FULLY REMOTE} Fractional Senior Accountant Farm and Food Businesses

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FULLY REMOTE Fractional Senior Accountant for Farm and Food Businesses — Good Roots

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Good Roots is a national professional services firm dedicated to helping farm and food businesses build strong financial, management, and marketing foundations. We support entrepreneurs in creating sustainable, profitable enterprises that contribute to a more regenerative and resilient food system. We work with hundreds of farm and food businesses across the United States to help them build a new kind of food system – one that is healthier for people, better for the environment, socially responsible, and strengthens local communities.

After establishing our firm over the last 15 years we are seeking to further expand our ability to positively impact the agricultural and food systems. This means growing our team significantly. If you are looking for a career in professional services and want to work alongside an eclectic group of passionate farm and food enthusiasts, then please apply!

• Flexible scheduling, all work is remote
• Health, Vision & Dental
• 401k with company match
• Life Insurance
• Paid personal time off, observance of paid federal holidays, and paid winter break
• Time and expenses covered for professional development
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Monthly stipend for office expenses
• Bi-annual performance-based bonuses
• Employee ownership after 4,000 hours
• and more, apply to learn.

Remote, Full-Time. Provide fractional controller services to our farm and food business clients utilizing Good Roots' approach to managerial accounting.

Salary Range: $82,984 - $92,599 base salary + bonus

• 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.
• Fractional Controller Duties:
  • Perform monthly accounting reviews to check for bookkeeping accuracy.
  • Analyze monthly financial reports and hold regular accountability meetings with clients to help them interpret their numbers.
  • Develop and oversee financial controls and accounting processes to improve financial clarity and performance. This can include:
    • Preparation and presentation of detailed financial reports to business stakeholders
    • Set up and maintain 13-week rolling cash flow tool
    • Conducting weekly or monthly accountability meetings with clients.
    • Collaborate with clients to set financial management priorities.
  • Work with our clients’ bookkeepers on accounting system improvement projects such as accrual accounting practices, accounting workflows for sales/operations, inventory accounting, margin analysis, labor tracking, etc.
  • Educate and train clients on financial systems and business processes via virtual platforms.
  • Collaborate with our Business Consultants on projects to provide:
    • Bookkeeping support for consulting projects.
    • Advanced analyses of accounting-related subjects.
    • Development and implementation of complex accounting processes.
  • Bring accounting expertise to nonprofit clients, including:
    • Expense tracking by fund source/donor, program, and restrictions.
    • Grant tracking and reporting, including payroll allocations, program activities, and available fund balances.
    • Coaching nonprofit clients on managing budgets and grant funds.
    • Collaborating on grant writing regarding the financial implications of grant applications.

• Proven senior-level experience in accounting:
  Principles, theory, and application. Specific expertise in Quick Books Online.
  • Minimum of three years of Quick Books experience, QBO Pro Advisor…