Position: Senior Accounting Associate (Full Time, Remote)

Organization: Accelerate Change

Reports to: Director of Finance, Stephanie Vicente

Direct Reports: N/A

Location: Full-time, 100% remote position in the United States (from home or co-working space) with occasional travel once every 2-3 months

COVID-19: We take Covid-19 safety very seriously. Employees must follow our Covid safety protocols and be fully vaccinated and boosted. Accommodations are provided to the extent required by law. For employees based in the state of Florida and Texas, the COVID-19 vaccine is encouraged but not required due to Florida and Texas state laws.

About Accelerate Change

Founded in 2012, Accelerate Change is a nonprofit (c3/c4) digital media lab. We work to increase civic engagement with BIPOC and low-income communities through digital media. Our programs include:

• Scaling emerging cultural media properties

• Investing in established cultural media properties

• Building influencer networks

• Leading a digital media lab

• Driving civic engagement campaigns

Learn more about our theory of change, approach, and impact at https://acceleratechange.org/about/

Our team is made up of digital media innovators and operators who bring a mix of tech, business, civic engagement, and media backgrounds. Meet our team and learn more about our culture at https://acceleratechange.org/values-team/

About the Position

Accelerate Change is looking for a detail-oriented and proactive accounting professional to manage financial transactions and maintain accurate records. As a Senior Accounting Associate, you’ll play a key role in ensuring smooth operations and reporting while working closely with external stakeholders. The ideal candidate is a strong communicator who can collaborate effectively and is committed to improving financial processes. In our growing organization, we’re looking for someone who embraces change, takes initiative, and actively supports our commitment to equity and inclusion.

Here’s what you could expect to do as Senior Accounting Associate (key responsibilities):

Accounts Payable and Vendor Payment Oversight

• Oversee financial transactions for outgoing vendor payments via our AP system, Ramp, ensuring timely and accurate processing of checks and electronic transfers. Support with any reconciliations in accounting software as needed.

• Review invoices for accuracy, completeness, and proper approvals before processing payments, addressing discrepancies as needed

• Monitor accounts regularly for nonpayments, delayed payments, or other issues and take appropriate action to resolve them promptly

• Manage monthly reconciliation of credit card statements in accounting software, Netsuite

Accounts Receivable and Donation Support

• Manage posting of check donations, ACH, and wire transfers, ensuring proper documentation and reconciliation in collaboration with the Development Team

• Track and prepare stock donation data and royalty payments to ensure accuracy and compliance

• Manage and process monthly partner invoicing in collaboration with our Programs and Operations teams

Month End and General Ledger Reconciliation

• Support the Senior Accounting Manager with monthly and annual close processes

• Support with general ledger upkeep to ensure smooth and compliant monthly and annual close cycles

Collaborate on Financial Processes

• Contribute to improving financial processes and systems, including supporting the Finance Manager with ad hoc projects, reporting, and communications as needed

We’ll also look for the Senior Accounting Associate to:

• TBD. As part of a rapidly growing organization, you’ll need to embrace change and that your responsibilities will shift over time. Pitching in to help with the needs of your department and the overall Central Team is an important part of your role.

• Help advance our goal of becoming an anti-racist organization. Within your role, apply equitable work practices, challenge white supremacy, and help make our programs more inclusive. Center our understanding that multiple systems of oppression intersect with racism and be an active part of our values work.

• Serve as a resource to our networks of partners. Help amplify partner successes, make connections between partners and facilitate learning sharing, and offer your expertise to partners in our networks wherever it makes sense.

• Take an entrepreneurial approach to their work and learning new skills. In our fast-paced, unstructured environment, we love it when staff first try to figure things out on their own and then ask for help if they’re stuck.

• Seek out opportunities to deepen their skills on current/emerging platforms and with lean startup methodology. We take an individualized approach to growth where staff have the chance to explore and propose development opportunities that align with their interests and the team’s priorities.

What We’re Looking For

• Commitment to social change. Accelerate Change is a mission-driven workplace focused on civic engagement with BIPOC and low-income communities. You have a demonstrated commitment to this work and you’d like to be part of a team of people who do, too.

• 3+ years experience with key responsibilities: We're looking for an accounting professional with at least three years of experience in finance, accounting, or operations, with a strong track record in vendor payments, invoice verification, and financial reconciliations. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, proactive in resolving payment issues, and committed to accuracy and compliance. They should thrive in a fast-paced environment, collaborate effectively, and align with our values of equity and inclusion.

• Attention to detail: One of your strengths is your keen attention to detail. While none of us are perfect, you have a track record of delivering error-free work and you take pride in your precision as a finance and accounting professional.

Benefits

• $65,000-$75,000 salary range, with exact salary depending on experience and new staff rarely starting at the top of the range

• Flexibility for work and life: Unlike a lot of places, we actually believe that people should only work 40 hours each week, except for occasional sprints that require more time in a week. We also trust everyone to make a schedule that works for them, as long as you’re able to join all necessary meetings. Want to work more one day and less the next? Fine by us. Work better in the middle of the night than during the afternoon? Go for it. Need to shift your hours to be able to pick up your kid from school? All good.

• Health care at the beginning of your employment with individual premiums fully covered and cost-share for dependents. Vision and dental plans are available at-cost to the individual.

• 15 paid vacation days, 6 paid holidays, 3 paid floating holidays each year and 7.5 paid sick days each year

• Professional development funds, with renewal of funds each fiscal year

• Cell phone and internet reimbursement (or co-working reimbursement): We acknowledge that working from home requires using your own internet and phone for work purposes so we offer a set reimbursement amount for cell phone and internet usage. If working from home isn’t for you, we also have the option for folks to rent a co-working space and get reimbursed for their monthly costs.

• Need-based educational loan assistance after 3 months

• 401K contributions and matching program available at the beginning of your employment

• Annual office closure during the last week in December

Apply

To apply, please upload your resume and tell us more about your experience on the application on our website.

Accelerate Change is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that people of color, people from working class backgrounds, women, and LGBTQIA+ people must be centered in the work we do. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.