About Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions

Our mission is to create transformative outdoor experiences that foster personal growth, build community, and inspire a lifelong connection to the natural world. We have been leading outdoor expeditions since 1926, and currently work with hundreds of students (or trekkers, as we call them) each year. We use the outdoors as our classroom to explore science, culture, history, art, and adventure in New Mexico and surrounding states, all with the goal of inspiring personal growth and a strong community. We steward an active alumni base, who represent multi-generational connections to CGE. We employ around 15 year-round staff and an additional 30 seasonal staff, with an annual budget of approximately $1.8 million.

Position Summary

Cottonwood Gulch Expeditions seeks an experienced accountant to provide monthly close support, financial oversight, guidance, and expertise for our organization. This role will work collaboratively with our Office Manager to ensure accurate financial reporting, compliance, and sound fiscal management practices. The role will report to the Executive Director. Cost allocation, invoicing, tuition income, and grant reporting are all significant elements of our accounting. Preference will be given to individuals or vendors who have experience delivering accounting/bookkeeping services to small nonprofit organizations.

We invite individual contractors and firms to submit proposals for providing the services listed below. Our office is located in Albuquerque, NM. Remote work is acceptable. We anticipate needing 8-15 hours per month, with additional hours during our annual audit (January-February). Proposals received by February 1, 2026, will be given first priority. Please send your proposal by email to Jordan Stone, Executive Director,jordan@cottonwoodgulch.org.You may also send an email to this address to request more information about the organization prior to sending a proposal.

Cottonwood Gulch will consider the following factors when evaluating the proposals.

• Qualifications and experience of the staff to be assigned to the project
• Ability to meet the Scope of Work
• Ability to maintain staff continuity as much as possible
• Cost of services
• Services beyond the Scope of Work

Key Responsibilities

Financial Management & Oversight

• Review existing processes to identify opportunities to improve accounting system efficiencies and internal controls across the organization
• Work with current outsource accounts to gather necessary information about the organization
• Oversee and review QuickBooks Online setup, chart of accounts, and ongoing data entry
• Provide recommendations for financial planning

Applications must be submitted through the official careers portal. Female candidates and candidates from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

Apply via Email
jordan@cottonwoodgulch.org