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Accounting Manager

Creative Financial Staffing

Houston, TX · Posted November 5, 2026

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Why This Opportunity Stands Out:

Play a key role in managing and optimizing grant-funded and government-funded programs. • Gain exposure to budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and strategic decision-making. • Lead month-end and program-year close processes with significant ownership and visibility. • Work closely with senior finance leadership, including the Assistant Controller and program management teams. • Contribute to a mission-driven nonprofit organization that positively impacts local communities. • Influence financial performance through cost analysis, forecasting, and process improvements. • Partner with operational leaders to support funding compliance and financial success. • Participate in annual audits, monitoring reviews, and agency-wide financial initiatives. • Opportunity to develop and enhance financial processes, controls, and reporting procedures. • Lead and support Accounts Payable operations while helping drive efficiency and accuracy.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead monthly and year-end closing activities, reconciliations, and financial reporting. • Prepare billing, grant, and financial reports for federal, state, local, and other funding sources. • Monitor program expenditures, commitments, revenues, and budgets to ensure compliance and financial accuracy. • Perform forecasting, budgeting, variance analysis, and financial modeling to support decision-making. • Oversee Accounts Payable operations and approve direct service payments within established authority levels. • Support external audits, monitoring reviews, and the development of financial policies and procedures.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. • Progressive accounting experience, preferably within a nonprofit, grant-funded, or government-funded environment. • Strong financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and reconciliation experience. • Knowledge of fund accounting, grant compliance, and financial reporting requirements

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