Accounting Manager Job Posting
Employment Type: Full Time/Exempt
Wage: $70,000 – $85,000 base pay
Department: Finance
Reports To: Finance Director
Position Location: California – Oakland, Los Angeles, Riverside, Sacramento
Work Schedule: Four Day Work Week: Two (2) days in office, two (2) days remote. However, there may be certain circumstances, like pressing deadlines or peak business periods, where it becomes necessary for the organization to temporarily switch to a five day work week.
This is one position, posted in four locations. The selected candidate can be based in our Oakland, Sacramento, or Los Angeles office.
WHY THIS ROLE, WHY NOW
California's environmental movement runs on the strength of the organizations behind it, and that strength starts with a finance operation people can trust. The Accounting Manager keeps us on that solid ground, owning the monthly close, managing our grant tracking, and giving program leads the numbers they need to make good decisions as our work scales up.
If you want ownership over a real finance function and a mission that matters, we want to hear from you.
What Makes This Role Distinctive
- Four-day work week for most of the year, with five day weeks during peak periods
- Direct ownership of the monthly close, grant tracking, and cost allocation across two entities and four California offices
- Close partnership with the Finance Director and department leads across the organization, translating financial information for non finance colleagues
- Comprehensive benefits package, including health, vision and dental coverage, 401(k) with employer match, 12 days PTO, 12 holidays, a year end office closure between Christmas and New Year, and additional benefits that support employee wellbeing and work life balance
Position Summary
As a member of the Finance Team, the Accounting Manager keeps EnviroVoters' finances accurate, timely, and transparent. This hands-on role owns the monthly close, grant tracking and reporting, and oversees the outsourced bookkeeping and payroll partners who support us today. The Accounting Manager works closely with the Finance Director and partners with department leads across our four offices, making sure the people running our programs have the numbers they need to make good decisions.
KEY PRIORITIES
Own the monthly close and daily accounting operations
- Own the monthly close, including journal entries, reconciliations, and the close calendar
- Manage accounts payable and accounts receivable, and keep invoices moving out and getting paid on time
- Oversee our outsourced bookkeeper's day to day work and serve as their primary point of contact
- Maintain accurate expense coding and documentation across all four offices
- Keep our accounting policies and procedure documentation current
- Support the transition of bookkeeping from outsourced to in house, and supervise the staff accountant once that role is filled
- Answer staff questions about expense reimbursement, escalating as needed
- Support year end filings, including 1099 forms
Track and report on grants
- Set up new grants in our accounting system with budgets, restrictions, and reporting deadlines
- Track spending against grant budgets and flag variances to the Finance Director and program leads early
- Manage restricted revenue recognition and release from restriction
- Allocate expenses across grants and entities accurately and consistently
- Prepare financial reports for funders and get them out on deadline
- Run overhead allocation analyses to support new grant proposals
Support c3/c4 compliance and allocation
- Maintain the cost allocation between our 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4), including shared services and staff time
- Support timekeeping and allocation practices that hold up to review
- Partner with the Finance Director, outside counsel, and reporting consultants on lobbying, electoral, and political action committee (PAC) compliance
- Help ensure PAC deposits, reimbursements, and reporting are handled accurately
Partner on reporting and budgeting
- Produce monthly budget to actual reports for departments, projects, and grants, and walk department leads through them
- Support the annual budget process and monthly forecasting
- Support the annual audit and Form 990 preparation
- Provide backup coverage for routine Finance Director responsibilities during planned absences
What We Need From You
- Solid nonprofit accounting experience: roughly four or more years in accounting or finance, with meaningful time in a nonprofit setting. If your experience is in a different sector but you know your way around fund accounting, tell us
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field required
- You can run a close. You have owned or substantially supported a monthly close and know what it takes to get it done accurately and on time
- Comfort with grant accounting: you have tracked restricted funds, prepared reports for funders, and can explain a variance without making it sound like an accusation
- Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and how it applies to nonprofit financial reporting
- Strong QuickBooks Online skills (or a comparable system you learned quickly) and real fluency in Excel
- You explain things well. Much of this job is translating financial information for people who don't work in finance, so clear, patient communication matters more here than it might elsewhere
- You are organized and you follow through. With four offices, multiple grants, and two entities, the details add up, and we need someone who tracks them without being chased
- You care about what we are working on. You don't need an environmental background, but our mission should mean something to you
Additional Strengths We Welcome
- Experience with 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) structures, especially cost allocation between them
- Familiarity with PAC accounting and California political reporting requirements
- Experience with Paylocity or a comparable payroll platform
- Experience supervising staff or managing outside contractors
- Experience supporting an audit from the preparer's side
WHAT ELSE YOU SHOULD KNOW
California Environmental Voters and the California Environmental Voters Education Fund are committed to workplace diversity and inclusion. We are equal opportunity employers and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
EnviroVoters and EnviroVoters Ed Fund have a deep commitment to equity and fostering a culture of inclusion. We invite and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including those from groups traditionally underrepresented in employment, who may contribute to further diversifying our organization.
Skills Required
- Approximately four or more years of accounting or finance experience, including meaningful nonprofit experience or fund accounting experience
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field
- Experience owning or substantially supporting a monthly close
- Experience with grant accounting, restricted funds, funder reporting, and variance analysis
- Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and nonprofit financial reporting
- Strong QuickBooks Online skills or comparable accounting system experience
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Clear and patient communication skills for explaining financial information to non-finance colleagues
- Strong organization and follow-through managing multiple offices, grants, and entities
- Experience with 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) structures and cost allocation
- Familiarity with PAC accounting and California political reporting requirements
- Experience with Paylocity or a comparable payroll platform
- Experience supervising staff or managing outside contractors
- Experience supporting an audit from the preparer's side
What We Do
California Environmental Voters (EnviroVoters) is a California-based environmental advocacy organization that builds political power to address the climate crisis and advance climate justice. It organizes and educates voters, elects and trains environmental candidates, advances environmental legislation, and holds public officials accountable for their policy decisions. The organization also works to protect clean air, water, land, and community health while promoting equity and a more inclusive democracy.
