Bookkeeper Jobs in Sacramento, CA
Bookkeeper jobs in Sacramento are concentrated in Midtown, Downtown, and the Natomas business corridor, with steady demand from government contractors, healthcare systems, and regional accounting firms. Employers hiring right now include California Environmental Voters, Vituity, and Sutter Health. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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Open roles501+
Top employerCalifornia Environmental Voters
Work type66% Hybrid
Top credentialBachelor's degree in finance
Companies hiring10
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California Environmental Voters
Accounting Manager
Sacramento, California
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Staff Accountant
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California Environmental Voters
Staff Accountant
Sacramento, California
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Accountant II
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Sutter Health
Accountant II
Sacramento, California
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Finance and Accounting Intern
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WESTERVELT COMPANY
Finance and Accounting Intern
Sacramento, California
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Senior Accountant
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California Lawyers Association
Senior Accountant
Sacramento, California
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Accounting Manager
California Environmental Voters·Sacramento, California
Job functions:
$70k - $85k/yr
Hybrid
Bachelor's degree in business administration
11-50 employees
Job Description
Accounting Manager Job Posting
Employment Type: Full Time/Exempt
Wage: $70,000 – $85,000 base pay
Department: Finance
Reports To: Finance Director
Position Location: California – Oakland, Los Angeles, Riverside, Sacramento
Work Schedule: Four Day Work Week: Two (2) days in office, two (2) days remote. However, there may be certain circumstances, like pressing deadlines or peak business periods, where it becomes necessary for the organization to temporarily switch to a five day work week.
We're hiring for only one person for the Accounting Manager role. This posting is one of four listings for the same Accounting Manager opening — one for each of our CA offices (Oakland, Sacramento, LA, Riverside), and the role can be based at whichever office works best for the selected candidate.
WHY THIS ROLE, WHY NOW
California's environmental movement runs on the strength of the organizations behind it, and that strength starts with a finance operation people can trust. The Accounting Manager keeps us on that solid ground, owning the monthly close, managing our grant tracking, and giving program leads the numbers they need to make good decisions as our work scales up.
If you want ownership over a real finance function and a mission that matters, we want to hear from you.
What Makes This Role Distinctive
- Four-day work week for most of the year, with five day weeks during peak periods
- Direct ownership of the monthly close, grant tracking, and cost allocation across two entities and four California offices
- Close partnership with the Finance Director and department leads across the organization, translating financial information for non finance colleagues
- Comprehensive benefits package, including health, vision and dental coverage, 401(k) with employer match, 12 days PTO, 12 holidays, a year end office closure between Christmas and New Year, and additional benefits that support employee wellbeing and work life balance
Position Summary
As a member of the Finance Team, the Accounting Manager keeps EnviroVoters' finances accurate, timely, and transparent. This hands-on role owns the monthly close, grant tracking and reporting, and oversees the outsourced bookkeeping and payroll partners who support us today. The Accounting Manager works closely with the Finance Director and partners with department leads across our four offices, making sure the people running our programs have the numbers they need to make good decisions.
KEY PRIORITIES
Own the monthly close and daily accounting operations
- Own the monthly close, including journal entries, reconciliations, and the close calendar
- Manage accounts payable and accounts receivable, and keep invoices moving out and getting paid on time
- Oversee our outsourced bookkeeper's day to day work and serve as their primary point of contact
- Maintain accurate expense coding and documentation across all four offices
- Keep our accounting policies and procedure documentation current
- Support the transition of bookkeeping from outsourced to in house, and supervise the staff accountant once that role is filled
- Answer staff questions about expense reimbursement, escalating as needed
- Support year end filings, including 1099 forms
Track and report on grants
- Set up new grants in our accounting system with budgets, restrictions, and reporting deadlines
- Track spending against grant budgets and flag variances to the Finance Director and program leads early
- Manage restricted revenue recognition and release from restriction
- Allocate expenses across grants and entities accurately and consistently
- Prepare financial reports for funders and get them out on deadline
- Run overhead allocation analyses to support new grant proposals
Support c3/c4 compliance and allocation
- Maintain the cost allocation between our 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4), including shared services and staff time
