Accounting Associate (Remote)

You'll be ensuring financial compliance by employing your financial and accounting acumen and attention to detail.

As an Accounting Associate, you’ll take your first steps in the accounting profession. Reporting to the Controller, you’ll be the Accounts Payable champion, reviewing coding of invoices and expense reports. You’ll work closely with the accounting team to ensure our organization’s books are kept up-to-date, accurate, and comply with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). 

• Reviewing invoices, expense reports, and credit card expenses for accurate coding to the general ledger

• Investigating and responding to internal and vendor inquiries related to expense transactions 

• Coaching employees on how to navigate and master the expenditure system and process

• Assisting with system administrator tasks for our expense management tool

• Providing support for compliance matters such as the annual audit and the 990 tax return

• Participating in month close as needed, preparing journal entries and reconciling accounts

• Assisting the department in the creation of new processes as the organization continues to evolve and grow, leveraging AI as appropriate 

• Managing the filing of  state non-profit registrations 

• Managing additional administrative responsibilities and projects as needed

• A degree in Accounting, Finance, or relevant field 

• Proficient Microsoft Excel skills

• Exceptional communication and cross-collaboration skills

• Strong attention to detail - you care about the “little things” and make sure they get completed on time and in a professional manner

• Demonstrated experience learning and using financial and administrative systems / technologies

• 2 years of office work or customer service experience

• Formal Excel training

• Experience with expense management platforms such as Concur and/or ERP software such as NetSuite

The Finance team, which includes Accounting, Strategic Finance, and Legal, works diligently to support our entire organization, keeping our books in pristine order, ensuring that our Operations and Water funds are being allocated responsibility and in line with our strategic goals. They guarantee our donor promise and core pillar that 100% of our public donations will be utilized for water projects.