Staff Accountant
ioby seeks a part-time (20 hours per week) Staff Accountant to join our team. This role reports to the Sr. Management Team and plays a critical role in getting timely funding into the hands of community leaders. Responsibilities include managing all project disbursements and project fund reconciliations, general accounts payable, and data entry. This is a fully remote role.
Women, people of color, and LGBTQ people are always strongly encouraged to apply.
About ioby
ioby (In Our Backyards), founded in 2008, is a civic tech nonprofit that mobilizes neighbors who have good ideas to become powerful civic leaders who plan, fund, and make positive change in their own neighborhoods. ioby was recognized by the Obama Foundation for contributions to civic innovation, was awarded the Jane Jacobs Medal by the Rockefeller Foundation, and an American Civic Collaboration Award for increasing civic participation.
ioby is a national non-profit crowdfunding platform that mobilizes neighbors across the country to become powerful leaders who plan, fund and make positive change in their neighborhoods. We are creating a future in which our neighborhoods are shaped by the powerful good ideas of our own neighbors.
As a tech nonprofit, ioby has a fast-paced environment that constantly evolves to the next level of improved service to ioby Leaders (iL’s). Our team is distributed across the country so we use a variety of online tools for project management and communication. As an organization with anti-racist ideals, ioby primarily collaborates with BIPOC community leaders who experience funding discrimination. Learn more: https://ioby.org/equity
For the right candidate, this is an exciting opportunity to be part of a mission-driven, community-based organization that is contributing to a national movement for resident-led community development. For more information, visit ioby.org/about
The primary activities of this role are to be responsive to the ioby Leader and Finance Team by:
Facilitating all disbursements to ioby Leaders, reconciliation of all project donations and disbursements
Creating grant agreements with ioby Leaders
Supporting the Senior Management Team during the annual audit by providing detail and support as requested
Processing and recording all manual donations
Troubleshooting any donor transaction issues or questions
Processing accounts payable for the organization
This is a part-time, hourly position at 20 hours per week. In New York or San Francisco the hourly pay range is $30-$35. For candidates in other areas, the salary is adjusted for cost of living. Please note that this position must accommodate east coast hours regardless of location.
Hiring Timeline:
Job Posting Open: 2/27/2024
Job Posting Closed: 3/12/2024
Phone Screens: 3/13-3/18/2022
Final Interviews: 3/18-3/22/2022
Anticipated Start Date: April 2024
ioby is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. ioby’s organizational policies, practices, programs, activities, and decisions regarding employment, hiring, assignment, promotion, compensation, volunteerism, internships, and other terms and conditions of employment or voluntary service shall not be based on a person’s race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, mental or physical disability, ancestry, military discharge status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, source of income, parental status, housing status, or other protected status, in accordance with applicable law.
Requirements
Candidates for this position must have the following characteristics:
Attentive to detail
Responsive in communication, quick to action
Experience working with a diverse group of people online including people who may not be very comfortable using online tools and those with a lot of comfort using online tools
Experience using a variety of software programs
Flexible, high performing despite interruptions or changes
Excellent in time management
Comfort working on a distributed team
Demonstrated use of good judgment
Demonstrated experience using discretion in past roles
Desire to work at a multiracial organization in the midst of a long-term process of creating a Racial Equity and Inclusion Framework
Excellent customer service approach
Believes in ioby’s mission and the power of resident-led action in making change
Committed to racial justice and equity
Extraordinary candidates for this job will have the following nice to have characteristics:
Experience working on a distributed team
Experience with Salesforce
Experience working at an antiracist organization
Experience working within the legal + financial obligations of a 501c3 nonprofit
Experience working with a nonprofit fiscal sponsor
Ability to perform basic account reconciliations
Experience with accounting or bookkeeping
Excellent at math and Excel
Experience managing up
Excellent written and verbal communication
Benefits
The position does not include benefits.