Bookkeeper

About This Role

This bookkeeping role involves creating and maintaining accurate, up-to-date financial reports, analysis, and projections for the UU Funding Program's grantmaking and office expenses. The position supports the program's financial operations by ensuring precise record-keeping and reconciliation.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the UUFP monthly and YTD General Ledger and Chart of Accounts
• Reconcile accounts with the UUA General Ledger monthly, quarterly, and annually, including requests for reclassification and correction of grant and admin expenditures
• Meet weekly with the Grants Manager to review and reconcile grant payments, including challenge grants, wire distributions, and reclaimed and unclaimed funds
• Process bills, expenses, and payments and create reports in NXT
• Create reports on office expenses in Simplifi and on grants awarded in Google Drive
• Assist the Director and Grants Manager in planning meetings and grant distributions
• Maintain electronic and hard copies of financial files
• Communicate with UUA Financial and Accounting staff
• Communicate and update systems with the IT consultant
• Participate in twice-weekly staff meetings
• Perform other duties as requested by supervisor, the Executive Vice President, or the President

Requirements

• Familiarity with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles), nonprofits, budget analysis and presentation, grantmaking, and grant tracking
• Knowledge of Google Sheets, including sorting, filter functions, and formulas
• Familiarity with, or willingness to learn, NXT (Financial Edge, the UUA’s financial system), Simplifi, and Adobe
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word)
• Familiarity with the UUA and/or congregations would be of great value
• Understanding of issues around anti-racism, anti-oppression, and multiculturalism
• Work or lived experience with BIPOC communities is of particular value
• Eagerness to work in an organization in which the dismantling of white supremacy is a high priority

Important Details

• Schedule: 5–12 hours per week
• Systems: Mac

Application Process

• Submit your resume and cover letter via our applicant portal (ADP WorkforceNow)

About the Company

The Unitarian Universalist Association is a progressive religious denomination headquartered in Boston’s waterfront Fort Point Innovation District. Its faith community of more than 1,000 self-governing congregations brings to the world a vision of religious freedom, tolerance, and social justice. The normal workweek is 35 hours, and the UUA pays 80% contribution towards health insurance premiums and 10% towards retirement (after one year).