Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant 

Third Way Center is seeking a full time Senior Accountant.  We are looking for a creative and dynamic person who likes to be challenged and seeks to learn and better themselves professionally and personally. Our mission is to provide a continuum of services in a home-like environment where at-risk youth can work through their traumas, learn to take responsibility for their actions and lives to become productive members of society. 

The Senior Accountant will report to the Controller and work hand-in-hand to manage the organization’s complex monthly closing, financial reporting, and year-end procedures as well as ad-hoc reporting and state and agency reporting as required. This is a 100% in-office role based at our headquarters in Uptown Denver.

This role requires a professional who thrives in a collaborative environment and has a strong data analytics mindset.  The ideal candidate is highly analytical and capable of managing diverse funding streams—including state revenue, federal grants, Medicaid, and specialized billings—while ensuring impeccable balance sheet integrity and precise multi-project allocations.

Key Responsibilities

Month-End Closing & General Ledger Management

• Subledger & Allocation Control: Confirm the Accounts Payable subledger is fully posted, enforce payables cutoffs, and run monthly AR and AP aging reports.
• Complex Journal Entries: Prepare and post monthly journal entries. 
• Payroll and Benefit Processing: Prepare and record payroll, tax and benefit expenses (including 403(b)) to general ledger.
• Allocation Calculations: Prepare and post complex expense allocations.
• Asset & Capital Tracking: Identify new fixed asset activity, perform depreciation analysis, and review Construction in Progress (CIP) workflows.
• Year-end Audit Cycle:  Provide assistance and data collection as necessary for the annual external audit team.

Accounts Receivable & Revenue Recognition and Cash Management

• Billing Execution: Review, post, and determine next steps for specialized billings submitted from the billing team.
• Receipt Management: Accurately post cash receipts from various funding sources. 
• Grant Revenue: Record and manage Grant recognition and reporting.

Treasury Management 

• Multi-Account Reconciliations: Perform monthly bank reconciliations for corporate operating, payroll, clearing, development, restricted, and money market accounts.
• Specialized Portfolio Reconciliations: Manage activity and reconciliations related to investment accounts.
• Cash Monitoring: Monitor bank accounts and manage account transfers.

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Internal Controls: Assist with management of processes and procedures to ensure proper internal controls.  
• Core Deliverables: Produce monthly financial statements, occupancy reports, and build custom quarterly reports.
• Ad-hoc Analysis and Reporting: Perform in-depth data analysis and reporting for various state and federal agencies as required.

Qualifications & Skills

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• Experience: 5+ years of progressive accounting experience in End-to-End Ledger Management and Financial Reporting and Analysis, with strong preference for backgrounds in healthcare, specialized education, or human services non-profits.  Strong knowledge of GAAP and experience preparing financial statements.  Demonstrated ownership of journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end close responsibilities.
• Technical Skills: Advanced skills in data management, including proficiency with Excel. Strong Analytical, organizational and reconciliation skills. Experienced with data importing/exporting from various modules within Blackbaud ERP or similar multi-ledger systems.  Experience with Paycom is a plus.  Google and Microsoft Suite experience preferred.  High level of accuracy, attention to detail and confidentiality are a must with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Work Environment: Must be able to work full-time on-site in Uptown Denver to effectively collaborate with leadership, and maintain rigorous internal controls. Ability to work independently and collaboratively across departments.

Compensation & Benefits

• Location: Uptown Denver, CO (100% On-Site)
• Health Insurance: Comprehensive health insurance coverage.
• Retirement: 403(b) plan with organizational matching.
• Time Off: Vacation and personal time off program.