Bookkeeper - Part Time for Green Century Capital Management

Work for Progress

Job Description

Join the Green Century Team

Green Century Capital Management (Green Century) is the investment advisor of the Green Century Funds, one of the first families of responsible and diversified fossil fuel free mutual funds in the U.S.

For over 30 years, Green Century has been the standard bearer of environmentally responsible investing. Green Century uses a three-pronged approach to deliver impact while seeking competitive returns.

Green Century:
  • Invests in companies aligned with environmental values: Instead of investing in environmentally dangerous industries such as coal, oil, gas and tobacco, Green Century Funds avoids these companies so that clients can match their ethics to their investments
  • Leads an award-winning shareholder advocacy program: Our Green Century shareholder advocacy team directly presses global companies to improve their corporate sustainability practices.
  • Supports environmental and public health nonprofit organizations: Green Century is wholly owned by environmental and public health nonprofit organizations, and 100% of the profits we earn managing the Green Century Funds can be used to support their critical work.

Bookkeeper

Green Century is seeking a part-time bookkeeper to process and record financial transactions and maintain the books of the corporation. Representative responsibilities include preparing requisitions, recording payables, and preparing checks and quarterly financial statements. This position will report to Green Century’s Senior Advisor and its Senior Finance Manager.

Specific responsibilities of the position may include, but are not limited to:
  • Full responsibility for the Accounts Payable function, including:
    • Research and resolve questions on invoices
    • Prepare requisitions with documentation for approval
    • Record payables
    • Prepare checks and ACH payments for approval and signature
    • Record payments
    • Mail checks
    • Maintain paid bills files
  • Record receivables
  • Prepare bank deposits and record receipts
  • Record adjusting and other General Ledger entries
  • Reconcile bank and investment accounts

Initially, the bookkeeper will not have responsibility for payroll, payroll taxes or federal and state corporate taxes.

Qualifications
Candidates for this position should have at least two years of relevant professional experience.  Qualified candidates will be detail-oriented, organized, and good with numbers. We seek candidates with Microsoft Office (Excel and Word) and accounting program experience. 

The ideal candidate might also have:
  • Experience with Sage 50 accounting software
  • Strong spreadsheet skills
  • Self-starter comfortable working independently as well as interacting with other staff via email, Zoom and in person.
  • A passion for the mission of Green Century and the nonprofit sector 

Location:  Boston, MA

Compensation:  We are looking for a part-time employee to work between 20 and 25 hours a week. We are working in a hybrid office arrangement. Compensation for this position is set on a nonprofit scale and is commensurate with the relevant professional experience and/or education of the successful candidate. 

To Apply: Please send a cover letter and resume to Kristina Curtis, Senior Advisor, at kcurtis@greencentury.com. You can also visit: https://www.greencentury.com/bookkeeper-career to learn more. 

Green Century Capital Management is a part of The Public Interest Network. The Public Interest Network operates and supports organizations committed to a shared vision of a better world and a strategic approach to social change.Learn more here:  https://publicinterestnetwork.org/core-values/.

We take COVID-19 safety very seriously. Employees must follow our COVID safety protocols and be fully vaccinated and boosted. Accommodations are provided to the extent required by law.

Green Century Capital Management is an equal opportunity employer.