Employment opportunities with NMF are detailed below.
We are currently accepting applications for:
- Senior Accountant
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Why should you want to work at the Northwest Minnesota Foundation?
- Fully covered health benefits for employees and dependents!
- Ample vacation time, holiday time, and sick time. Plus, we end our workweek at 3pm on Fridays to jump-start the weekend.
- Flexible/hybrid work options!
- The culture! We are a small but supportive staff who deploy a team approach to accomplishing our work. We encourage team-building, skill development, and have a proven record of advancement through the ranks of the Foundation.
- The opportunity to be part of doing GOOD, for your community, for our region. We aim to Build Better Lives for all who live and work in the region. This is our work, our passion, our driving belief.
- And, of course, Beau, our Chief Morale Officer (our on-site therapy dog).
Senior Accountant
The Senior Accountant is responsible for the financial and information technology support for the Foundation. Your duties will include but not be limited to working closely with the Vice President for Finance & Administration (VPF) as well as other members of the leadership team on accounting, grants, donor and lending systems management in addition to account reconciliations, financial analysis, budget maintenance and coordination, audit support and other financial reporting needs; report regularly to the VPF.
You will help the VPF identify, develop, implement and manage internal controls and procedures designed to prevent or detect fraud, errors and irregularities in our financial reporting and other supporting systems. You will audit the internal controls and report any errors or irregularities to the VPF. By maintaining strong internal controls and procedures, this will help ensure the integrity of our financial reporting, including but not limited to financial statements in compliance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), budgets, forecasts, analysis and cash-flow projections for leadership and the Board of Directors as well as the data that supports compliance with our program grants, loan reporting, special projects and component fund financial reporting.
You will coordinate all software projects. You will coordinate with various teams of comprised of some of our staff and external consultants. You will work with our teams to develop reports needed for leadership and the Board of Directors to make important decisions for the Foundation. You will maintain all staff user accounts and levels of authorized access as appropriate per the hired position. You will manage and maintain all file storage systems. You will provide supportive IT-related services to all departments, especially Philanthropic Services where you will participate in annual fund allotment and fee calculations and development of communication letters to fund advisors. You will also help manage our lending software to make sure it properly supports our loans receivable and provide data for understanding the current risk status of our loans.
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If interested, email cover letter, resume, and references to John Shimkus, johns@nwmf.org
This position open until filled.
