Revenue Accountant

The Social Good Fund is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to create and establish positive influences for individuals, communities, and the environment. Our goal is to sponsor projects that will help positively impact and develop local communities into healthier and happier places to live, work, and be.

We achieve this mission through the practice of efficient, effective, low-barrier, high-quality fiscal sponsorship. (Learn more about fiscal sponsorship.)

Beginning with one half-time employee in 2014 and zero revenue, Social Good Fund has now grown into a mature, full-service fiscal sponsorship organization with over 25 full-time core operations employees, over 600 sponsored project employees, and annual revenue of over $80M. We serve as fiscal sponsor to hundreds of nonprofit/charitable programs and projects across a wide diversity of program focus and content, throughout the US, Europe, and Africa.

Demand for our services continues to grow, as does the necessity for the organization to add capacity to meet the demand.

The Organization: Working at Social Good Fund

Though based in Richmond, CA, we are a 100% virtual office with all of our employees working from home/shared work spaces. Candidates located in the Pacific and Mountain time zones will be prioritized. Business hours are M - TH, 9a - 5p PST, with potential flexibility, depending on many factors. We are occasionally open on Fridays to make up for holidays that fall earlier in the week. In order to succeed in this role, you will need to have a space where you can work with a strong internet connection, and a comfort with, and preference for, working remotely. Although we are a remote organization, we try to meet annually with the internal SGF team at a location within the United States. Additional in-person meetings may take place as the need arises.

Our organizational approach applies both to how we practice fiscal sponsorship, and how we operate and work together to achieve our mission: It assumes best intentions and seeks to continuously act in good faith. We strive for efficiency in order to decrease barriers to realizing positive change in the world. We are a focused, friendly and helpful team, and we’re looking for an equally disposed person to join us. We have a strong sense of shared responsibility and we are looking for someone who appreciates and wants to contribute to this environment.

The Job: Revenue Accountant

The Revenue Accountant will be a key member of the Accounts Team and will enter revenue from donors into the accounting system in a timely manner. Care must be taken to verify the project the revenue is for. The Revenue accountant must enter the correct project, account, donor, etc. This position has a high-volume of donations / receipts to process and sometimes requires a high level of resourcefulness, communication, and follow up to identify the project the funds are intended for. This position is an exempt, full-time role and will report to the Revenue Manager. In order to be successful in this role, the candidate must have accounting experience, exceptional attention to detail, and a strong customer service approach towards our colleagues, donors, and fiscally-sponsored projects/project managers:

• Manage the process of getting revenue (mostly donations) into the accounting system. This entails verifying that the project, income account, donor name, etc. is identified, entered, and posted correctly. Revenue may come to the organization via check, credit card, ACH, wire or giving platforms such as FlipCause and Paypal Giving
• Prepare, review for accuracy, and post general ledger entries with a specific focus on online donation platforms
• Manipulate data in spreadsheets in order to create complex and lengthy journal entries to be uploaded in the Sage accounting system
• Respond in a timely manner to a high volume of email communications from our shared accounting inbox
• Communicate with internal teams, projects, and donors to verify revenue or troubleshoot issues
• Assist in the roll out of new revenue and online giving platforms
• Pull documentation for audit requests related to revenue
• Support with other various projects and/or tasks as assigned

Required Skills, Knowledge, Approach:

The best candidate for this position will have a minimum of two years of accounting experience (preferably accounts receivable) and be someone who can work independently as well as collaboratively with the team and a passion for doing good in the world. The best candidate will also have:

• An understanding of debits and credits of accounting with the ability to make journal entries to the general ledger
• Knowledge of fund accounting
• Experience in non-profit accounting
• Handle a large volume of work efficiently and with grace
• Strong Excel skills including: sums, filtering, sorting, and searching data
• Strong process orientation with an ability to assess and improve processes
• Must be able to clearly and effectively communicate both orally and in writing
• The ability to organize tasks with competing priorities
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office, Google Suite, and Slack
• Ability to quickly learn online and digital systems that are unfamiliar
• Maintain appropriate discretion regarding sensitive organizational information
• Work well with people from diverse backgrounds, including people with disabilities, vulnerable populations, and the international community
• Have consistent and reliable internet in a home/office
• Maintain a sense of humor in the face of challenging interactions and situations
• Accept, appreciate and support the diversity and differences of the individuals and groups we work with

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associates degree (in accounting or related field) plus 4 years of accounting experience or a bachelor's degree (in accounting or related field) plus 2 years of accounting experience
• Experience with nonprofit accounts receivable
• Experience with Sage accounting software
• Commitment to the nonprofit sector and charitable work
• Located in the Pacific or Mountain time zone