Accounting Manager

Mission:

Woodwell Climate Research Center (Woodwell Climate) conducts science for solutions at the nexus of climate, people, and nature. We partner with leaders and communities for just meaningful impact to address the climate crisis.  

Woodwell Climate Research Center (Woodwell Climate) is a rapidly growing, top-ranked, independent non-profit climate research institute whose mission is to advance science-based climate policies through scientific research and outreach. Our world-leading research and impact helps individuals, organizations, corporations, communities, and nations understand the realities of climate change, recognize the impact on our planet, and embrace the urgent action needed to safeguard the future of life on Earth.

The Account Manager will join Woodwell Climate’s growing finance team, and play a crucial role in maintaining the financial integrity of the organization by overseeing balance sheet reconciliations, with a primary focus on cash, investments, bonds. The Accounting Manager will be responsible for entering and reconciling general journal entries and work closely with the staff accountant and be responsible for cash receipts and accounts payable. This position reports directly to the Controller.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Lead the reconciliation process for various balance sheet accounts, ensuring accuracy and completeness
• Focus on reconciling cash, investments, bonds, and enter/reconcile general journal entries
• Collaborate with the senior accountant to streamline cash receipts and accounts payable processes.
• Provide support and guidance to ensure timely and accurate recording of financial transactions
• Assist in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements for financial reporting
• Generate financial reports for management review, ensuring compliance with accounting principles and organizational policies
• Implement and monitor internal controls to safeguard financial assets and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
• Implements accounting policies and procedures that adhere to governmental financial and tax regulations and comply with GAAP and IFRS standards
• Support the annual audit process by providing necessary documentation and addressing auditor inquiries
• Collaborate with the Controller to implement audit recommendations and improvements, assist in annual audits of the indirect federal and fringe benefit rate
• Open to mentoring accounting professionals and or support staff

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Proven experience as an Accounting Manager or in a similar role
• Hands on experience managing multiple accounting functions and operations such as general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, revenue, asset, cost, and tax accounting
• Thorough understanding of nonprofit accounting principles and financial reporting
• Familiarity with indirect rate allocation
• Solid working knowledge of GAAP Standards 
• Background overseeing monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting close processes and reporting
• Evaluates accounting processes and systems and implements optimizations
• Detailed -oriented, excellent communications skills, written, verbal and interpersonal
• Expertise with Microsoft Excel and accounting software (Sage Intact preferred)
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and/or Google Workspace
• Thorough understanding of nonprofit accounting principles and financial reporting
• Excellent organizational and analytical skills with keen attention to detail

Qualifications:

• 4 years of relevant professional experience

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)credentials

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Physical Requirements:

In the office:

• Ability to tolerate sustained periods of walking, standing, sitting

• Ability to lift 25 pounds

• Ability to communicate

• Ability to kneel, bend, and carry items

• Ability to use phone and computers

• Repetitive movements

• Air, train, vehicle travel to attend meetings/event

Application review will ongoing

Desired Start Date: April 22, 2024 

Classification and Compensation: This is a full-time, salaried, exempt position, the annual salary range starting at $90,000 dependent on qualifications/experience. Woodwell offers a generous benefits package and work life balance.

Location: Falmouth, Massachusetts, onsite preferred

Application Instructions: To apply, please send your cover letter addressing your experience and qualifications in relation to the responsibilities of this position, curriculum vitae, and contact information for three references as a single PDF to our career’s portal.

Please visit Woodwell's website to learn more about Woodwell’s work.

Located on a 10-acre campus near the village of Woods Hole, the Woodwell Climate Research Center (Woodwell Climate) is a private, non-profit research center. Woodwell is a leading source of climate science that drives the urgent action needed to solve climate change. Woodwell has 100 staff members and is excited to welcome new employees to this work. 

Woodwell is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental, or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Woodwell is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Woodwell

WE NEED ALL VOICES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change is the greatest challenge of our lifetimes. Woodwell Climate Research Center (Woodwell) understands that the climate crisis—from causes to consequences—is inextricably linked with persistent social injustice. Effectively addressing either requires addressing both. The climate crisis demands that we bring to bear all of the knowledge, expertise, innovation, and creativity that we can collectively muster, and those who have been marginalized and disproportionately impacted must be heard.

The work Woodwell does—the questions we ask, the ways we seek answers, and the strategies we put forward—is stronger when shaped by a diversity of knowledge, perspectives, and experiences. We strive to welcome, respect, and amplify differing voices. We value individuals as they are, with all their differences in race, age, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, language, and mental and physical abilities.

Woodwell acknowledges that our organization, and the scientific community more broadly, have a long way to go in living up to these ideals. We approach the work of improving our organization with the same ambition and commitment to systemic change that we bring to addressing climate change.

We will inevitably make mistakes, but we will continue to listen, learn, and do this critical work. We understand that this work requires an ongoing commitment from each and every one of us. We are actively engaged in building and sustaining an equitable and inclusive culture within our organization, and in fostering greater diversity in climate science.