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Mission:
Woodwell Climate Research Center Inc (Woodwell Climate) conducts science for solutions at the nexus of climate, people, and nature. We partner with leaders and communities for just meaningful impact to address the climate crisis.

Woodwell Climate is a rapidly growing, top-ranked, independent non-profit climate research institute whose mission is to advance science-based climate policies through scientific research and outreach. Our world-leading research and impact helps individuals, organizations, corporations, communities, and nations understand the realities of climate change, recognize the impact on our planet, and embrace the urgent action needed to safeguard the future of life on Earth.

Consider joining Woodwell Climate’s Finance team as Senior Accountant, onsite in Falmouth, MA. The Senior Accountant is responsible for overseeing and managing the financial operations to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) accounting standards, and effective financial management. This role supports the organization’s mission by maintaining the integrity of financial processes and providing financial analysis and insights to inform decision-making.

Responsibilities include:
  • Issuing accounts receivable invoices and tracking collections; Daily cash management including monitoring of cash balances
  • Oversight of accounts payable function and direct management of Accounts Payable Clerk
  • Perform bank, credit card, and balance sheet reconciliations, identifying and resolving discrepancies as needed and guaranteeing financial data accuracy
  • Prepare and post journal entries, ensuring accurate classification and allocation of expenses and revenue
  • Expertly follow up with clients and stakeholders on outstanding accounts receivable records
  • Assist the Finance team with variance analysis, budgeting, and reporting
  • Stay updated on accounting standards and industry trends to ensure compliance and best practices
  • Assist in development of formal standard operating procedures
  • Training staff on accounting policies, standard operating procedures and forms
  • Support the month-end and year-end closing processes
  • Maintain organized financial files and records for easy retrieval
  • Assist the Finance team with preparing and submitting audit and tax returns work papers
  • Ensure accuracy of entries to ledger accounts and reconciles subsidiary ledger accounts to the general ledger.

Must have the following skills, abilities and knowledge:
  • Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Demonstrated excellent organizational, logistical, planning, and interpersonal skills
  • Demonstrated excellent data entry skills
  • Proven ability to work independently, with a high degree of organization
  • Proven ability using financial, budgeting, and accounting tools and software, including SAGE Intact 2.0, Quickbooks, NetSuite, Lacerte, ProSystem, Concur and Google and Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel
  • Knowledge of internal controls and segregation of duties in a non-profit environment

Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Accounting, Finance, or related field
  • 2 years of experience in a non-profit or fund accounting role

Work Environment:
The functions of this role are conducted in indoor:

Hours of Work:
  • This role is paid on a salary basis.
  • Typically, full-time employees work 40 hours during a Monday through Friday workweek.

Application review will begin on June 9, 2025

Desired Start Date: August 2025

Classification and Compensation: This is a full-time, salaried, exempt position, benefits package and work life balance.

Location: Falmouth, Massachusetts

Application Instructions: To apply, please send your cover letter addressing your experience and qualifications in relation to the responsibilities of this position and curriculum vitae as a single PDF to our career’s portal or submit to the application link: https://shorturl.at/y24N9.

To apply, please send your cover letter addressing your experience and qualifications in relation to the responsibilities of this position and curriculum vitae as a single PDF to our career’s portal or submit at

Please visit Woodwell's website to learn more about Woodwell’s work.

Located on a 10-acre campus near the village of Woods Hole, the Woodwell Climate Research Center (Woodwell) is a private, non-profit research center. Woodwell is a leading source of climate science that drives the urgent action needed to solve climate change. Woodwell has 100+ staff members and is excited to welcome new employees to this work.

Woodwell Climate is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental, or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Woodwell is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Woodwell
WE NEED ALL VOICES IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change is the greatest challenge of our lifetimes. Woodwell Climate Research Center (Woodwell) understands that the climate crisis—from causes to consequences—is inextricably linked with persistent social injustice. Effectively addressing either requires addressing both. The climate crisis demands that we bring to bear all of the knowledge, expertise, innovation, and creativity that we can collectively muster, and those who have been marginalized and disproportionately impacted must be heard.

The work Woodwell Climate does—the questions we ask, the ways we seek answers, and the strategies we put forward—is stronger when shaped by a diversity of knowledge, perspectives, and experiences. We strive to welcome, respect, and amplify differing voices. We value individuals as they are, with all their differences in race, age, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, language, and mental and physical abilities.

Woodwell Climate acknowledges that our organization, and the scientific community more broadly, have a long way to go in living up to these ideals. We approach the work of improving our organization with the same ambition and commitment to systemic change that we bring to addressing climate change.

We will inevitably make mistakes, but we will continue to listen, learn, and do this critical work. We understand that this work requires an ongoing commitment from each and every one of us. We are actively engaged in building and sustaining an equitable and inclusive culture within our organization, and in fostering greater diversity in climate science.