Our victories happen not by chance, but because we have dedicated people working on our team. Our staff work together to create a greener, more just world. Green America has been named a top 10 green employer by Flexjobs. We have a positive and collaborative office culture, great benefits, and are an equal opportunity employer.
Diversity Hiring Statement
Green America is committed to the principle of equal opportunity. We seek and value diversity and inclusion in our workplace.
All job descriptions and all postings of open positions at Green America should include the following statement of diversity:
Green America is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination regarding: actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions, breastfeeding, or reproductive health disorders), age (18 years of age or older), marital status (including domestic partnership and parenthood), personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, genetic information, disability, matriculation, political affiliation, citizenship status, credit information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Harassment on the basis of a protected characteristic is included as a form of discrimination and is strictly prohibited.
Green America is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment.
The Organization will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. If you need assistance to perform your job duties because of a physical or mental condition, please let the HR Director know.
The Organization will endeavor to accommodate the sincere religious beliefs of its employees to the extent such accommodation does not pose an undue hardship on the Organization's operations. If you wish to request such an accommodation, please speak to the HR Director.
Available Positions
Executive Team
Senior Bookkeeper/Accountant
Hours: 32 hours/week, Monday through Thursday
Salary: $44,000 - $48,000, contingent on experience
Benefits: Excellent benefits package, including health insurance, dental & vision coverage, sick days, holidays, and vacation
Supervisor: Director of Finance
Organizational Background
Green America is a national non-profit organization that mobilizes consumers, investors, and businesses to use their economic power to create an environmentally sustainable and socially just economy. We create change in the world with three strategic hubs: 1) Our Consumer Education & Action campaigns create consumer demand that sends signals to the market calling for change, 2) Our Green Business Network is proving that green innovation is not only good for people and our planet, it is also profitable and sustainable, and 3). Our Center for Sustainability Solutions brings together diverse stakeholders along entire supply chains to solve complex sustainability problems that no single business, organization, or leader can solve alone.
We organize our national network of 250,000+ consumer activists, 2,000 Green Business Network members, and our growing list of corporate and supply chain partners around four core issue areas: 1) Safe Food & Sustainable Agriculture, 2) Clean Energy & Climate Action, 3) Fair Labor & Social Justice, and 4) Responsible Finance & Better Banking.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Accounts Payable
- Process vendor invoices, employee travel reimbursements and other check requests and make payments via check and ACH.
- Insure that there are funds in the appropriate bank account to cover all required vendor payments
- Maintain the vendor file in Intacct including the Tax ID information (W9 or W8) and 1099 status for all vendors.
- Prepare and issue Form 1099 to all appropriate vendors.
- Reconcile the General Ledger Accounts Payable balance with the Accounts Payable sub ledger and Vendor Aging report.
- Maintain AP related forms and update as needed due to changes in the chart of accounts or department codes.
- Review monthly bank reconciliations, verify that checks clear in a reasonable time frame and perform research as needed.
Payroll
- Enter employee information into the payroll system and process payroll on the scheduled dates.
- Review payroll reports and pay checks/stubs to verify that the payroll was processed accurately.
- Prepare journal entries to record all payroll related activity.
- Setup, process and monitor all payments to payroll related vendors (Metro, retirement, etc.) and tax agencies in a timely and accurate manner.
- Insure that there are funds in the appropriate bank account to cover all required payroll and related payments.
- Reconcile all relevant GL account balances with payroll and related reports. Insure that all balance sheet and expense accounts match the payroll reports and create subsidiary Excel schedules when needed.
Revenue Journal Entries
- Obtain the necessary transaction source for all revenue related entries (cash based) and make the required journal entries into the accounting system.
Cash Management
- Monitor cash accounts and request transfers between accounts as needed so that payroll, accounts payable and other payments, including checks, ACH and wire transfers are fully funded.
- Prepare any intra-GA cash transfer entries and record in Intacct.
- Assist in the preparation of the monthly bank reconciliations, as needed.
Miscellaneous
- Work with Green America’s external auditors on the annual audit and tax return.
