The Accounting Associate will support the finance and accounting team at WI-HER by ensuring the company’s accounting, bookkeeping, and finance functions run seamlessly and will report to the Director, Finance and Administration. This role includes but is not limited to the following responsibilities:
- Ensures all financial reports, invoices, and other financial documents and transactions are prepared accurately, timely, and consistent with WI-HER guidelines;
- Handles the company’s bookkeeping and ensures proper and accurate recording of all financial transactions in the accounting system;
- Monitors the monthly accounts payable and receivable transactions;
- Assists with month end and year end closing tasks, prepares general journal entries, processes accounts payable, accounts receivable, categorizes bank transactions and completes bank reconciliations, and revenue recognitions for all projects; and
- Assists with the accounting of the payroll services and operations vendors.
In order for this role to operate effectively, the following requirements must be met:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance and 3 years of experience or Master's degree in Accounting or related field.
- One to three years of bookkeeping and accounting experience.
- Excellent knowledge of accounting software, preferably QuickBooks.
- Experience with MS Office, especially with Excel.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Excellent analytical and organizational skills.
- Previous experience working with federally funded projects is strongly preferred.
NEXT STEPS
For immediate consideration. Applications will be reviewed and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis, so we encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.
WI-HER is committed to fostering a diverse, multicultural work environment and welcomes a range of backgrounds, life experiences, perspectives, and opinions. WI-HER provides equal employment to all and has zero tolerance towards discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, national origin, citizenship, age, marital status, disability, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal laws.
What We Do
WI-HER, LLC (Women Influencing Health, Education, and Rule of Law) is an international consulting firm that identifies and implements creative solutions to complex health and social challenges to achieve better, healthier lives for all. We employ an integrated, multisectoral approach that links health with education, rule of law, and agriculture to improve health outcomes and achieve sustained development. WI-HER, LLC is a woman-owned small business based in the Washington, DC area.
We offer the following services to—and in collaboration with—projects, organizations, and governments:
• Gender integration technical assistance and trainings
• Program design, monitoring, and evaluation
• Systems strengthening, capacity building, and policy reform
• Improved service delivery and utilization
• Community mobilization and individual behavior change
• Knowledge management
• Strengthening democracy and governance
Our multicultural team is comprised of Masters- and Doctoral-credentialed public health, medical, legal, and development professionals that possess extensive experience working in a broad range of technical and programmatic areas. Our team has a wide range of experience working for public and private partners in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East, and can successfully work from the community to the national level.
We invite you to explore our career opportunities (http://www.wi-her.org/careers/) and connect with us:
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