Entry Level Remote Consultant Job at Good Roots

Good Roots is a national professional services firm dedicated to helping farm and food businesses build strong financial, management, and marketing foundations. We support entrepreneurs in creating sustainable, profitable enterprises that contribute to a more regenerative and resilient food system.

We work with hundreds of farm and food businesses across the United States to help them build a new kind of food system – one that is healthier for people, better for the environment, socially responsible, and strengthens local communities.

After establishing our firm over the last 15 years we are seeking to further expand our ability to positively impact the agricultural and food systems. This means growing our team significantly. If you are looking for a career in professional services and want to work alongside an eclectic group of passionate farm and food enthusiasts, then please apply!

We know that sometimes how our careers look on a resume doesn't really explain or capture who we are as people and what we are capable of. Please use your cover letter to give us that insight!!

We also strongly encourage you to include one solid farming or food pun or a brief explanation of your favorite tomato variety.

We look forward to getting to know you!

Benefits for All Full-Time Positions:

*Flexible scheduling, all work is remote

*Health, Vision & Dental

*401k with company match

*Life Insurance

*Paid personal time off, observance of paid federal holidays, and paid winter break

*Time and expenses covered for professional development

* Short & Long Term Disability

*Monthly stipend for office expenses

*Bi-annual performance-based bonuses

*Employee ownership after 4,000 hours

…and more, apply to learn.

About the role

• Remote Full-Time Associate Farm and Food Business Consultant is focused on billable client projects in all areas of our services from business plan development to feasibility studies and everything in between. After an initial period of training and shadowing, you act as support to other staff members on projects that they lead. You will have multiple projects and project types concordantly to work across. Core areas of work responsibilities can include basic data entry to inform the reorganization of a businesses financial reporting systems, preparing financial statements, assisting with budget and cash flow creation, writing narratives in business plans, conducting market research, holding financial review meetings with clients and more. Good Roots is a fully distributed company which provides much flexibility but also relies on a high level of commitment, accountability and transparency to effectively collaborate on project work with each other and with our clients. This is an entry level position with a pathway to move upwards. 

Join us and play a pivotal role in improving our clients' financial clarity and performance while contributing to the growth and success of our team.

*Limited travel required (2-4 times/year) to attend in-person All Team Retreat, client in-person visits and/or conferences.

• Target Start Date: October 20, 2025
• Anticipated Hiring Timeline
  • First Round Interviews: September 9
  • Final Interviews: September 16
  • Offer Made: September 19
  • *2025 in Person Team Gatherings:
    • November 13-16- Spokane, WA; required 

What you'll do

• First 30 Days: 
  • Integrate with the team, learn our values
  • Be trained on our processes and software systems
  • Understand Good Roots approach to business consulting and bookkeeping, through project shadowing and completing self guided training modules
  • Meet with your manager 1:1 to reinforce topics covered in self guided training
  • Be assigned an official mentor who will help guide you for your first 6 months
• Days 31 to 60: 
  • Continue to engage in hands-on learning while shadowing on client projects. This may include everything from making budgets and basic bookkeeping to assisting with feasibility studies, business plans and scenario financial modeling
  • Sit in on other practice area team meetings to garner a sense of our firm's other service offerings. 
• Days 61 to 90: 
  • Take on client work, begin to work independently on assigned tasks
  • Continue to do some project shadowing work where necessary
  • Effectively manage your time 
• Post 90 Days
  • Grow your skills and confidence in business and financial consulting through more challenging work and professional development opportunities
  • You become adept at running financial reports packages with very basic analysis 
  • Basic business and financial management skills are established including foundations of bookkeeping
  • Understand core components of business plans and feasibility studies
  • Continue to work with your mentor to develop your professional capacity and identify a trajectory of interest
  • Demonstrate exemplary project management skills by keeping on top of assigned tasks, meeting deadlines efficiently within the allotted time
  • Have fun getting relaxed and realizing it’s not so scary after all, bop around the slack channels and find your people

Who you are

• Organized: You can work by yourself unsupervised, but also enjoy collaboration and having an intense conversation. You understand how to prioritize and feel comfortable reaching out before you get in over your head. You have a dedicated workspace where you feel productive and focused. 
• Basic Business Acumen: You are knowledgeable of the basic principles of business management, including the components of financial statements. 
• Tech Savvy: Highly proficient in Google Suite, Zoom, Slack, and project management software.
• Process Improvement: Strong ability to learn from, follow, and develop written procedures for internal work and as resources for clients.
• Numbers: You are not only good at numbers you downright think of them as a hobby!! This means you have some experience using Quickbooks, and understand basic principles of bookkeeping. You also are extremely adept at using Excel and/or Google Sheets for more than just making your grocery list. You can create formulas, pivot tables, and other logic tools to tell a story.
• Project Management: Capable of efficiently and decisively managing a multitude of client projects, team needs, and competing priorities. 
• Emotionally Intelligent: Exemplary skills related to self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.
• Research Skills: You understand the importance of using outside data sources to validate business plans, inform financial forecasting, and develop market assessments. You know where to look for reliable sources of data including the USDA Ag Census and other databases. You think that making data based decisions is a good thing. 
• Writing: You demonstrate a talent and ability for written communication – from technical documents to persuasive narratives and communicating internally with your colleagues.

Preferred Experience

• Experience in the farming and/or agriculture industry. You can meet our clients where they are because you are coming from a place of knowing.
  • First hand knowledge of meat processing business and operations is an extreme plus!!
• Previous experience as a business owner or in a management role. 
• 2+ years remote work

Good Roots has an internal pay structure based on role, skills and experience to provide for equity amongst all employees. We do not negotiate salaries outside what is listed. 

There is opportunity for increases to pay based on merit and/or career advancement through promotion.

The pay range for this role is:

51,500 – 55,460 USD per year (US)