- Ability to work with and maintain confidential and sensitive information.
List of software this position will utilize:
- Intacct Accounting Software
- Paychex
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Online banking
- PayPal
- ACH via vendor sites
- Metro
- Retirement plan vendor
You will be a good fit for this position if:
- You’re well versed in financial concepts.
- You are meticulous as it relates to accuracy, detail and organization, and can work independently as needed in a high-volume environment.
- You recognize that an accounting and finance function in any organization has a responsibility to support other departments so that they can get their work done more efficiently.
- You have a solid understanding of accounting software, online banking, payroll software, and the Microsoft Office suite of software, and how to best use those tools to get the job done.
Qualified Candidates should have:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Minimum of 3-5 years work experience in each of the job duties listed
- Outstanding references
Hours of Work:
- 9:00 to 5:00, Monday through Thursday, and some evenings and weekends as needed. No telecommuting.
How to Apply:
Send cover letter and resume to hract@greenamerica.org.
No phone calls, please.
Green America is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination regarding: age, class and economic circumstance, ability/disability, physical appearance and body size, race, ethnicity, country of origin or nationality, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation and identity.
Green America values diversity within our staff, fellows, and interns. We believe the diversity of experiences, ideas, individuals, and organizations in our community and the sector makes us stronger. To create a more just and engaged world, we must embrace and celebrate diversity, practice inclusion, and exercise our role as a champion of equity.
Green Business Program
Green America's Green Business Network® Intern
- Compensation: $65 travel stipend per week
- Supervisor: Scott Kitson, Membership & Marketing Manager
- Dates: Year-round, 12 weeks, with possibility for extension
- Hours: 20 hours/week (Monday – Thursday)
Green America's Green Business Network® is the first, largest, and most diverse network of socially and environmentally responsible businesses in the country. This internship works with some of the most cutting-edge, social enterprise businesses in the county. Comprised of 3,000 businesses, the Green Business Network is home to both rising social and eco enterprises and the most established green businesses around. We provide the tools, the information, and the consumer base to help businesses thrive in today's competitive green marketplace.
Responsibilities for the Green Business Network Intern may include:
- Researching and writing blog posts about emerging issues related to green businesses and social entrepreneurship.
- Assisting with production of print and online materials, such as newsletters, social media posts, website updates, and membership renewal invoices.
- Database maintenance, including updating addresses and other membership information.
- Outreach to prospective members.
- Participating in and note-taking for Green Business Network department meetings.
In addition, this internship provides an inside look at how a nonprofit, green business association operates.
Qualifications:
- Available at least 20 hours a week in Downtown Washington, DC office.
- Strong eye for effective and eye-catching design.
- Detail oriented and effective problem-solver.
- Self-starter and willing to speak up and make recommendations to improve processes.
- Comfortable with multiple tasks and competing deadlines; ability to prioritize.
- Proficiency in Microsoft programs (Word, Excel, SharePoint, Outlook).
- Experience with content management systems (preferred, but not required).
- Experience with HTML/CSS (preferred, but not required).
Visit our website to learn more about the Green Business Network.
HOW TO APPLY:
If interested please send cover letter and resume to Scott Kitson at businessintern@greenamerica.org. No calls please.
Green America is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination regarding: actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions, breastfeeding, or reproductive health disorders), age (18 years of age or older), marital status (including domestic partnership and parenthood), personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, genetic information, disability, matriculation, political affiliation, or credit information. Harassment on the basis of a protected characteristic is included as a form of discrimination.
Green America Center for Sustainability Solutions
Hours: Full-time (4-days, 32 hours/week)
Salary: $65,000 - $68,000, commensurate with experience, Grant Track Position
Benefits: medical, dental, sick days, holidays
Supervisor: Director, Green America Center for Sustainability Solutions
Deadline: October 23, 2018
Green America is a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a just and sustainable society by harnessing economic power for positive change. Our unique approach involves working with consumers, investors and businesses. Our workplace reflects our goal of creating a more cooperative, environmentally sound economy. We have a participatory decision-making process, which aims to build consensus within the departments and teams.
