{FULLY REMOTE} Accounting Consultant for Farm and Food Businesses

About the role

Remote, Full-Time. This role is part of the Good Roots Accounting Services team and reports directly to the Director of Accounting. This role is focused on providing customized managerial bookkeeping services to our clients within the context of on-going bookkeeping services or as incorporated into projects with other team members providing business consulting expertise. This is a challenging role working with concurrent projects utilizing complex business models in the farming and food system. 

*Limited travel required (2-4 times/year) to attend in-person All Team Gathering, client in-person visits and/or conferences.

Join us and play a pivotal role in improving our clients' financial clarity and performance while contributing to the growth and success of our team.

Salary Range: $65,373 - $72,160 base salary + bonus

What you'll do

• First 30 Days:
• • Integrate with the team, understand Good Roots’ managerial accounting approach and values.
  • Shadow on live projects to get your feet wet and begin to take on existing client projects where appropriate.
  • Weekly trainings with your direct manager will help to orient you quickly.
• Days 31 to 60:
• • Dive deeper into more complex client facing work
  • Continue learning about our other core services by shadowing projects outside of accounting
  • Establish health project management habits
• Days 61 to 90:
• • Be capable of taking on the role of project lead in addition to support roles, learn how we approach business development and scoping projects.
• Accounting Consultant Duties:
• • Create financial foundations for clients to stand on using Good Roots existing financial management structure and approach. Also includes reorganizing clients’ existing chart of accounts to fit Good Roots established COA standards.
  • Develop and perform bookkeeping processes for clients, including entering in daily or weekly transactions, monthly reconciliations of bank, credit card, and loan accounts, recording sales, monitoring accounts receivable, processing accounts payable, running payroll, posting journal entries for certain accounting adjustments, and forensic cleanup, conversions from other platforms, and troubleshooting, as needed.
  • Develop client-facing simplified SOPs for any of the above (including any of the regular ongoing bookkeeping tasks)
  • Develop and execute monthly financial reporting packages and virtual client meetings to review them.
  • Virtually teach and train clients through effective communication on business processes; including processes for QBO and related platforms (i.e Ramp, Shopify, Square) and specialized accounting workflows.
  • Validate clients’ complete understanding of their financial systems by effective follow-through.
  • Assist Good Roots Business Consultants with advanced analyses of accounting-related subjects, development and implementation of complex accounting processes, curating relevant client-facing tools and resources, and other such collaborations.
  • Contribute to the creation of proposals and scopes of work for new projects
  • Collaborate with the rest of the Accounting Services team to periodically refine and elevate the approach and methods for executing accounting services that stay relevant and competitive with changing technology and standards. 

Who you are

• 3 - 6 years of experience in accounting: Principles, theory, and application. Specific expertise in QuickBooks Online.
• • 3+ years of QuickBooks experience, QBO ProAdvisor certification preferred (required post-hire).
• Tech Savvy: Highly proficient in Google Suite, Microsoft Office, Zoom, Slack, and project management software. Previous remote work experience.
• Process Improvement: Strong ability to learn from, follow, and develop written procedures for internal work and as resources for clients.
• Analytical: Fearlessly determined to dig into clients’ books, determine the appropriate courses of action in collaboration with team members, and educate clients on better processes appropriate for their level of understanding. 
• Project Management: Capable of efficiently and decisively managing a multitude of tasks; highly self-directed.
• Emotionally Intelligent: Exemplary skills related to self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.

Preferred Experience

• Located in EST or CST
• Experience in the farming and agriculture industry.
• Strong communication skills and attention to detail.
• Firm understanding of GAAP.
• Balancing work with multiple clients at once.

Good Roots has an internal pay structure based on role, skills and experience to provide for equity amongst all employees. We do not negotiate salaries outside what is listed. There is opportunity for increases to pay based on merit and/or career advancement through promotion.