National Center for Youth Law

Accountant

• Report to the Senior Controller as a member of the Operations Team
• Manage restricted grant/fund accounting, cost allocations, grant budgeting, and grant reporting
• Draft grant budgets, budget modifications, multi-year spend-down projections, and funder-ready financial reports
• Monitor spending against grant budgets and flag variances and funding gaps
• Track restricted and unrestricted grant funds and ensure compliance with GAAP and funder requirements
• Own and update the organization’s cost allocation methodology
• Process payroll reports and maintain staff salary and time allocations across funding sources
• Prepare and review journal entries, including accruals, deferred revenue, and grant revenue recognition
• Reconcile monthly bank statements and maintain general ledger account schedules
• Review transaction-level accounting work for accuracy
• Prepare and analyze confidential financial projections and cost models
• Process accounts payable using Yooz
• Collect vendor W-9s, certificates of insurance, and ACH information
• Process annual 1099s and monthly credit card statements
• Track consultant and sub-grantee insurance requirements and nonprofit status
• Maintain electronic accounting records and contract files and monitor contract renewals
• Prepare monthly and quarterly invoices with supporting documentation
• Reconcile contributions with development staff and ensure accurate donor records
• Process mail and maintain office supplies and the office environment
• Provide basic technical support during in-office meetings
• Prepare documentation for annual audits and 990 filings
• Perform other duties requested by the Senior Controller

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Senior Accountant

Attorney

• Support implementation and maintenance of ongoing litigation and related policy and advocacy initiatives
• Assist litigation efforts through investigations, complaint filing, trial, and appeal
• Conduct factual and legal development, including external outreach, youth and family engagement, record and data review, and pre-litigation research
• Assist with pleadings and case claims through document review, depositions, witness preparation, client and class-member communication, expert vetting, and drafting legal documents
• Draft declarations, pleadings, motions, briefs, legal memoranda, and discovery requests and responses
• Present oral argument as necessary
• Assist with settlement negotiation preparation
• Perform citation and legal checks and line edits
• Implement remedies and settlement agreements and track compliance
• Communicate with clients, monitors, co-counsel, and opposing counsel
• Collaborate with NCYL staff and external partners through communications, messaging, and conferences
• Provide input into litigation strategy aligned with NCYL’s mission and strategic plan
• Direct paralegals and supervise fellows and law/policy clerks as needed
• Perform other duties as assigned

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Attorney – Temporary

• Develop litigation strategy aligned with NCYL’s mission and strategic plan
• Generate new litigation opportunities challenging emerging harms to children and youth
• Lead complex litigation across multiple jurisdictions, including investigations, legal research, client engagement, pleadings, motions, discovery, expert work, negotiations, trials, appeals, and media work
• Lead remedy and settlement implementation, including tracking compliance and communicating with clients and monitors
• Manage case budgets, litigation costs, and fee recovery
• Manage relationships with external litigation partners, co-counsel, and pro bono counsel
• Represent NCYL’s litigation at national conferences and with media outlets
• Support strategic communications advancing NCYL’s goals
• Participate in fundraising and development efforts
• Supervise directing attorneys, senior attorneys, staff attorneys, paralegals, fellows, and law clerks
• Report to the co-directors of litigation
• Assist with other duties as assigned

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Senior Accountant

Attorney – Temporary

Senior Directing Attorney