Title: General Ledger Accountant
Starting Salary Range: The starting salary range for this position will be in the $73, 600 to 75, 808 range, depending on experience, education, and skills relevant to the position. Please note that the indicated starting salary range describes the range for an incumbent in this position. Most new staff generally start at the beginning of the range percentile to ensure internal salary equity.
Location: Fully remote eligible within the contiguous United States only.
Status: Full-Time, Exempt
Benefit Eligible: Health, Vision, Dental, Short/Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Retirement, Paid Time Off, Supplemental benefits including critical care, pet insurance, supplemental life, and others.
Reports to: Controller
Posting Period: Please apply before August 15, 2025
It is vital for a candidate to submit both a resume and cover letter.
Organizational Summary:
Conservation Legacy is a nationwide non-profit. The Corps programs within the organization engage participants in diverse conservation and community projects that serve public and private lands. These projects provide opportunities for personal and professional development and strive toward a high priority of needs for public land managers and community partners. Through the mission of engaging future leaders who protect, restore and enhance our nation’s lands through community-based service; Conservation Legacy works toward a world with healthy lands, air, and water; thriving people and resilient communities.
Position Summary:
The General Ledger Accountant is responsible for day-to-day accounting tasks including journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close processes in compliance with GAAP. This position is responsible for recording, reconciling, and maintaining accounting processes such as fixed assets, financial and operating leases, and payroll related transactions. The General Ledger Accountant will help support and improve accounting processes and systems. The General Ledger Accountant interfaces significantly with other Conservation Legacy staff, financial processes, and provides support for the Controller and other accounting staff.
Outcomes & Functions of Position:
Accounting
- Prepare monthly reconciliations for assigned accounts; timely research and resolution of reconciling items.
- Maintain Fixed Asset system which includes preparation of asset additions, disposals, depreciation, and reconciliation from fixed asset ledger to general ledger.
- Upload weekly payroll transactions from payroll processing system.
- Complete monthly reconciliation of payroll benefits and liabilities; resolve conflicts.
- Analyze financial data and provide financial recommendations.
- Ensure financial records comply with regulatory standards including GAAP and the CFR.
- Create amortization tables, prepare and maintain amortization schedule of operating and capital leases.
- Collaborate with other departments to complete accurate records and provide accounting support.
- Assist with monthly financial statement preparation and review.
- Assist with the preparation of annual audit schedules, audit confirmations, and other audit requests.
- Assist with ad-hoc reporting and special project and other accounting functions as needed.
- Support the Controller and other financial professionals in their duties as needed.
Organizational Advocacy
- Successfully engages, leads and supports a positive work environment for all within the organization and the communities we serve.
- Leads and/or participates in organizational-wide teams, projects and initiatives that support the work of the Strategic Plans goals.
- Reports any potential complaints within the organization as identified in the Personnel Policy Manual.
- Assists or leads other responsibilities, as assigned.
Our Commitment:
Conservation Legacy is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to perform essential job functions. Physical requirements may include periodic overnight travel, non-traditional work hours, ability to move across varied terrain, use program-specific tools and a range of technology on an infrequent or frequent basis. Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. The ability to safely drive an organizational vehicle may also be required for some positions. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to the hiring manager.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience working with non-profit accounting.
- Experience with ASC 842 and lease accounting and amortization schedules.
- Experience with influencing diverse groups of employees to achieve common goals.
- Flexibility, adaptability and capacity to work in a fluid, changing work environment.
- The ability to carry out assigned work independently or with minimal supervision.
- The ability to communicate effectively, manage complexity cultivate innovation, drive and influence results of oneself and others.
- Ability to work well with others and to seek assistance when needed to carry out assignments.
- Proficient in all Microsoft Office Suite applications and ability to manage information in an organizational database.
- Ability to keep others, in remote locations, accountable to expectations.
- Valid Driver’s License and Insurable Driving Record.
- Must be able to pass the organization’s criminal history check requirements.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Supervisory experience is preferred.
Other Competencies Desired for this Position’s Success: Manage Complexity, Resourceful, Effectively Communicate, Cultivate Innovation, Drive, and/or Influence Results, Plans & Aligns.
Conservation Legacy is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodations due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to the hiring manager.
Please see the job description for required or recommended skills.
Please see the job description for benefits.