Staff Accountant (Limited Term Employee)

Panorama is a platform for social change dedicated to solving the world’s most intractable problems. Our goal is to maximize social impact by partnering with visionary leaders, social entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations, and the private sector to co-develop solutions with audacious thinking, radical collaboration, and bold action.  Panorama’s value proposition is to help partners operate in smarter, more impactful, and more efficient ways. Panorama Group’s values are built on four core principles: 

• Vision: See the big picture and examine all angles 
• Integrity: Maintain trust and strive for excellence 
• Partnership: Collaborate and foster meaningful relationships 
• Impact: Act boldly and create a ripple effect.   

The Panorama Group is a community of organizations that includes:   

• Panorama Global, a social impact nonprofit that empowers changemakers through radical collaboration, 

• Panorama Strategy, a social purpose consultancy that accelerates progress for clients through audacious thinking, and  

• Panorama Action, which mobilizes voices and resources through bold action.   
   

Position Summary
We are seeking a limited-term staff accountant.

The Staff Accountant (Limited Term – 6 months) supports the accuracy, timeliness, and reliability of Panorama Global’s financial operations. This role provides flexible accounting support across the Finance department, assisting with General Accounting, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and other core accounting activities as workload demands shift.

This role provides short-term operational accounting support to help maintain continuity of finance operations during a limited-term staffing need.

This position serves as a general accounting support role, helping to maintain day-to-day financial operations while providing coverage across multiple accounting functions. Responsibilities may shift across accounting areas depending on departmental priorities and operational needs. The Staff Accountant works closely with the Accounting Manager and may assist with a variety of operational accounting needs depending on departmental priorities.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and comfortable managing recurring tasks while quickly learning new processes. This role requires someone who can adapt to changing priorities and work across multiple accounting areas while maintaining strong attention to detail and adherence to internal control, documentation, and approval standards.

The Staff Accountant collaborates with other members of the Finance team to maintain accurate financial records, ensure compliance with policies, and support smooth operational workflows.

This is a non-exempt, limited-term, full-time position reporting to the Accounting Manager. This position is hybrid for Seattle-based candidates and fully remote for those outside Seattle.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities 

Accounts Receivable Support  

• Assist with preparing and recording invoices and incoming payments.
• Support tracking of receivables and follow-up on outstanding balances as directed.
• Maintain accurate documentation for receivable transactions and supporting records.

• Provide support to accounts payable processes as needed, in accordance with organizational policies and approval workflows.
• Assist with payment preparation activities, including ACH, wire transfers, and checks, as directed.
• Assist with vendor record maintenance, including vendor onboarding and updates.
• Respond to inquiries related to payments, invoice status, and vendor setup when providing backup coverage for accounts payable activities.
• Assist in identifying and resolving discrepancies in invoices, coding, approvals, or documentation.

• Work within financial systems such as Sage Intacct, Certify, Salesforce, and banking platforms to process and review financial transactions.
• Assist with process documentation, workflow improvements, and data cleanup initiatives.

• Provide flexible support across accounting functions, aligned with departmental priorities and workload needs.
• Responding to internal inquiries regarding financial transactions and documentation requirements.
• Provide backup c