Staff Accountant

Closing date:

Location: Portland, OR or remote

Position Status: Full-time, Regular

Minimum Starting Salary: $46,000 DOE

About Mercy Corps

Mercy Corps is powered by the belief that a better world is possible. To do this, we know our teams do their best work when they are diverse and every team member feels that they belong. We welcome diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be stronger and have long term impact.

The Program / Department / Team

Mercy Corps alleviates poverty, suffering, and oppression and works to build secure, productive, and just communities in over 40 countries around the world. The Corporate Finance Department supports Mercy Corps globally by maintaining and providing accurate and timely financial information to Mercy Corps, our donors and regulators.

Position Summary

The Staff Accountant is primarily responsible for maintaining bank, receivable and investment ledgers in a timely manner and providing general ledger support to the Corporate Finance Department. The Staff Accountant will also ensure smooth daily transactions through problem solving and effective communication with both financial and nonfinancial audiences.

Essential Responsibilities

  • Maintain bank and account receivable balances.
  • Maintain investment account balances.
  • Prepare monthly reconciliations of non-operating and investment accounts.
  • Prepare monthly journal entries as required.
  • Prepare and post inter-departmental and related party journal entries.
  • Reconcile assigned general ledger accounts.
  • Partner with International Finance and Treasury to maintain donor accounts including coding receipts and adjustments to awards.
  • Respond to audit requests by preparing schedules and gathering source documents.
  • Provide backfill for data transfers from payroll and accounts payable sub-systems into the general ledger.
  • File and archive all non-vendor accounting records.
  • Maintain and update procedures specific to assigned duties.
  • Contribute ideas toward the strategic design of internal processes and systems.
  • Problem solve to ensure smooth daily transactions.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibility

None

Accountability

Reports Directly To: Assistant Controller

Works Directly With: All departments

Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders

Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.

Minimum Qualification & Transferable Skills

  • BA/BS in finance/accounting or equivalent experience
  • 1-3 years of experience in a finance related role
  • Knowledge of accounting systems and processes
  • Demonstrated capability working collaboratively with others
  • Effective written and verbal communication with financial and nonfinancial audiences
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritize tasks
  • Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Microsoft Office & Google Docs skill set is essential
  • Experience in multinational organizations, nonprofits experience is a plus

Success Factors

The successful applicant will have the ability to work Independently and employ effective time management skills, manage priorities, and work effectively with a wide variety of individuals Including international staff. Additionally, they will have strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and be able to communicate financial information in a succinct, organized manner. The most successful Mercy Corps team members have a positive approach, a strong commitment to teamwork and personal accountability, the ability to be flexible and maintain a sense of humor.

Living I Environmental Conditions

This position is out of our US Headquarters based in Portland and is remote as of December 2021.

Ongoing Learning

In support of our belief that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities we serve, we empower all team members to dedicate 5% of their time to learning activities that further their personal and/or professional growth and development

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Achieving our mission begins with how we build our team and work together. Through our commitment to enriching our organization with people of different origins, beliefs, backgrounds, and ways of thinking, we are better able to leverage the collective power of our teams and solve the world’s most complex challenges. We strive for a culture of trust and respect, where everyone contributes their perspectives and authentic selves, reaches their potential as individuals and teams, and collaborates to do the best work of their lives.

We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a journey, and we are committed to learning, listening and evolving to become more diverse, equitable and inclusive than we are today.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Mercy Corps is an equal opportunity employer that does not tolerate discrimination on any basis. We actively seek out diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills so that we can be collectively stronger and have sustained global impact.

We are committed to providing an environment of respect and psychological safety where equal employment opportunities are available to all. We do not engage in or tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability (including HIV/AIDS status), marital status, military veteran status or any other protected group in the locations where we work.

Safeguarding & Ethics

Mercy Corps is committed to ensuring that all individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC and have signed on to the Interagency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme**. We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our team members. As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to Mercy Corps Code of Conduct Policies and values at all times. Team members are required to complete mandatory Code of Conduct elearning courses upon hire and on an annual basis.

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