The Clean Electronic Production Network (CEPN) is a multi-stakeholder, cross-industry collaboration (Innovation Network) that launched in 2015. The goal of the network is to move the electronics industry towards zero exposure to toxic chemicals in the manufacturing process.
CEP is an Innovation Network of the Center for Sustainability Solutions, which brings all of Green America’s green economy supply-side work into a powerful new flagship program for Green America. The Center convenes multi-stakeholder initiatives dedicated to accelerating the shift to environmental sustainability and social justice, while eliminating environmental and human abuses in key areas such as energy, agriculture and manufacturing.
The Center builds on Green America’s work over the years, where we’ve brought together industry groups across supply chains to create major shifts in such areas as solar, community investing, recycled paper procurement, and sustainable agriculture.
The Director of CEPN will provide strategic direction, lead stakeholder engagement, and oversee the facilitation, coordination, and program management of the network and work of participants toward the Network goal(s). The Director will also oversee the work of a Program Manager who is responsible for coordinating meeting logistics and providing project management support.
The position involves travel for Innovation Network meetings and key stakeholder briefings. The position would preferably be based Washington, DC at the Green America offices (with a work-from-home allowance for up to 8 hours a week as determined by supervisor).
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Continue developing new strategies to move the project forward as opportunities evolve.
- Lead the effort to successfully support the CEPN, including but not limited to development of strategy, securing funding and project commitment from participants.
- Lead new participant and member engagement, including conducting interviews with potential participants. Work closely with team to ensure that network members are effectively and efficiently engaged. Identify new participants and guide/support process for outreach and engagement in network projects.
- Build and lead the Design Team meetings and strategy discussions and Co-facilitate working group meetings.
- Serve as the point person responsible for producing key project deliverables in a timely manner, including meeting reports, special research projects and other outputs.
- Lead the effort to successfully launch, maintain, and evaluate specific initiatives within IN. Develop and implement strategy for advancing the work of the initiative groups with support from Green America and design teams.
- Hire and oversee the work of project staff and contract researchers and facilitators as needed.
- Lead program budgeting and revenue generation ensure we meet the project’s financial goals. Manage Participant engagement and recruitment for participant fees and coordinate with the Center Development Director to secure foundation grants and special project funding from private entities.
- Produce communications materials for variety of audiences.
- Ensure knowledge gained is converted into “knowledge capital” for Green America, including how to successfully launch new working groups and manage existing Network activities and shift markets toward sustainability. Support strategy, planning and operational needs of the Center for Sustainability Solutions.
- Liaise with Green America’s Programs Team, participating in Green America staff meetings, and planning processes.
Qualified Candidates should have the following skills and qualities:
- Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to developed trusting relationships with senior executives and high-level leaders across the electronics sector.
- The ability to understand and converse competently about complex supply chain issues with a broad range of stakeholders, and to provide useful frameworks for analysis and action on key supply chain issues.
- Strong strategic planning, leadership skills and project management skills, with 5+ years of senior management experience and experience managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Proven experience with fundraising.
- Proven management skills, including strategy and operations.
- Negotiating experience and the ability to move groups both quickly and collaboratively on key priorities.
- A strong knowledge of the electronics industry manufacturing and supply chain.
- Bachelor’s degree required, Master’s degree preferred
Ideal candidates will also have the following skills and qualities:
- Strong research and writing skills.
- Strong speaking skills
- A compelling combination of confidence and humility that fosters confidence among the Center’s various stakeholders.
- Ability to rapidly develop new strategies and ideas in a quickly changing environment.
- Advanced collaborative leadership skills including advanced facilitation, ability to hold the center for divergent views, and the ability to manage polarities.
Green America is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination regarding: actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions, breastfeeding, or reproductive health disorders), age (18 years of age or older), marital status (including domestic partnership and parenthood), personal appearance, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, genetic information, disability, matriculation, political affiliation, or credit information. Harassment on the basis of a protected characteristic is included as a form of discrimination.
How to Apply:
Send cover letter and resume to centerjobs@greenamerica.org or to Green America, 1612 K Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20006
No calls, please.
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