North American Association for Environmental Education
Washington, DC
Aug 31, 2020
Full time
NAAEE is looking for a talented, well-organized Financial Operations Associate with 1-3 years of accounting, bookkeeping, financial grant management, or similar experience to help us with invoice processing, grant financial reporting, and database management. If you’re a team player who is great with details, numbers, and customer service and who wants to help with creating a more equitable and sustainable future, please apply. This position is virtual for the foreseeable future, with a preference for DC. For a complete job description, see below. We will accept applications until the position is filled and are looking to hire as soon as possible.
Major Functions:
The Financial Operations Associate would support NAAEE full-time with payment processing, budget management, and invoice creation.
General duties include:
Processing reimbursement requests and maintaining receipts and expense backup for NAAEE’s program, including ee360, eeBLUE, GEEP, and other programs and events
Coding NAAEE’s credit card expenses and invoices to appropriate funding sources and uploading invoices to server for Accountants to process
Running monthly general ledger reports for all programs
Creating invoices, including quarterly invoices to funders
Managing NAAEE’s membership database
Maintaining receipts and expense backup for the GEEP program
Filing invoices
Completing federal budget documents, including SF 424s and 425, Form 5700s, and others as necessary
Collecting bids for contracts, as required
Making purchases on behalf of the organization, with approval from supervisor
Assisting with processing payments prior to and onsite at the NAAEE conference for attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors
Depositing checks
Assisting with preparing for NAAEE’s annual audit
Minimum Skills and Experience Required:
1-3 years of accounting, bookkeeping, financial grant management, or similar experience
Associate’s degree in accounting, business or other related fields, or equivalent professional experience, is a plus
Experience with civiCRM or similar membership management software preferred
Ability to work efficiently, with flexibility, creativity, initiative, strong attention to detail, positive energy, and good humor
Ability to work independently as required but also to work effectively as a team member
Ability to juggle multiple projects, meet deadlines, problem solve, and exercise tact and diplomacy
An individual who is culturally competent and can work with individuals representing a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives
A team player who enthusiastically represents NAAEE to external partners, members, funders, and other stakeholders