Bookkeeper/Office Manager

Part-time Bookkeeper / Office Manager Role Description

As an experienced professional, you’re looking for a few things:

• the opportunity to make a lasting impact on your company and the world,
• an environment of continual learning and growth,
• the ability to work closely with talented, caring and values-driven teammates, and
• the versatility to be your whole person, fulfill the many roles you play, and have fun while you’re at it.

We’re Blue Garnet, a social impact consulting firm, offering expertise in what it takes to boldly envision and effectively deliver lasting social impact sustainably. Proudly a women-founded and minority-owned Certified B Corp, we are offering you the opportunity to do it all. For over 20 years (and counting), we have helped organizations in California’s social change ecosystem tackle their toughest issues of strategy, performance, and results. We blend rigorous analytical insight with a passion for lasting social change, grounded in real-world sensibilities and a social justice lens. As a result, our work is not incremental. It’s transformational.

Today, we are looking for a new part-time Bookkeeper and Office Manager to join this special team, and we’re hoping that’s you.

The Role

Your main goal will be to provide support that is vital to Blue Garnet and its effective operations. In this role, we’re looking for a single individual to manage and execute work in multiple disciplines – e.g. bookkeeping, office management, and operations. Reporting directly to the Managing Partner, this role is ideal for someone who is highly organized, detail-oriented and a critical thinker who has an aptitude for seeing the big picture and how the pieces fit together. This role will be an integral part of the team ensuring that daily operations run smoothly. You bring a great intuitive business sense that allows you to understand what is relevant to your efforts and what is not.

You should also be the type of person who truly loves learning – someone who seeks growth and development, and also loves learning about our clients, the challenges they face, and how you can support and strengthen our team to solve those challenges. And, you love and want to impact Southern California as much as we do. Longer-term, this role can grow into a business manager.

Practically speaking, you will: (Job Duties and Responsibilities)

• Wear many hats vital to our small business success
• Serve as a full charge bookkeeper
• Process payroll via ADP and administer benefits
• Manage our small office to ensure a productive work environment
• Expected hours: Average of 10-15 hours per week with the potential for more

Who We’re Looking For (Qualifications)

Specifically, we need someone with the following skills:

• Full charge bookkeeping to manage accounts receivables, accounts payables, cashflow; reconcile bank and credit card accounts; generate and update financial reporting for regular operations as well as documentation requested by external accountants for year-end tax preparation
• Proven experience in payroll processing with ADP including third-party benefits administration (e.g. retirement, healthcare)
• Strong understanding of accounting principles and practices
• Extremely detail-oriented with a strong penchant for keeping things organized
• Strong problem-solving instinct and skills; capable of and enjoys learning
• Spirit of collaboration with the ability to make sound judgement and work independently
• Ability to communicate well and to handle confidential information
• Ability to manage time well across multiple projects and priorities
• Entrepreneurial, resourceful, and proactive
• Strong command of Microsoft Excel/Word, and Google Workspace
• Fluency in QuickBooks online
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience in a professional services firm
• Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, finance or a relevant field (preferred)

Working at Blue Garnet

Blue Garnet is a leading social impact consulting firm in Los Angeles. Joining the team means working with some of the most well-known and well-respected, influential leaders actively working toward creating positive social change in Southern California, and sometimes beyond. Working with us also means being part of a dynamic, hard-working environment with a passionate, committed, and fun-loving team. All this means you will become a trusted part of our team. The quality of your work, your ownership of responsibilities, and your active, passionate contribution will be a critical part of our DNA and our success.

Joining our team means the opportunity to pursue social change and professional goals as part of a high-performing team, while leading a meaningfully balanced lifestyle. This position is a part-time, permanent role with a competitive compensation package including benefits and the potential for performance bonus. Benefits include a health reimbursement arrangement, funds for wellness and connectivity, retirement matching, vacation and holidays, etc. We offer a hybrid work environment based in Los Angeles; currently, we work together in the office on Mondays and Thursdays and other occasions as needed. Immediate start date possible.

Hourly pay range: $33 to $36 per hour commensurate with experience and qualifications

How to Apply

We value diversity and inclusion and encourage all qualified people to apply. If we can make this easier through accommodation in the recruitment process, please contact us at joinus[at]bluegarnet.net. We will review applications as they are received, with priority given to those who provide a cover letter. Applications will be accepted for this position until the role is filled.