Senior Accountant (Education Program)

Bancroft is a leading service-provider for children and adults with autism, other intellectual or developmental disabilities or those in need of neurological rehabilitation.

We provide a full continuum of highly effective services — for people of all ages and every level of abilities — based on best practices and scientifically proven techniques. Our services include special education, vocational training, supported employment, structured day programs, group home and apartment programs both on-campus and in the community, short-term behavioral stabilization services for children, and in-home and outpatient rehabilitation services.

As a nonprofit organization, we are solely committed to supporting people with special needs and their families, to help make it One World. For Everyone.

Bancroft is currently seeking an Senior Accountant to join our Accounting department in Cherry Hill, NJ.

Performs routine to highly complex accounting activities, analyzes financial data, and prepares related external cost reports and internal and external financial reports, in compliance with state fiscal rules particularly the New Jersey Department of Education.  Ensures compliance with Bancroft policies and procedures, state and federal laws and regulations, and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.  Continuously identifies and facilitates process improvements

• Independently reviews, monitors and analyzes revenue/expense data for organizational accounts; ensures compliance with state education funding and reporting requirements, approved Bancroft accounting policies and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles:
  • Reviews and analyzes monthly revenue and expense accounts to ensure proper recording in the General Ledger.  Prepares necessary journal entries with supporting documentation to appropriately adjust accounts.  Generates monthly General Ledger reports, detailing income/expenses incurred by each Program, to compare budgeted/forecasted versus actual data for review by Accounting leadership.
  • Completes the end-of-month closing process in accordance with established closing schedule.
  • Generates profit and loss and related reports from the Accounting System and performs variance analysis of budgeted/forecasted to actual expenses.  Performs necessary research to identify and resolve account discrepancies, interreacts with appropriate parties in compiling specific account information and, upon resolution, inputs data into Accounting System for transfer to General Ledger; makes journal entries for expense accruals, as necessary.