Stand for Children Looking for Accounting Assistant at Portland, OR Full Time

Your role stands at the intersection of accounting and the fight to change the odds for historically underserved children and families. As a key member of Stand’s Finance team at a moment of tremendous need and opportunity, you will deepen our impact by bringing a keen eye for detail and ensuring that the accounting process runs smoothly, and staff, contractor, and vendor requests are processed in an accurate, timely, and efficient manner. Through your dedication and passionate approach to the role, you get the opportunity to work with colleagues who not only care deeply about justice and equity but who are bold and strategic and take responsibility for achieving substantial progress toward our mission every year.

Reports to Senior Accounting Manager, hybrid – Thursdays in office.

THE ORGANIZATION

Stand for Children is a unique catalyst for education equity and racial justice, to create a brighter future for us all.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitoring the admin mailbox, and provide timely and accurate responses to staff and vendor requests.
• Processing accounts payable bills.
• Reviewing all transactions for the proper approvals, contracts, and coding.
• Printing and mailing checks, processing ACH payments and wires.
• Preparing monthly uploads for recurring transactions.
• Making corrections and updates to transaction coding.
• Providing support for staff regarding expense reports and timesheets.
• Providing support to other Finance functions as needed.
• Participating, along with the Finance team, in the annual audit.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Passionate commitment to Stand for Children’s mission.
• 1 – 2 years of experience processing accounting transactions.
• Strong PC skills, including experience with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel.
• Ability to work in the Portland office on Thursday every week.
• Outstanding attention to detail and strong organizational, analytical, and prioritizing skills.
• Ability to handle sensitive and highly confidential matters professionally.
• Exceptional, proactive customer-service orientation.
• Ability to be flexible and juggle multiple priorities in a fast-paced work environment.
• Strong work ethic and team player orientation.
• Effective interpersonal (verbal and written) communication skills.
• Strong desire to contribute to overall success and results of office and national organization.

STARTING SALARY RANGE: $44,096-$55,120 commensurate with experience. Generous benefits.

Stand for Children consists of two separate entities. Stand for Children, Inc., a grassroots membership organization is exempt under section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, and Stand for Children Leadership Center, a leadership development organization is exempt under section 501(c)(3)

Stand for Children and Stand for Children Leadership Center provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression or marital status. We are committed to a diverse and culturally inclusive workplace in which our differences broaden our awareness, enrich our daily experiences and contribute to our collective strength. We predominantly partner with low-income communities of color. Therefore, though race and other legally protected characteristics are never used to make final hiring decisions, we place a particular focus on recruiting staff members who share the backgrounds of the communities we serve.

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