Part-time Accountant- Raleigh/Durham or Atlanta, GA

We are looking to add a part-time teammate in Raleigh/Durham, NC or Atlanta, GA to join our team to manage our accounting and finances.

Supervisor: CEO
Location: Morrisville, NC or Atlanta, GA
About Bee Downtown:

Bee Downtown is a Forbes and INC Magazine 30 Under 30 startup based out of Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina with beehives and corporate hive programs in cities across the United States. At Bee Downtown we believe in the power of using sustainable beekeeping and urban agriculture to help reshape how people think and live within our environment. The Bee Downtown Corporate Hive Program installs and maintains beehives in cities and semi-urban environments to support the cultivation of healthy honeybee populations while simultaneously providing year-round employee engagement and kinetic programming to our partners and their employees. The second division of Bee Downtown is the BDT Leadership Institute, a leader development institute for corporations and their employees based in Biomimicry, created to teach about effective leadership through the mindset of a hive.

Job Description:

BDT is looking for an experienced accounting/finance professional to join its team 10-15 hours per week. The ideal candidate will have strong accounting skills, but a desire to be a part of broader functional and strategic activity and decisions in operations, procurement, human resources, and growth.  Responsibilities includes the following:

Accounting/compliance - Invoicing customers and customer setup, receiving payments, paying vendors, sales tax filings, state and local registrations and licensing, financial statement preparation and review, bank and credit card reconciliations

Procurement - Identifying high spend areas and developing best sourcing strategies, capital plan and budgeting

HR - Annual health benefits selection, SIMPLE IRA enrollment, new employee benefits enrollment with 3rd party provider, employee record keeping, timesheet review

Growth -  Budgeting and forecasting for new locations and customers

Successful candidates will have the following:
Must have skills and experiences:

  • Experience in a startup or growth business environment

  • Proficient in Quickbooks Online software

  • Be customer focused.  Default answer is “yes, of course”

  • Be highly organized and detail oriented

  • Be able to “figure things out” efficiently and effectively

  • Be committed to Bee Downtown’s mission and success and willing to go the extra mile as a result

Required education and certifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance

  • Master’s Degree welcomed, but not required.

  • CPA welcomed, but not required.

Desired Skills:

  • Proficient in email, spreadsheet creation, general understanding of Google Drive

  • Able to help with general partner programming creation tasks as well like honey bottling, program kit assembly, packaging and shipping on a small volume, etc.

  • Willingness to learn about bees and Bee Downtown’s beekeeping practices.

  • Enthusiastic and goal-oriented

  • Great verbal communication skills, able to speak honestly and easily with all teammates

  • A desire to be part of a team

At Bee Downtown we look to bring new teammates onto our team who believe deeply in our mission and vision as a company. We look for teammates who are equally as passionate about their work as we are about ours. We are still a young startup with a small team and look only to bring people on to our team that want to help build this company and be a special part of creating something special. A great attitude and desire to support teammates whenever, wherever possible is crucial. We are looking for a teammate who wants to be part of a team, and will go above and beyond to help their teammates out at all times.

For interested personnel, please contact info@bee-downtown with a resume and cover letter.

Only inquiries with both requirements attached will be considered. To apply, please send your cover letter and a resume to careers@bee-downtown.com & info@bee-downtown.com.