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FULL-TIME STAFF ACCOUNTANT (ENTRY-LEVEL, ON-SITE)
Posted April 20, 2022
About the Council for a Livable World and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation:
The Council for a Livable World (CLW) is a non-partisan 501(c)4 non-profit organization that promotes policies to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons. CLW advocates for a more principled approach to U.S. national security and foreign policy and seeks to increase peace and security and to reduce the threat of war and nuclear weapons by representing our members in Washington D.C. and endorsing congressional candidates who support our goals. CLW’s work is complemented by its “sister” organization The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (CACNP).
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (CACNP), a 501(c)3 non-profit education, research and policy analysis organization, that has its own network of nuclear and defense experts. The Center produces research, reports, op-eds, factsheets and briefings to inform and enhance the policy discourse in Washington D.C., across the United States, and internationally. Its mission, too, is to reduce the risk of war and halt and eventually eliminate the spread of nuclear weapons.
General Statement of Duties:
The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and the Council for a Livable World seek a full-time Staff Accountant to support the Controller’s work efforts in general. There is a need for such accountant to work immediately with Council’s endorsed-candidate conduits (‘bundling’ is the industry term) and with payroll matters including those involved for states outside of the D.C. area regarding employee withholding and unemployment taxes, and any other state requirements that may be involved once any such payroll tax accounts are established.
Eventually it is anticipated that the position trajectory will expand from the Staff Accountant’s management of the bundling process and some payroll functions into learning and being responsible for assisting the Controller with the full scope of the accounting cycle at the organizations.
This position will require data entry for donations, and processing of credit-card donations, as well as updating the organizations’ donor databases for address and other changes. From time to time, as presently, the organizations may employ a part time staff member to assist in these functions during which time the staff accountant will be responsible for working with and supervising such efforts.
Supervision Received: Direct Supervision: Controller; Ultimate Supervision: Executive Director
Salary rate at Commencement: $45,000 annually
Benefits: Health insurance, which includes 100% employer-paid options for all employees alongside options for plans requiring payroll deductions; group life and long-term/short-term disability insurance, 100% employer paid; group dental and vision insurance, 100% employer paid; voluntary participation in 401k after one year of employment, with partial employer matching funds. All benefits subject to change at employer’s direction pursuant to employment guidelines.
Supervision Exercised: Initially none, but eventually the possible oversight of a staff assistant, if any, doing data entry for donations, and processing of credit-card donations, as well as updating the organizations’ donor databases for address and other changes.
Detailed Statement of Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Work with Accounting Assistant and Controller on the bundling functions that follow the data entry of donations – reviewing the Assistant’s work, packaging up for regular mail the check donations to 2022 candidates for the U. S. House and Senate, exporting the data out of database (Raisers Edge) to Excel for reporting to each candidate the donor data (by email). At month-end, or other such time as when Federal Election Commission (FEC) reports might be due, remixing the data for the month for our FEC compliance consultants, and reviewing preliminary, draft FEC reports for filing.
2. Work with Controller on weekly reports for direct mail analyses and candidate fundraising, eventually progressing into being responsible for same.
3. Work with Controller on getting Center and an unrelated Sec. 501C3 payroll tax accounts in proper form.
4. Working with the Controller and our outside auditor for annual audits and 990 tax returns.
5. Serve as backup for the Controller for IT coordination and the phone system changes (accessing the software to add or change staff phones).
6. Annually assist the Controller with the preparation of draft annual budgets of Council and Center.
Gradually – primarily commencing in 2023 when election cycle responsibilities have slowed in the “off-election” year, work with controller to learn and master the full cycle of accounting for Council and Center, from bookkeeping through financial statements and audit prep and 990s; Grant reporting for existing grants and prospective grants for all organizations; and increase considerable attention to learning our databases by working with them.
This position’s responsibilities will be performed in our office location and not remotely unless specific allowance is made by the Executive Director, at his sole discretion.
Qualifications required at hire:
The ideal candidate:
1. Has a bachelor’s degree in Accounting;
2. Has 0 to 2 years of experience;
3. Wants to work for a non-profit;
4. Can think critically about problems, and has an aptitude for working relatively independently and for troubleshooting problems.
5. Can learn sophisticated, but ultimately very user-friendly, software and become comfortable with being the go-to person for how to get a task done in these databases, whether that’s a new report, a new export, a new import template, etc.
6. Can write intelligently, with good spelling and grammar capabilities.
7. Anticipates remaining with the organizations for at least 2 years, but preferably longer to take advantage of likely advancement opportunities.
Software and other services used:
1. Blackbaud’s Raisers Edge (donor management) and Financial Edge (accounting);
2. Importacular (for integration of credit-card donations into Raisers Edge);
3. Actblue and Harness (credit-card donation platforms);
4. Office 365 programs (Excel, Word, Outlook);
5. Avaya phone system;
6. Paychex Flex (online payroll with time management module);
7. WMATA’s Metrochek employer platform.
Application Procedure: Please submit your resume and a short writing sample to jobs@clw.org, and please note that we will only be contacting those candidates we select for interviews. No phone calls. It is expected that the chosen applicant will be ready and able to commence work very soon after selection.
The Center and Council are Equal Opportunity Employers — people of color, people with disabilities, women, and LGBTQ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply; we are committed to a diverse workplace and to supporting our staff with ongoing career development opportunities.
Internships
We are not currently accepting internship applications.
Scoville Fellowship
In addition to its internship program, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation also participates in the Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship. The Scoville Fellowship pays a stipend for recent college graduates to work with NGOs in Washington, DC on peace and security issues for six to nine months. For further information, please visit the Scoville Fellowship’s website.
