Job Title: Staff Accountant, Global Greengrants Fund

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Location: Remote within the United States through a Hybrid work model preferred; strong preference for individuals in the Colorado area to ensure team continuity and collaboration with episodic in-person office days in Colorado as needed and prescribed by the organization.

Team: The Staff Accountant is a member of the Finance team and, in the present accountability structure, is line-managed by the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) while building and working in more collaborative ways.

About Global Greengrants Fund

Global Greengrants Fund (GGF) is a public charity registered in Boulder, Colorado, and London, UK, that supports grassroots activists and civil society organizations around the world working to address environmental and social justice in over 160 countries. GGF applies a participatory, decentralized model for making grants to grassroots groups through regional and thematic boards of advisors, global partner networks, and partner funds to support grassroots environmental and social justice action. Global Greengrants Fund believes solutions to environmental harm and social injustice come from people whose lives are most impacted. Every day, our global network of people on the frontlines and donors comes together to support communities to protect their ways of life and our planet. Because when local people have a say in the health of their food, water, and resources, they are forces for change.

GGF Transformative Journey: In 2026, Global Greengrants Fund is amid a strategic journey in which we collectively center our values, including diversity, equity, and inclusion, and organizational care in our work, and to rediscover our identity and potential after 30 years of work. We have experienced tremendous growth over the past two years, and we are thoughtfully, yet rapidly, growing our annual grantmaking, our philanthropic advocacy, and our global partnerships and collaborations to new levels. An important aspect of this journey has involved strengthening the organization’s capacity to absorb funds and expand our grantmaking, but also strengthening our strategic approaches, planning, financial sustainability, systems, and people and culture. We have also focused on creating a globally networked learning organization and transforming our organizational culture to be more collaborative and self-steering— we call this our transformative journey. The Staff Accountant needs to understand the challenges and opportunities that come with these transformations and be able to remain flexible, steady, and adaptable while inspiring the team through change processes.

Impact Areas: GGF employs a decentralised decision-making approach to our programmatic work, which is focused under three impact areas: Energy, Equity, and Earth. Our approach is led by a global network of regional and thematic Advisory Boards, Partner Funds, and Global Recommending partners comprising over 250 individual activists and expert advisors located in the countries we serve. This approach shifts decision- making to Global South partners through collective sharing of information, knowledge, and resources for learning, monitoring, and evaluating the impact of our collective work. To ensure we reach communities often overlooked or excluded by mainstream philanthropy, we employ a diversity of grantmaking and other resourcing approaches to strengthen the resilience and capabilities of organisations aligned to GGF’s programmatic priorities. This means that the work of narrative impact and influencing philanthropy is deeply tied to the framing of our impact areas and the work of our advisory network.

Summary of Position:

The Staff Accountant will support the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Accounting Manager in the daily finance operations and accounting functions by ensuring the completeness, timeliness, and accuracy of financial records and financial transactions; in particular expenditure related transactions. The Staff Accountant will be responsible for maintaining accurate financial records, performing comprehensive account reconciliations, and supporting the overall financial operations of the company. They will compile data for statements of financial position, financial activity, and other related financial reports. They will collaborate with other departments on various special projects as assigned that will relate to the optimization of the finance department and the broader organization’s business process flows.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare and implement journal entries and financial processes to ensure an accurate General Ledger in accordance with US GAAP through a timely month-end close, particularly for fiscally sponsored projects and, where directed by the CFO, in general.
• Reconcile revenue associated with fiscally sponsored projects.
• Manage accounts payable and wire transfers particularly for fiscally sponsored projects and, where directed by the CFO, in general.
• Process monthly expenses and reconciliations of; grants and non-grant making related expenses particularly for fiscally sponsored projects and, where directed by the CFO, in general.
• Support the management of the month-end closing process for the US entity and in support of the UK entity particularly for fiscally sponsored projects and, where directed by the CFO, in general.
• Reconcile the accounts payable subsidiary ledger to the general ledger during month-end, quarterly-end, and year-end close particularly for fiscally sponsored projects and, where directed by the CFO, in general. 
• Track, audit, and reconcile employee cash advances and vendor prepayments for all GGF activity.
• Process and clear intercompany transactions and intra-organizational transfers for all GGF related activity.
• Reconcile all expenses incurred by the GGF operating account that have been reimbursed to the appropriate fiscal sponsor bank account and logged appropriately within the financial management system.
• Maintain financial records on internal data storage systems (e.g., Financial Edge). 
• Reconcile, monthly, all credit card related expenses reflected in our ERP system with the appropriate bank statement(s) and financial management system. Ensure all fundamental accounting codes have been properly assigned (e.g., Fund Code, Account Code, Department Code, Strategic Area Code, Impact Area Codes, Donor Agreement Code).
• Reconcile bank statements particularly for fiscally sponsored projects and, where directed by the CFO, in general.
• Support the update and/or development and implementation of financial policies and procedures that will govern how the organization’s US and UK entities manage their internal and external financial controls.
• Support the Chief Financial Officer (US) and the Director of Finance and Operations (UK) in collaboration with GGF department heads to create the organization’s annual budgets and financial forecasts.
• Other duties as assigned by the CFO 

Position Specifications

Essential Values and Competencies

• Commitment to the guiding principles, mission, and values of the Global Greengrants Fund;
• Commitment to a value-based intersectional framework and its implications for organizational practices and principles of anti-oppression.
• Transparency and Accountability
• Critical thinking and analysis
• Strategic risk management
• Build strong Interpersonal relationships from the role - across both organizations (up, down and across and externally).
• Influencing & resolving differences across boundaries
• Self-awareness and insight
• Attention to Detail
• Professionalism
• Proactiveness

Essential Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Experience:

• Significant relevant experience in a similar role in non-profit environmental justice, development, feminist, gender, human rights organizations, and/or funding organizations.
• Strong financial management acumen; knowledge of accounting procedures and protocols, budgeting, and financial analysis
• Demonstrated experience with FASB and ASA nonprofit accounting standards.
• Strong knowledge and working experience with US GAAP.
• Working knowledge and professional experience with annual audits and the IRS 990 process. 
• Excellent organizational skills with extensive experience in project and program management; ability to develop, monitor, and evaluate an operational plan with multiple projects, multiple deliverables, and deadlines; ability to plan, organize, and lead the implementation of plans and processes.
• Meticulous with exceptionally strong follow-up and follow-through skills  
• Demonstrated capacity to think strategically, innovatively, and analytically, with expertise in complex problem-solving, decision-making, and critical thinking skills; displays good judgment.
• Excellent interpersonal understanding, relationship building, and interpersonal skills to build strong alliances with diverse constituencies.
• Experience working with diverse communities from multiple identities across the globe, in a virtual environment.
• Fluency in English; proficiency in other languages preferred.
• Strong expertise in the use of various software and a high level of computer literacy (MS Office Suite, Google Apps, instant messaging, and virtual team collaboration software such as Trello, Zoom, Slack Asana, Egnyte and Financial Edge, QuickBooks, or other financial management systems)
• Ability to travel within the US and the rest of the world (approx. 2 weeks per year). 

Desirable Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Experience

• Higher education degree with a strong preference in Accounting and a minimum in Finance
• Demonstrated experience in nonprofit and fund accounting management
• Sound competence in US GAAP and sufficient knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)  
• Ability to set up automated systems and processes to gain organizational efficiencies  
• Relevant lived experiences related to GGF’s work and community.

IMPORTANT - the posted salary range is specific to the US only - unless otherwise indicated. Shortlisted candidates who are invited to interviews that are not based in the US will be provided applicable salary ranges.