Position Description
The Bold.org platform generates a combined 8 figures annually in revenue and donations across two organizations, 50+ partners, several key product lines, and more.
We're hiring an Operational Accountant to own transaction processing and reconciliation across many of our critical money movement flows, including scholarship awarding, donation reconciliation, revenue invoicing, and more. You will also take on bookkeeping and other key day-to-day operational finance responsibilities.
In this role, you will report to our Interim VP of Finance and will work closely with our Finance Manager, Donor Relations Team, Partnerships Team, and Product Team to ensure our day-to-day accounting operations are smooth.
Key Responsibilities
- Onboard onto the Bold.org platform to understand all cashflows, including all revenue streams and donation flows.
- Work with our Finance Manager to run our monthly bookkeeping process for both Bold.org and the Bold Foundation.
- Own daily execution and reconciliation of key money movement flows like scholarship contributions, scholarship awarding, and more.
- Lead historical reconciliation projects focused on scholarship awarding.
- Manage day-to-day invoicing and collections.
- Own reconciliation of scholarship disbursements, working with our engineering team to automate these processes.
- Ensure compliance with GAAP accounting standards and local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings. Support our external accountants through the income tax filing process.
Skills, Knowledge And Expertise
- 3+ years of experience as an accountant in a dynamic, high-growth startup environment.
- Strong experience with GAAP accounting principles.
- Full-cycle accounting experience with US-based companies is preferred.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Exceptional ability to make complicated things simple and drive certainty in financial operations and reporting.
- Exceptional curiosity. You build a deep understanding of the "why" behind each transaction and how it fits in with our product and business model.
- Hands-on experience with financial management platforms like QuickBooks, Bill.com, etc.
- Resourceful. You excel at figuring things out for yourself with limited resources.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- An exceptional individual contributor. You excel at learning quickly and figuring things out yourself. You prefer to spend all of your time as an individual contributor.
- Kind. You're generally a pleasure to work with. We value our culture and don't make compromises on this.
Location and Time Commitment
- We are fully remote - you can work wherever you're most productive. This role is full-time and will need to overlap with US ET for the majority of the workday.