Accounting Administrator Jobs

Compensation: $27,000 - $30,000

Benefits:
• 75% of Health Insurance Premium paid for employee after 60 days.
• 10 Personal days after first year.
• 6 Paid Holidays per year after 60 days.
• SIMPLE IRA Retirement plan after 60 days.

• Oversees Accounts Payable, Bookkeeping and Human Resources.
• Assists with any overload on the above.
• Verifies payroll.
• Keeps track of the Master List bill payments, ensures they go out on time.
• Authorizes bill payments and other checks to be sent.
• Coordinates refund processing with the Bookkeeper.
• Keeps track of the daily balances for all offices, including Corporate.
• Assists owner with communicating and implementing ideas down through management channels.
• Assists owner with miscellaneous external projects.
• Keeps a calendar to track all due dates for Owner internally for the company and externally.
• Keeps track of and assists Owner with all matters concerning external properties.
• Places employment ads and assists Owners with any other marketing, internal and external.
• Coordinates all travel (reserves flights, rental cars, etc.).
• Ensures new staff are trained on all protocols concerning items sent to Corporate (Lab Bill Protocol, Payroll Protocol, Refund Protocol, etc.).

The successful candidate will be a highly organized self-starter with excellent written and verbal communication skills, meticulous attention to detail, and a professional demeanor and appearance. Experience with accounting, bookkeeping, or QuickBooks is strongly preferred.

The work of the Office Administrator/Bookkeeper falls into three basic categories:

1. Personal Assistant to Executive Director (15% of job)

* Assisting the Executive Director with day-to-day tasks, such as scheduling meetings; making all travel arrangements for the Executive Director; and helping the Executive Director with special projects, as needed.

2. Office Manager (for D.C. office with 22 full-time staffers, 10% of job)

* Answering main phone line; ordering office supplies; sorting mail; overseeing office temps; receiving visitors and shipments at the front desk; and managing office’s vendor relationships.

3. Administering Payroll, Benefits, and Accounting

* Maintaining accurate and up-to-date financial records in QuickBooks; paying all bills; managing monthly payroll via payroll vendor; managing health and retirement benefits for employeesl completing all new employee and terminated employee paperwork; managing filing system for all financial records and reconciling financial data; and managing MPP's legal entities in various states (business filings, employer tax filings, applications for any new states).

The Office Administrator/Bookkeeper reports to MPP's Executive Director.

Salary is $35,000-$38,000, plus full health insurance and an optional retirement plan.

To apply, please see http://www.mpp.org/jobs/process.html and follow the instructions there. Interviews are being conducted on a rolling basis, so interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

ABOUT MPP

With 36 employees, 25,000 members and 100,000 e-mail subscribers nationwide, MPP is the largest marijuana policy reform organization in the United States. MPP works to minimize the harm associated with marijuana — both the consumption of marijuana and the laws that are intended to prohibit its use — and believes that the greatest harm associated with marijuana is imprisonment.