ABOUT 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!

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We look forward to getting to know you!

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.
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• 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

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
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• 2025 in Person Team Gatherings:

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• November 13-16- Spokane, WA; required

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• First 30 Days:
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• 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:
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• 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:
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• 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
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• 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