Accounting Associate

About RESOLVE RESOLVE is a vibrant, growing, international non‑profit organization with affiliated for‑profit social enterprise subsidiaries and several fiscal sponsor ships.

At RESOLVE, we forge sustainable solutions to critical social, health, and environmental challenges by creating innovative partnerships where they are least likely and most needed. We are a team of collaborative leaders, mediators, policy experts, strategists, scientists, and facilitators. We bring a unique combination of expertise to our work: mediation and process design; solutions‑focused strategies and programs; and a capacity to create and launch self‑sustaining social enterprises.

As a nonpartisan, nongovernmental organization (NGO), we work across sectors, borders, and political lines to engage with business, government, foundation, NGO, and community leaders. Our projects focus on healthy communities, conservation, and sustainable resources.

Our headquarters are in Washington, D.C., with staff and partners across North America, Africa, and Europe. We work on local, regional, national, and global projects.

Position Summary The Accounting Associate is an essential role in RESOLVE’s Washington, DC office and across the family of RESOLVE organizations and enterprises. In our small, growing, international organization, the Accounting Associate supports the Controller with day‑to‑day accounting activities and will play an important role in bringing key accounting functions in‑house from external consultants. This role is responsible for processing transactions, preparing account reconciliations, and supporting the monthly close across multiple entities.

This is a hands‑on position for someone with strong accounting fundamentals who is comfortable working in the general ledger and contributing to a full month‑end close.

An interest in RESOLVE’s programs and services will enable this person to thrive in the role and bring value to our mission‑focused work.

Reporting Relationships Reports to:
Controller, while providing support to Senior Manager, FP&A.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Process accounts payable, including vendor setup, invoice entry, and coordination of payment processing; ensuring Accounts Payable moves through the internal review process in Net
  30.
• Prepare customer invoices and assist with accounts receivable follow‑up. Invoice preparation may include pulling reports from our accounting system, pulling receipts, preparing Excel reports, etc.
• Maintain accurate and up‑to‑date accounting records.
• Prepare monthly reconciliations for key balance sheet accounts, including:
  • Cash and bank accounts
  • Credit cards and other cash‑related accounts
  • Accounts receivable and related schedules
  • Prepaid expenses and accruals
  • Fixed assets and depreciation schedules
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items.
• Support the month‑end close process, including preparation of schedules and documentation.
• Set up new project codes in the accounting system.
• Assist with expense reporting and credit card reconciliation processes.
• Deposit checks via remote deposit.
• Support the allocation of expenses to proper programs and projects, and to RESOLVE’s related entities.
• Support tax, payroll and other state and federal filings.
• Assist with audit preparation and documentation.
• Assist with annual 1099 preparation and filings.
• Manage the finance calendar and flag to related parties upcoming deadlines.
• Utilize and create effective task tracking and management systems, to ensure that tasks are carried through to successful completion.
• Provide support to the Senior Manager, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A), in preparation of funder reports and quarterly forecasts/annual budgets, using actuals data.

• Monitor the Finance…