Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant, Global Greengrants Fund

Application Closing Date: March 10th, 2024 at 23:00 MT

Location: Remote within the United States through a Hybrid work model preferred; strong preference for individuals in the Colorado area to ensure team continuity and collaboration with episodic in-person office days in Colorado as needed and prescribed by the organization.

Term: full-time – 40 hours a week (exempt)

Organization: Global Greengrants Fund

Salary: Salaries at Global Greengrants Fund are dependent on applicable salary scales, and internal pay policies including equity considerations and budget. Due to how salary negotiations perpetuate existing structural inequities, GGF has moved away from salary negotiation processes for any candidate. We will make our best offer, and it will be the same regardless of the candidate. The salary range for this position for someone in the US as per work band SP is $88,000 to $102,800 per annum.

Benefits: Group medical and life insurance. Paid time off (10 vacation days in the first year, 12 sick days, four personal days, and up to 11 paid public holidays). Contribution to retirement savings. Remote/hybrid work and flexible work arrangements.

About Global Greengrants Fund:

Global Greengrants Fund is a leading funder of the world’s grassroots environmental and climate justice movements. Since 1993 we have been growing our networks of activists, experts, donors, and leaders to provide these movements with the resources they need to work toward a healthy and just future.

Global Greengrants uses a variety of participatory grantmaking models to provide funding and other forms of support to grassroots groups around the world. We work with over 200 grantmaking advisors from around the world, all of whom are experts and activists, connected with the grassroots movements, issues, and challenges in the regions where they work. These advisors make grantmaking decisions as members of our organization’s regional and thematic advisory boards, of local funds that grew organically out of advisory boards in the regions where we work, and of other organizations that share our mission and values. We strive, however, for our grantmaking to be a relationship rather than a unidirectional flow of resources. Relationships built on trust and shared learning are essential to the success of our grantmaking.

Our advisors help the organizations they fund with mentoring and connections to larger movements and other institutions. By bringing back ideas and knowledge from grantees, advisors also help their colleagues and broader movements to work out new solutions to the problems that confront them.

The role

Global Greengrants Fund is looking to hire a highly motivated, self-directed strategic thinker who is proficient in the best practices of nonprofit financial practices and internal controls. They will support the Chief Financial Officer and Accounting Manager in the daily finance operations and accounting functions by ensuring the completeness and accuracy of financial records and financial transactions. They will compile data for statements of financial position, financial activity, and other related financial reports. They will support the Chief Financial Officer (US) and the Director of Finance and Operations (UK) in collaboration with GGF department heads to create the organization’s annual budgets and financial forecasts. They will also collaborate with other departments on various projects of high complexity that will relate to the optimization of the finance department and the broader organization’s business process flows.

The candidate profile.

The successful applicant will have significant relevant experience in a similar role in a charitable, environmental, development, social justice, feminist, gender, human rights organization, and/or grant-making organization. They will have strong financial management acumen; knowledge of accounting procedures and protocols, budgeting, and financial analysis, and demonstrated experience with FASB and ASA nonprofit accounting standards. They will have strong knowledge and working experience with US GAAP and working knowledge and professional experience with annual audits and the IRS 990 process.

They demonstrate excellent organizational skills, and the ability to ensure accuracy of work and demonstrate precise attention to detail. They will be meticulous with exceptionally strong follow-up and follow-through skills. They also thrive in a virtual environment, motivated to take on challenges and collaboratively find innovative and creative solutions. English fluency is a must. Higher education in Finance or Accounting, CPA or CMA and an active CPA license as well as knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) would be preferred.

The right candidate will understand GGF’s core values and be committed to the guiding principles and mission of GGF and ensure they uphold them in the way they take up the responsibilities of the role.