- Support timekeeping and allocation practices that hold up to review
- Partner with the Finance Director, outside counsel, and reporting consultants on lobbying, electoral, and political action committee (PAC) compliance
- Help ensure PAC deposits, reimbursements, and reporting are handled accurately
Partner on reporting and budgeting
- Produce monthly budget to actual reports for departments, projects, and grants, and walk department leads through them
- Support the annual budget process and monthly forecasting
- Support the annual audit and Form 990 preparation
- Provide backup coverage for routine Finance Director responsibilities during planned absences
What We Need From You
- Solid nonprofit accounting experience: roughly four or more years in accounting or finance, with meaningful time in a nonprofit setting. If your experience is in a different sector but you know your way around fund accounting, tell us
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field required
- You can run a close. You have owned or substantially supported a monthly close and know what it takes to get it done accurately and on time
- Comfort with grant accounting: you have tracked restricted funds, prepared reports for funders, and can explain a variance without making it sound like an accusation
- Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and how it applies to nonprofit financial reporting
- Strong QuickBooks Online skills (or a comparable system you learned quickly) and real fluency in Excel
- You explain things well. Much of this job is translating financial information for people who don't work in finance, so clear, patient communication matters more here than it might elsewhere
- You are organized and you follow through. With four offices, multiple grants, and two entities, the details add up, and we need someone who tracks them without being chased
- You care about what we are working on. You don't need an environmental background, but our mission should mean something to you
Additional Strengths We Welcome
- Experience with 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) structures, especially cost allocation between them
- Familiarity with PAC accounting and California political reporting requirements
- Experience with Paylocity or a comparable payroll platform
- Experience supervising staff or managing outside contractors
- Experience supporting an audit from the preparer's side
WHAT ELSE YOU SHOULD KNOW
California Environmental Voters and the California Environmental Voters Education Fund are committed to workplace diversity and inclusion. We are equal opportunity employers and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
EnviroVoters and EnviroVoters Ed Fund have a deep commitment to equity and fostering a culture of inclusion. We invite and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including those from groups traditionally underrepresented in employment, who may contribute to further diversifying our organization.
California Environmental Voters
Accounting Manager
Sacramento, California
Added 1d ago11-50 employees
Job functions:
$70k - $85k/yr
Hybrid
Bachelor's degree in business administration
Job Description
Accounting Manager Job Posting
Employment Type: Full Time/Exempt
Wage: $70,000 – $85,000 base pay
Department: Finance
Reports To: Finance Director
Position Location: California – Oakland, Los Angeles, Riverside, Sacramento
Work Schedule: Four Day Work Week: Two (2) days in office, two (2) days remote. However, there may be certain circumstances, like pressing deadlines or peak business periods, where it becomes necessary for the organization to temporarily switch to a five day work week.
We're hiring for only one person for the Accounting Manager role. This posting is one of four listings for the same Accounting Manager opening — one for each of our CA offices (Oakland, Sacramento, LA, Riverside), and the role can be based at whichever office works best for the selected candidate.
WHY THIS ROLE, WHY NOW
California's environmental movement runs on the strength of the organizations behind it, and that strength starts with a finance operation people can trust. The Accounting Manager keeps us on that solid ground, owning the monthly close, managing our grant tracking, and giving program leads the numbers they need to make good decisions as our work scales up.
If you want ownership over a real finance function and a mission that matters, we want to hear from you.
What Makes This Role Distinctive
- Four-day work week for most of the year, with five day weeks during peak periods
- Direct ownership of the monthly close, grant tracking, and cost allocation across two entities and four California offices
- Close partnership with the Finance Director and department leads across the organization, translating financial information for non finance colleagues
- Comprehensive benefits package, including health, vision and dental coverage, 401(k) with employer match, 12 days PTO, 12 holidays, a year end office closure between Christmas and New Year, and additional benefits that support employee wellbeing and work life balance
Position Summary
As a member of the Finance Team, the Accounting Manager keeps EnviroVoters' finances accurate, timely, and transparent. This hands-on role owns the monthly close, grant tracking and reporting, and oversees the outsourced bookkeeping and payroll partners who support us today. The Accounting Manager works closely with the Finance Director and partners with department leads across our four offices, making sure the people running our programs have the numbers they need to make good decisions.
