Finance Associate

• Lead accounts payable end-to-end. Own our day-to-day expense transactions including paying vendors and maintaining the expense reporting system. Ensure costs are tagged to the correct account, department and project and are properly approved by managers.
• Ensure all donations are posted timely and properly in database and accounting system.
• Lead daily reconciliation and journal entry for online donations.
• Proactively ensure consistency, accuracy, and completeness of account coding in MIP/QBO and Bill.com; follow up on data entry issues to reconcile errors.
• Prepare and maintain reimbursement expenditure reports for grants and reconcile monthly reports to funds received.
• Assist the Chief Financial Officer and the Director of Finance with financial monitoring and reporting.
• Assist the Chief Financial Officer with the preparation of the annual audit reports.
• Communicate with administrative and program staff and outside contacts to provide financial and accounting information and support as needed.
• Maintain knowledge of internal control requirements.
• Cross train on other Finance functions.
• Flexibility to take on new tasks as the Finance Department needs change.
• Assist with financial report preparation, analysis, and communication to internal budget owners regarding budget variances.
• Support month-end close activities, including reconciliations of accounts such as cash, prepaid expenses, fixed assets,
• Contribute to other projects, as needed.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or closely allied field.
• Accounting work experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and solve accounting issues.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy, with a thorough understanding of accounting principles and regulations.
• Proficiency in accounting software and Microsoft Excel.

• Computer software skills, including the ability to use office software, such as databases, spreadsheets, and word processing.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of policies and procedures in a complex organization.
• Professional working experience in a non-profit organization.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles (BGCMLA) is a scalable and sustainable solution to reversing the opportunity crises facing some of the most vulnerable youth in marginalized neighborhoods of Los Angeles. BGCMLA is designed to increase programmatic offerings and to serve a more significant number of youth in the areas of Metro Los Angeles. Our mission is to create a safe space that empowers all Club members to Learn, Explore, Achieve, and Dream (L.E.A.D.). We fulfill our mission by offering nationally recognized, research-based programs and activities in three core areas: Academic Success, Good Character and Citizenship, and Healthy Lifestyles. We believe in empowering youth to explore a future with endless possibilities by offering creative programs, such as new approaches to science, technology, engineering, math (STEM), sports and recreation, music, and the arts created in collaboration with our community partners. Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Los Angeles is a safe, stable place that ensures physical and emotional safety for all youth we serve. Click here for more information regarding Club safety.The individual Clubs which presently make up BGCMLA have a deep history of impact in the most vulnerable areas of Los Angeles County. Our collaboration of Clubs includes the following Boys & Girls Clubs: Challengers, Watts/Willowbrook, Bell Gardens, and Venice. We are also provide youth programming on school sites throughout Los Angeles, for more about our service locations, please visit vgcmla.org. At BGCMLA, we are wholly committed to maximizing our Clubs’ potential to serve more kids more often and to build strong, sustainable organizations.