Senior Accountant

About Global Citizen
Global Citizen is a movement of engaged citizens who are using their collective voice to end extreme poverty. On our platform, Global Citizens learn about the systemic causes of extreme poverty, take action on these issues, and earn rewards for their actions as part of a global community committed to lasting change. Global Citizens have taken over 42.9 million actions since 2009. These actions, combined with high-level advocacy work, have helped drive more than $49 billion in commitments to partners around the world, impacting 1.3 billion lives in the fight to end extreme poverty.
Role Overview
Global Citizen is seeking a Senior Accountant to serve as a hands-on senior individual contributor accounting lead for the organization. Reporting directly to the VP of Finance & Operations, this role owns the integrity of Global Citizen’s general ledger, global consolidation, and financial reporting across multiple domestic and international entities.
This is a highly technical and execution-oriented role for an experienced accounting professional who is comfortable working directly in the general ledger, preparing and reviewing reconciliations and journal entries, resolving complex accounting issues, and taking a multi-entity organization from underlying books through consolidated financial statements.
The Senior Accountant will have particular responsibility for multi-entity consolidation, intercompany accounting, foreign currency considerations, nonprofit accounting, and general ledger management. The role will establish consistent accounting treatment across Global Citizen entities while ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP and applicable nonprofit accounting standards.
While Accounts Payable and Payroll are executed by designated staff, the Senior Accountant maintains accounting oversight of these processes and ensures their accurate integration into the general ledger and financial reporting.
This is a hands-on, delivery-focused role—not a people-management position. Success requires an experienced accountant who enjoys owning the details, investigating discrepancies, strengthening processes, and personally driving the accounting close from start to finish.
Key Responsibilities
Global Consolidation & Financial Reporting — 35%
Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidation of Global Citizen’s domestic and international entities.
Prepare consolidated financial statements and supporting schedules, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and consistency across entities.
Own intercompany accounting, including reconciliation of intercompany balances and transactions and preparation of consolidation and elimination entries.
Manage multi-currency accounting and foreign currency translation considerations across international entities.
Review entity-level financial information and identify and resolve inconsistencies before consolidation.
Establish and maintain standardized accounting treatments, reporting packages, chart-of-account conventions, and close procedures across entities.
Partner directly with international finance and accounting contacts to resolve accounting issues and ensure timely and accurate submissions.
Analyze consolidated results and provide clear explanations of material balances, movements, and accounting matters to Finance leadership.
General Ledger, Nonprofit Accounting & Close — 35%
Own the general ledger and personally drive the month-end and year-end close process from transaction-level accounting through final financial statements.
Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, cash activity, allocations, and other close-related accounting.
Maintain the accuracy and integrity of the chart of accounts and ensure transactions are appropriately classified across entities, departments, programs, and funding sources.
Apply U.S. GAAP and nonprofit accounting standards to day-to-day and complex accounting matters.
Ensure appropriate accounting for net assets with and without donor restrictions, contributions, grants, functional expenses, and other nonprofit-specific transactions.
Review balance sheet accounts and supporting schedules, investigate discrepancies, and ensure reconciling items are resolved promptly.
Develop and document accounting positions for complex or non-routine transactions.
Maintain disciplined close schedules, account ownership, supporting documentation, and reconciliation standards.
Continuously improve accounting processes, policies, procedures, and internal controls with an emphasis on accuracy, scalability, and efficient execution.
Maintain strong data integrity within Sage Intacct and related financial systems.
Audit, Tax & Regulatory Compliance — 20%
Lead the annual external financial statement audit and serve as the primary accounting contact for external auditors.
Prepare audit schedules, account analyses, supporting documentation, and technical accounting memoranda.
Coordinate accounting support for the preparation and filing of IRS Form 990 and related federal, state, and international compliance requirements.
Lead the annual Worker’s Compensation audit and other recurring financial compliance processes.
Maintain audit-ready documentation throughout the year and proactively address accounting and control matters before year-end.
Monitor developments in U.S. GAAP and nonprofit accounting guidance and assess their implications for Global Citizen.
AP, Payroll & Financial Controls — 10%
Maintain accounting oversight of Accounts Payable and Payroll activities performed by designated staff.
Review payroll and AP activity as necessary to ensure complete and accurate recording in the general ledger.
Ensure appropriate reconciliations and controls exist over cash disbursements, payroll, vendor activity, and other financial transactions.
Identify control gaps and implement practical improvements while maintaining efficient operating processes.
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Skills
Accounting, Payroll, Regulatory Compliance, Documentation

Employment type
Full-Time

Work arrangement
No