Full Charge Bookkeeper

Position to be filled as soon as possible

• Salary Range: $30-34/hour, dependent on experience
• Health insurance
• Simple IRA plan with employer match
• Paid time off and holidays

Please send your resume and cover letter to position with the subject line “Bookkeeper position”. No phone calls please.

Goosefoot is hiring a full-time, full-charge bookkeeper, who is comfortable dealing with complex financial data. (
* Note that Goosefoot distinguishes between a regular bookkeeper and a “full charge” bookkeeper because the latter has additional and higher-level responsibilities and autonomy). Under direction by the Finance Director, the full-charge bookkeeper will help Goosefoot in recording and maintaining all financial transactions, performing reconciliations, running payroll, collecting debts, making payments, and assisting the Finance Director in preparing financial statements and closing books.

Goosefoot Community Fund was established as a nonprofit in 1999, when co-founder Nancy Nordhoff purchased the Bayview Cash Store in order to support historic preservation, bolster the local economy, address community needs, and nurture a sense of place and community. Over the past two and a half decades, Goosefoot has grown into a complex enterprise with three affiliated entities, including the Goose Community Grocer, Bayview Center, and Bayview Corner.

Goosefoot also currently serves as the fiscal agent for Island Roots Housing, which was incubated by Goosefoot and is now a separate nonprofit.

Goosefoot provides funding and programmatic support to nonprofits whose missions express the organization’s charitable purposes in a variety of ways. The organization also offers free programs to support the business and artistic communities, works closely with the managers of The Goose to promote sales and outreach to the community, and serves as the landlord to almost 20 tenants in both Bayview Corner and Bayview Center.

In 2023, the IRS designated Goosefoot as Type 1 Supporting Organization, a specific category of public charities, because of Goosefoot’s unusual nonprofit-for profit business model.

Goosefoot currently has 10 employees, whose responsibilities include administration, finance, programs, and communications. It enjoys support and oversight from an engaged Board of Directors and a Finance-Operations Committee that each meet monthly. An outside accounting firm reviews and prepares annual financial statements and prepares all federal tax returns.

• Has overall responsibility for data entry into accounting system and integrity of accounting data;
• Manages the entire accounting cycle; and
• Oversees all bookkeeping functions, plus month‑end and year‑end financial processes as requested by Financial Director.

• Maintain general ledger & chart of accounts
• Payroll & time tracking
• Accounts payable & receivable
• Tenant billing & leasing management
• Month‑end close & reconciliation

This position requires four years of non-profit bookkeeping experience, preferably including the use of classes and customers/jobs functions within Quick Books software (ideally Quick Books Online). Certifications in Microsoft Excel, Quick Books, and completed coursework in business math and other related education preferred. Associate’s or higher degree in accounting, finance, or business administration preferred.

Ability to work at Goosefoot administrative offices at Bayview Corner a minimum of three days/week required, additional work can be done remotely. Ability to manage workload that may vary throughout the year 35-40 hours per week, depending on deadline management.

• Fund balance accrual-basis accounting knowledge and experience
• Proficiency with Quick Books (ideally QBO) and Microsoft Excel software
• Effective data entry skills and attention to detail
• High integrity, professionalism and commitment to confidentiality
• Strong time-management skills and ability to meet deadlines
• Exceptional organizational skills
• Effective working both within a team and independently.

• Drawn to contributing meaningfully to the community
• Strong social and emotional intelligence
• Ability to understand the relationship between financial operations and the mission of the organization as a whole.

This position reports to the Finance Director.