Bookkeeper

Unitarian Universalist Association; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

The Unitarian Universalist Association is seeking a part-time, hourly Financial Reports Associate to create and maintain accurate, up-to-date financial reports, analyses, and projections for grantmaking and office expenses. You will reconcile ledgers, process bills, and generate monthly and year-to-date reports with internal systems and Google Drive.

The role emphasizes collaboration with the Grants Manager, careful accounting, and strong communication.

Qualifications

• Familiarity with GAAP, nonprofits, budget analysis and presentation, grantmaking, and grant tracking.
• Knowledge of Google Sheets, including sorting, filter functions, and formulas.
• Familiarity with NXT (Financial Edge), Simplifi, and Adobe; UUFP uses Mac systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word).
• Familiarity with the UUA and/or congregations is valuable.
• Understanding of anti-racism, anti-oppression, and multiculturalism; work with BIPOC communities is valued.
• Eagerness to work in an organization prioritizing dismantling white supremacy.

Responsibilities

• Maintains the UUFP monthly and YTD General Ledger and Chart of Accounts.
• Reconciles accounts with the UUA General Ledger monthly, quarterly, and annually.
• Meets weekly with the Grants Manager to review grant payments and reconciliations.
• Processes bills, expenses, and payments and creates reports in NXT.
• Creates reports on office expenses in Simplifi and on grants awarded in Google Drive.
• Assists the Director and Grants Manager in planning meetings and grant distributions.
• Maintains electronic and hard copies of financial files.
• Communicates with UUA Financial and Accounting staff and IT consultant.
• Participates in twice-weekly staff meetings and other duties as requested.

Skills

GAAP knowledge

Nonprofit budgeting

Budget analysis

Grantmaking

Grant tracking

Google Sheets

NXT Financial Edge

Simplifi

Adobe

Microsoft Office

UUA familiarity

Anti-racism awareness

Job description

If you are unable to complete this application due to a disability, contact this employer to ask for an accommodation or an alternative application process.

UU Funding Program Part-time Regular Hourly

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1062

Salary Range: $30.00 To $33.00 Hourly

Updated: October 16, 2026

Staff Group: UU Funding Program

Reports To: UU Funding Program Director

Location: Open*

Job Category: Administrative I

Hours/Week: 5–12 hours per week

Purpose

To create and maintain accurate, up-to-date financial reports, analysis, and projections of the UU Funding Program’s grantmaking and office expenses.

• Maintains the UUFP monthly and YTD General Ledger and Chart of Accounts.
• Reconciles accounts with the UUA General Ledger monthly, quarterly, and annually, including requests for reclassification and correction of grant and admin expenditures.
• Meets weekly with the Grants Manager to review and reconcile grant payments, including challenge grants, wire distributions, and reclaimed and unclaimed funds.
• Processes bills, expenses, and payments and creates reports in NXT.
• Creates reports on office expenses in Simplifi and on grants awarded in Google Drive.
• Assists the Director and Grants Manager in planning meetings and grant distributions.
• Maintains electronic and hard copies of financial files.
• Communicates with UUA Financial and Accounting staff.
• Communicates and updates systems with the IT consultant.
• Participates in twice-weekly staff meetings.
• Performs other duties as requested by supervisor, the Executive Vice President, or the President.

Qualifications

This position has an hourly midpoint of $33/hour. Compensation may vary based on factors such as experience, qualifications, and geographical location, with offers potentially ranging from 10-15% higher or lower than the midpoint. Note that qualifications may be met as a result of lived experience, volunteer work, professional experience, and/or formal or informal training. Requirements include:

• Familiarity with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles), nonprofits, budget analysis and presentation, grantmaking, and grant tracking.
• Knowledge of Google Sheets, including sorting, filter functions, and formulas.
• Familiarity with, or willingness to learn, NXT (Financial Edge, the UUA’s financial system), Simplifi, and Adobe. UUFP uses Mac systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word).
• Familiarity with the UUA and/or congregations would be of great value.
• Understanding of issues around anti-racism, anti-oppression, and multiculturalism
• Work or lived experience with BIPOC communities is of particular value
• Eagerness to work in an organization in which the dismantling of white supremacy is a high priority

About the UUA

The Unitarian Universalist Association is a progressive religious denomination headquartered in Boston’s waterfront Fort Point Innovation District. Our faith community of more than 1,000 self-governing congregations brings to the world a vision of religious freedom, tolerance, and social justice. Our normal workweek is 35 hours, we pay 80% contribution towards health insurance premiums, 10% towards retirement (after one year), and have generous paid time-off policies. We are a great place to work, and we value diversity. The UUA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to the full inclusion of all. As part of this commitment, the UUA will ensure that applicants and staff with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact the Department of Human Resources at [e-mail] . For more information on the UUA, visit us online at UUA.org and uuworld.org.

Support for the Mission and Values of the Association

The Unitarian Universalist Association is a progressive and historic religious denomination. All UUA staff members are expected to perform their job duties in accordance with the UUA’s values, principles, and mission. Unitarian Universalism puts love at the center of our commitments, which embrace the Shared Values of justice, equity, transformation, interdependence, pluralism and generosity. The following points drawn from these Shared Values are of particular importance for the UUA’s work environment and staff culture:

• Pluralism and generosity: We affirm the need for a human-centered workplace that allows our diverse staff to flourish. We also understand that our wider culture and society oppresses and denies human dignity, and we seek to counter the effects of that oppression in our hiring and workplace culture so that each person feels whole and valued.
• Justice and equity: We speak openly and publicly of our support for social and political issues, including LGBTQ equity, racial justice, climate justice, gender equity, and reproductive justice.
• Interdependence and transformation: We recognize that the liberation of all people is interwoven, and we work to counter patriarchy, white supremacy, colonialism, homophobia, transphobia, environmental exploitation and other interrelated systems of marginalization.