Zidisha is the world's first direct peer-to-peer lending service to bridge the international wealth divide, allowing individuals in the US and internationally to lend to and communicate with borrowers in developing countries without local intermediaries. We've been featured in numerous press and media for our groundbreaking work in using internet and mobile phone technologies to connect entrepreneurs in some of the world's most isolated and impoverished places with the international peer-to-peer lending market.
This is a part-time, flexible schedule, work-from-home volunteer role. Time commitment is flexible depending on the volunteer's availability; we anticipate between 5 and 10 hours per month. We will provide QuickBooks software and substantial training, and request in return a minimum time commitment of one year of part-time volunteering with our organization.
Responsibilities
1. Main Responsibility: Ensure that Zidisha's financial transactions are recorded timely and accurately in QuickBooks.
·Work with our Accounting Manager to record all payments and receipts accurately and in their appropriate cost or expense categories in Zidisha's QuickBooks company file before the end of the following month.
·Complete month-end bank reconciliations for each bank account held by Zidisha before the end of the following month, including the source of any discrepancies between the balances calculated in QuickBooks and actual bank balances.
·Check that supporting documentation (contracts, invoices, receipts, bank statements etc.) as required under GAAP are filed in Zidisha's Shared Files.
2. Optional Additional Responsibility: Facilitate compliance with IRS reporting requirements for tax-exempt organizations.
·Help ensure that revenues and expenses are recorded and reported in accordance with IRS regulations.
·Assist to prepare annual IRS 990 form.
3. Optional Additional Responsibility: Facilitate annual audits of Zidisha's financial statements.
·Assist to provide information and documentation as requested by auditors.
·Assist to implement any audit recommendations.
Qualifications
·Passion for our mission of advancing economic opportunities for marginalized communities.
·High levels of personal integrity, honesty, and dependability.
·Exceptional logical ability, attention to detail, and ability to track complicated financial transactions across multiple currencies accurately.
·Desire for continuous education and skills acquisition aimed at assuming increasing responsibility over time.
-Experience using QuickBooks accounting software or willingness to learn.
-Minimum one year commitment to volunteering in this role.
