Organization Profile:

Room to Read is an international educational non-governmental organization (NGO) that partners with local communities throughout the developing world to provide quality educational opportunities by establishing libraries, creating local language children's literature, constructing schools, and providing long-term, holistic scholarships to girls. We seek to intervene early in the lives of children in the belief that education empowers people to improve socioeconomic conditions for their families, communities, countries, and future generations. Through the opportunities that only education can provide, we strive to break the cycle of poverty, one child at a time.

We are non-governmental, non-religious and work with many local NGOs and community based organizations to implement our programs. We currently work in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Laos, Nepal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and Zambia - countries with a desperate lack of resources to educate their children.

Since our inception, Room to Read's worldwide team has impacted over 3.1 million children by constructing more than 760 schools, establishing over 7,000 libraries, publishing 327 new children's book titles in 11 local languages, and putting over 6,800 girls onto long-term, holistic scholarships. We are one of ten non-profits to have won the Fast Company / Monitor Group Social Capitalist award five years in a row, we've received Charity Navigator’s highest rating (4 stars) for three straight years, and we've been featured in a variety of media including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, CNN, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and PBS.

Room to Read has an annual budget of approximately US$25 million, and our global staff numbers over 225. Our global headquarters is located in San Francisco, and we have smaller fundraising offices in Hong Kong, London, and Delhi. We have an Asia Regional Office located in New Delhi, a Southern Africa Regional Office in Pretoria, and program offices in Colombo, Dhaka, Ho Chi Minh City, Kathmandu, Lusaka, New Delhi, Pretoria, Phnom Penh, and Vientiane. Our long-term goal is to help 10 million children to gain the lifelong gift of education.

Position Overview:

This position is an integral part of our Accounting team and offers the opportunity to work with other Room to Read departments (primarily Development) and offices, Chapters, volunteers and donors.  The Analyst will process incoming donations and support the monthly/quarterly close processes for our US and world-wide accounts. This position is a full time role and reports directly to the Sr. Accounting Associate.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Ensure all individual, corporate, foundation, other donations and matching gifts are recorded properly in the donor database (Raiser’s Edge) in collaboration with the Development team and Senior Accounting Associate. 
• Generate individual donor tax receipts and mailing labels.
• Oversee regular banking operations such as deposit of checks and follow-up on various fund transfers
• Enhance and enforce accounting processes and policies
• Oversee our credit card gateway for daily flow of transactions, refunds and frauds.
• Correspond with donors to answer queries and resolve issues.   Trouble-shooting gateway issues and resolve answers with the appropriate department.
• Coordinate with the Sr. Accounting Associate on monthly and quarterly close processes.
• Support the Sr. Accounting Associate with annual audit process and fund reconciliation between the donor database (Raiser’s Edge) and accounting software (Epicor). 
• Work with chapter leaders and foreign fundraising offices to receive and report monthly donations revenue.  Establish and enhance donations accounting process as needed for new foreign locations and monitor compliance with global financial and accounting policies.
• Provide revenue reports and run queries on Raiser’s Edge, as needed for the Global and foreign offices
• Assist with the annual budgeting process through regular and ad hoc revenue reporting
• Initiate and lead special projects such as analyzing the efficiency of processing worldwide donations at Room to Read

Qualifications:

Required:

• B.S. in Finance or Accounting
• Minimum 2 years relevant work experience, preferably with a non-profit organization
• Knowledge of / experience in finance / accounting in a nonprofit organization
• Adept at using Excel and Word 
• Extremely results and detail oriented, accurate, and organized
• Prior success working closely and building relationships with diverse groups of people
• Prior experience in a fast-paced, growth-oriented global or regional organization
• Proven track record of achieving results
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities simultaneously and take initiative
• Legally eligible to work in the United States; no sponsorship provided

Preferred:

• Epicor Enterprise knowledge
•  Experience living or working internationally
•  Experience with donor database Raiser’s Edge

To be successful as a member of the Room to Read team, you will also:

• Be an innovative and creative thinker – you are not afraid to try something new and inspire others to do so
• Have a very high level of personal and professional integrity and trustworthiness
• Have a strong work ethic and require minimal direction
• Work well independently as well as part of a team
• Thrive in a fast-paced and fun environment
• Have a passion for our mission and a strong desire to impact an up-and-coming non-profit organization

Compensation:

Room to Read offers a competitive salary with excellent benefits. Benefits include health, dental, vision, long-term disability insurance, commuter benefits, and a 401K match. The non-monetary compensation includes a unique opportunity to be part of an innovative, meaningful, fun, and rapidly growing organization that is changing the world through the lifelong gift of education.

Application Procedure:

Please send a cover letter and resume by email, with “Analyst-Revenue Accounting - BB” in the subject line (no letters, calls, faxes, or drop-ins) to hiring@roomtoread.org. Due to high applicant volume you may not receive a response from Room to Read.    

Room to Read is an equal opportunity employer committed to identifying and developing
the skills and leadership of people from diverse backgrounds.