Accountant

Women's Foundation California; California; Hybrid; USD 78,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Women's Foundation of California is a fully remote organization; incumbents must reside in California. The Accountant will support financial operations under the Director of Finance using QuickBooks Premiere, Expensify, Excel, and Word.

Responsibilities include bookkeeping, AP processing, expense coding, and month-end close, working closely with Finance leadership to ensure accurate reporting. Ideal candidate is passionate about accounting and dedicated to financial accuracy, compliance, and

Qualifications

• Accounting knowledge and experience in bookkeeping.
• Strong understanding of accounts payable processes.
• Experience with month-end close and general ledger reporting.
• Proficiency in Excel and Word for reporting and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Manage accounts payable process and enter data to QuickBooks Premiere, with proper documentation and approvals.
• Prepare and process semi-monthly bill payments.
• Collect credit card receipts and code/post to spreadsheets and systems.
• Review expense reports; process via Expensify and post to the system.
• Assist with month-end close and generate GL reports for review; reconcile with Finance input.
• Maintain vendor files, including contracts and W-9s.
• Administer petty cash transactions following Foundation policies.
• Support audit preparation, year-end closing and 990 filings.
• Perform duties or special projects as assigned by Director of Finance or designee.

Skills

Accounting

Bookkeeping

Accounts payable

Month-end close

Financial reporting

Tools

QuickBooks Premiere

Expensify

Excel

Word

Job description

The Women's Foundation of California (WFC) is operating with an entirely remote workforce and all positions are remote/virtual. Incumbent must work and reside within California.

Overview

About the Women’s Foundation California

The Women’s Foundation California has a 40+ year track record working to advance gender, economic, and racial justice. Our core strategies are: investing in community organizations, training community leaders, and connecting community partners. We support movements led by cisgender and transgender women, gender-variant, genderqueer, and non-binary individuals–especially those who are formerly incarcerated, immigrants, people of color, low-income, and/or queer. We’re a dynamic, smart, collaborative group of people who are passionate about our work and committed to making good things happen for all Californians. Our website has more about the organization and our team.

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Accountant will serve as an integral part of the Women’s Foundation of California Team. Under the guidance of the Director of Finance, the Accountant will help support the Foundation’s financial operations by using QuickBooks Premiere, Expensify, Excel, Word, and other systems. The Accountant will run bookkeeping on time and with precision, maintaining proper documentation for all financial activity and ensuring consistency and clarity of systems. The Accountant coordinates finance filings from staff, assists the Director of Finance, and communicates with outside entities regarding finance matters as needed. This position requires close collaboration with multiple stakeholders and works primarily with the Director of Finance and Chief Financial Officer to manage the finances of the Foundation. The ideal candidate is passionate about accounting and seeks a career in financial accounting.

Manage accounts payable process and enter data to Quickbooks, following all the protocols for supporting documents, management approval and coding.

Prepare and process semi-monthly bill payments.

Collect credit card receipts, code and enter on individual spreadsheets for posting.

Review expense reports; billing through Expensify and post to system.

Assist with month-end close and runs general ledger reports for team review. Adjust and reconcile with input from Finance Team.

Maintain vendor files, including current contracts and W-9s.

Administer and process all petty cash transactions within the parameters of the Foundation’s policies and procedures.

Support audit preparation, year-end closing and 990 filings.

Perform duties or special projects as assigned by Director of Finance or designee.

COMPENSATION

$78,000-$100,000