We’re partnering with a growing non-profit organization seeking a Staff Accountant to join their team. This is a temp-to-perm opportunity offering long-term stability, hands-on exposure to both accounting and payroll, and the chance to support meaningful work.

About the Role:

As a Staff Accountant, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the accuracy of financial records and supporting the organization’s month-end close, payroll, and day-to-day accounting operations. You’ll work closely with the Controller, Senior Accountant, and CFO in a collaborative environment where your contributions will be highly visible.

Hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm, 35 hour work week 

Hybrid Schedule: First 2 weeks onsite for training, then hybrid 2-3 days a week onsite

Salary: $55,000/year - $65,000/year

Responsibilities:

• Record, verify, and reconcile transactions to ensure accuracy of the general ledger.
• Prepare journal entries, bank reconciliations, and account reconciliations.
• Manage fixed assets, depreciation, prepaid schedules, and incentive tracking.
• Review monthly results, analyze variances, and investigate discrepancies.
• Handle treasury functions, including ACH/wire transfers and cash activity logs.
• Own biweekly payroll processing for ~120 employees (Paylocity).
• Administer time & attendance system; validate payroll data and resolve discrepancies.
• Support month-end close, ad-hoc reporting, and special projects as needed.
• Provide back-up coverage for other fiscal operations.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting 
• 2+ years of accounting experience (open to non-profit or corporate backgrounds).
• Experience with payroll processing (120+ employees).
• Month-end close and reconciliation experience required.
• Strong Excel skills (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPs, INDEX-MATCH).
• Knowledge of GAAP and not-for-profit accounting.
• Software: Sage Intacct (required/strongly preferred), Paylocity (preferred), ADP.
• Strong communicator, detail-oriented, and able to thrive in a fast-paced setting.

For a quicker response, please send your resume to jcanabal@ascendo.com !

Ascendo is a certified minority owned staffing firm, and we welcome and celebrate diversity. Ascendo is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, parental status, military service or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Contact information

Josh Canabal