Bookkeeper

Open Role: Bookkeeper

Location: Houston, TX (Remote: OK) (Travel: NO)

Compensation: $20 - 35/hr + equity

Our client is on a mission to reverse humanity’s industrial carbon footprint. They're currently commercializing National Renewable Energy Laboratory (“NREL”) developed Intellectual Property that enables them to produce carbon negative acrylonitrile (“AN”) using captured CO2 and bio-based feedstocks. AN is a commodity material that’s integral in our daily lives. AN’s high-tech use as a precursor for carbon fiber will allow our client to achieve our vision of decarbonizing carbon-intensive industries such as steel and aluminum production.

Our client was chartered as a public benefit corporation in 2021 by a group of passionate climate technologists with backgrounds in chemical engineering, research and cleantech commercialization. Our client is working to create a future where using their technologies is a cheaper alternative to today’s standard CO2-generating processes.

Their business centers on greenhouse gas removal. Whether that’s CH4 or CO2, the team develops and markets technology solutions that enable gigaton-scale greenhouse gas utilization. Currently, process economics are unfavorable for carbon-negative processes, but attitudes and incentives are beginning to shift to a favorable direction for CO2 utilization. Now is the time to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels. Our client has the technology to kickstart this transition. Today, they're seeking new team members to help us rapidly scale up our CO2-to-Acrylonitrile process.

About the Role

As Bookkeeper, you’ll play a stabilizing role maintaining accurate books on accounts payable and receivable for Mars. You’ll report directly to the CEO.

Some Duties You’ll Champion

• Accounting
  • Process invoices, vendor invoices and checks accurately and on time, resolve any discrepancies
  • Record day-to-day financial transactions in Quickbooks and complete the posting process
  • Prepare monthly reconciliations, financial statements and supporting documentation
  • Apply accounting principles to process and analyze financial data
  • Supervise the monthly accounting close
  • Optimize and maintain accounting systems, internal controls and financial procedures
  • Interface with Bill.com to manage accounts payable and streamline payment workflows
• Taxes
  • Prepare IRS year-end requirements, including W-2’s, subcontractor 1099's
  • Maintain filing calendar
• Administrative
  • Assist the CEO and controller in AP management and related administrative tasks
• Communications
  • Communicate financial key learnings, action items and next steps to the Mars team
  • Advance work product using tools such as Google Workspace, Slack and ClickUp

About You

If you studied accounting, and/or business at the undergraduate level and have two (2) plus years of experience managing financial records for startups or manufacturing companies or have at least a High School diploma, Quickbooks office certificate with more than 5 years applied experience working as a bookkeeper, we’re interested in hearing from you.

Additional experiences that’ll propel your success:

You’re organized with demonstrated ability:

• Reviewing records and identifying cost-saving measures
• Producing high-quality work products early and under budget

You’re adaptable with demonstrated ability:

• Working in a collaborative, consensus-driven team environment
• Leveraging state-of-the-art operational tools including AI
• Taking initiative and problem-solving

You’re passionate about tackling the climate crisis

Why Join Us?

We’re a small team with absolute respect for each other and our differences. If our mission excites you, we invite you to explore opportunities with us. We recruit people committed to helping us build community and execute. Underpinning this is a mutual respect for every Planeteer and pride in our work. If you have a passion for saving our planet and tackling big problems then we'd love to have you on the team.