UTC-10, UTC-9, UTC-8, UTC-7, UTC-6, UTC-5, UTC+14. Review the full description for employer-specific work authorization, residency and schedule requirements.