KEY PRIORITIES
Own the monthly close and daily accounting operations
- Own the monthly close, including journal entries, reconciliations, and the close calendar
- Manage accounts payable and accounts receivable, and keep invoices moving out and getting paid on time
- Oversee our outsourced bookkeeper's day to day work and serve as their primary point of contact
- Maintain accurate expense coding and documentation across all four offices
- Keep our accounting policies and procedure documentation current
- Support the transition of bookkeeping from outsourced to in house, and supervise the staff accountant once that role is filled
- Answer staff questions about expense reimbursement, escalating as needed
- Support year end filings, including 1099 forms
Track and report on grants
- Set up new grants in our accounting system with budgets, restrictions, and reporting deadlines
- Track spending against grant budgets and flag variances to the Finance Director and program leads early
- Manage restricted revenue recognition and release from restriction
- Allocate expenses across grants and entities accurately and consistently
- Prepare financial reports for funders and get them out on deadline
- Run overhead allocation analyses to support new grant proposals
Support c3/c4 compliance and allocation
- Maintain the cost allocation between our 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4), including shared services and staff time
- Support timekeeping and allocation practices that hold up to review
- Partner with the Finance Director, outside counsel, and reporting consultants on lobbying, electoral, and political action committee (PAC) compliance
- Help ensure PAC deposits, reimbursements, and reporting are handled accurately
Partner on reporting and budgeting
- Produce monthly budget to actual reports for departments, projects, and grants, and walk department leads through them
- Support the annual budget process and monthly forecasting
- Support the annual audit and Form 990 preparation
- Provide backup coverage for routine Finance Director responsibilities during planned absences
What We Need From You
- Solid nonprofit accounting experience: roughly four or more years in accounting or finance, with meaningful time in a nonprofit setting. If your experience is in a different sector but you know your way around fund accounting, tell us
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field required
- You can run a close. You have owned or substantially supported a monthly close and know what it takes to get it done accurately and on time
- Comfort with grant accounting: you have tracked restricted funds, prepared reports for funders, and can explain a variance without making it sound like an accusation
- Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and how it applies to nonprofit financial reporting
- Strong QuickBooks Online skills (or a comparable system you learned quickly) and real fluency in Excel
- You explain things well. Much of this job is translating financial information for people who don't work in finance, so clear, patient communication matters more here than it might elsewhere
- You are organized and you follow through. With four offices, multiple grants, and two entities, the details add up, and we need someone who tracks them without being chased
- You care about what we are working on. You don't need an environmental background, but our mission should mean something to you
Additional Strengths We Welcome
- Experience with 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) structures, especially cost allocation between them
- Familiarity with PAC accounting and California political reporting requirements
- Experience with Paylocity or a comparable payroll platform
- Experience supervising staff or managing outside contractors
- Experience supporting an audit from the preparer's side
WHAT ELSE YOU SHOULD KNOW
California Environmental Voters and the California Environmental Voters Education Fund are committed to workplace diversity and inclusion. We are equal opportunity employers and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
EnviroVoters and EnviroVoters Ed Fund have a deep commitment to equity and fostering a culture of inclusion. We invite and encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including those from groups traditionally underrepresented in employment, who may contribute to further diversifying our organization.
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Who's Hiring
- California Environmental Voters91
- Vituity46
- Sutter Health46
- Nexus HR Services46
- WESTERVELT COMPANY46
Top Industries Hiring
- Healthcare & Medical Services
Bookkeeper Jobs in Sacramento: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a bookkeeper job in Sacramento?
Focus your search on Sacramento's largest hiring sectors: state and local government contractors, healthcare networks, real estate firms, and regional nonprofits. Downtown and Midtown firms actively recruit bookkeepers with QuickBooks or Sage experience, while Natomas and Elk Grove have a growing base of small business clients handled by local accounting offices. Candidates who know California sales tax rules and fund accounting stand out in this market.
Which companies hire bookkeepers in Sacramento?
Companies currently hiring bookkeepers in Sacramento include California Environmental Voters, Vituity, and Sutter Health, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Sacramento's mix of state agency support firms, regional healthcare providers, and mid-size professional services companies makes it one of the more consistent markets for bookkeeper openings in Northern California.
Are there remote bookkeeper jobs in Sacramento?
Yes, bookkeeping is one of the more remote-adaptable roles in finance, particularly for full-charge and accounts payable positions that rely entirely on cloud accounting software. About 83% of bookkeeper openings tied to Sacramento are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting strong adoption of cloud platforms across the region. Roles tied to physical inventory, retail cash handling, or on-site government offices tend to remain in person.
How can I get a bookkeeper job in Sacramento with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path in Sacramento is through accounts payable or accounts receivable clerk roles at mid-size businesses in Midtown or Rancho Cordova, where employers regularly promote from within. Regional nonprofits and Sacramento-area credit unions also hire bookkeeping assistants who learn on the job. A completed associate degree from Sacramento City College or Cosumnes River College, combined with QuickBooks Online certification, gives entry-level candidates a concrete edge over applicants with no credentials.
Which industries hire the most bookkeepers in Sacramento?
Sacramento bookkeeper roles concentrate in Healthcare & Medical Services, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Sacramento's role as the state capital creates a large ecosystem of government-adjacent contractors, lobbying firms, and public-benefit nonprofits that require dedicated bookkeeping support year-round.
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