Staff Accountant / Bookkeeper

What's Awesome About Our Client?

• A shorter week, about 30 hours. Their standard schedule ends at 12:30 on Fridays, with every other Friday off in the summer.
• You'd own the books and have a real say in how they're run.
• A CFO who doesn't micromanage, wants your ideas, and will teach you nonprofit accounting if it's new to you.
• A modern setup: QuickBooks Online, Ramp and outsourced payroll, with transactions matched close to real time.
• Probably one interview with the CFO, and no board sign-off.

Why This Job

We've partnered with a mission-driven nonprofit in Belgrade. They're a small team that's growing in 2027, and this is their second finance hire. You'd report straight to the CFO.

The CFO was their first finance hire. He built their policies and procedures and got them through their first full audit. Now he's spending more of his time on long-term planning with leadership, so he needs someone to take over the day-to-day books. He also wants to hear from you when you see a better way to do something.

You don't need nonprofit experience. He didn't have any when he started there, and he'll coach you on it. If you're more senior, he's open to that too.

If you want to own a set of books and have a say in how they're run, reach out.

What You'll Do

• Code and match bank and credit card transactions, with the receipts behind them.
• Handle payables from the time a bill comes in until it's paid.
• Close the month and own the bank and credit card reconciliations.
• Take over payroll journal entries and reconciliations once payroll moves to the CFO, expected in 2027.
• Work with the CFO on the annual audit and pull together what the auditors need.
• Record in-kind donations correctly, with support for each one.
• Spot what looks off and suggest the fix.
• Find better ways to use QuickBooks.

What You Bring

• About 3 to 5 years of hands-on bookkeeping or accounting. More senior is welcome.
• Experience coding transactions, running AP and doing reconciliations.
• An associate's or bachelor's in accounting, or bookkeeping training, is preferred, but experience can make up for it.
• QuickBooks Online or something similar.
• Payroll experience is a major plus. Fund accounting and Ramp are pluses too.
• You like owning the monthly cycle, keep it moving on your own, and work well with every part of the organization.
• You handle payroll and donor information with discretion.
• You live close enough to Belgrade to be in the office at least 1 day a week.

Where and How Much

• Location: Belgrade, MT. In the office while you learn their systems, then 1 or 2 days a week in the office, going down to 1. That can change around year-end and audit prep.
• Pay: $65K to $80K, plus a bonus that has historically run 10% to 20%.
• Schedule: About 30 hours a week. Their standard schedule is Monday to Thursday 8:30 to 4, Friday 8:30 to 12:30.
• Time off: 12 days of PTO in years 1 and 2, growing to 15 and then 17, plus 7 paid sick days.
• Benefits at 30 hours a week or more:
  • Health insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana, plus dental and vision, with half the premium paid
  • SIMPLE IRA now, moving to a 401(k) with a match of up to 4% in 2027
  • Optional supplemental plans through payroll