About The Internet Society:

Founded in 1992, the Internet Society is the world's trusted independent source of leadership for Internet policy, technology standards, and future development. Based on its principled vision and substantial technological foundation, the Internet Society works with its members and Chapters around the world to promote the continued evolution and growth of the open Internet through dialog among companies, governments, and other organizations.

About the Position:

The Senior Staff Accountant is a newly created position within the Finance & Administration Department, which supports the global operations of the Internet Society and the IETF. Located in the Reston, Virginia offices of the Internet Society, this position reports to the Director of Finance and addresses tight deadlines and a multitude of accounting activities including general ledger preparation, year-end audit, tax return preparation and support of IETF activities.

Responsibilities:

·       Responsible for monthly accounting entries including revenue recognition, prepaid insurance, fixed assets, accrued expenses, accounts receivable.

·       Work with Accounting Manager to produce accurate and timely financial statements for department managers and finance management team. Review and analyze actuals as compared to the budget.

·       Work with Accounting Manager to support IETF Administrative Director in order to report accurate monthly financial activity for IETF on a timely basis.

·       As part of the Finance team work to fully leverage accounting system to its fullest capacity including reporting from general ledger, fixed assets and cash modules.

·       Assist during annual budget and forecast process.

·       Responsible for monthly bank and employee expense account reconciliations.

·       Review and post cash receipts and daily wires.

·       Work as part of the Finance team on year-end audit schedules to ensure a clean and timely year-end audit.

·       Assist Finance Team on compilation of annual 990 and other regulatory reporting as required.

·       Reconcile subsidiary ledgers to the general ledger.

·       Assist the Director of Finance with special projects as requested.

Desired Qualifications:

• BS/BA in Accounting plus three to five years experience in accounting. 
• Non Profit and Blackbaud experience a plus.
• Must be proficient and able to thrive in a fast paced, global environment.
• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure and meet deadlines required.
• Strong systems ability to use full capabilities of general ledger system.
• Strong interpersonal communications skills both written and verbal.
• Self motivated individual who takes pride as both an individual and team contributor

Compensation for this position will be competitively commensurate with the successful applicant’s qualifications.

Information about the Internet Society and its activities may be found at http://www.isoc.org.  

Applicants should forward a resume, salary history, and any other relevant materials to jobs-senior-staff-accountant@isoc.org.

Applications will be evaluated until the position has been filled.  The list of applicants will not be posted publicly, and will be reviewed in confidence by members of the evaluation committee.