Finance Leadership Consultant (Aropa Commons) (Casual Employee)

Aropa Consulting•Milford, CT

11d•$45 - $70•Remote

About The Position

Aropa Consulting is seeking experienced professionals across various disciplines to enrich the Aropa Commons, a pre-vetted roster of mid- and senior-level consultants who bring their unique expertise to a range of challenging and impactful projects. Through our Strategy and Operations pillar, Aropa partners with impact-focused nonprofits, organizations, and foundations to co-create practical, sustainable strategies that systematically align an organization’s operational infrastructure with its core mission, vision, values, and communities served. Centering the client’s needs in our work, we navigate high stakes inflection points, bridge critical capacity gaps and build sustainable organizational scaffolding with deep, human-centered expertise in organizational development, strategic planning, and leadership. Aropa Consulting has grown rapidly over the past four years, and we are actively seeking to add additional technical capacity to our projects. This is an open opportunity to become a vetted contractor with the Aropa Commons so that we can quickly engage you in support of client deliverables. Aropa Commons is in need of a variety of skills and expertise. These roles implement specific project deliverables with general guidance from Senior Consultant, Elizabeth Otto-Wallace, and Diana Essex-Lettieri, Aropa Consulting’s President, and works collaboratively with Aropa team members and consultants across the organization’s pillars. We are looking for consultants with specialized knowledge in finance & accounting leadership for nonprofits. Our approach to finance and accounting aligns with our values - we’re committed to moving beyond the numbers to understand our client’s teams, partners, stories, and impact. Our goal with finance & accounting projects to support our clients to resource their mission and vision, and to build a strong operational foundation that promotes sustainability, efficiency and compliance.

Requirements

Minimum 10+ years working in finance or accounting with nonprofit organizations, social impact initiatives and philanthropic grantmaking
For fractional placements, minimum 5+ years managing high-functioning finance and/or accounting teams
Expert active listening, communication and facilitation skills, with proven ability to lead high-stakes collaborative, strategic conversations and move clients towards
Integrated, cross-functional way of working that brings finance expertise together with operations, program, strategy, HR, compliance and more
Learns quickly and is highly adaptable
Ability to and interest in shifting seamlessly between high-level strategy and detailed execution
A collaborative working style to engage and align teams, support change management efforts, and build capacity
A values-driven professional who can navigate complexity, and co-create practical, holistic, and human-centered solutions
A systems-oriented thinker who can translate challenges/opportunities into actionable strategies
Diverse experience with a variety of financing models (e.g. earned revenue, restricted and/or conditional funding, endowments, etc)
Diverse experience with a variety of operating conditions and models (e.g. domestic and international organizations, associations, trusts, and/or philanthropic entities)
Demonstrated emotional intelligence, sound judgment, and a commitment to equity
Comfort with learning new technology.

Nice To Haves

Accounting and Finance: NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Quickbooks, Ramp, and beyond
Collaboration: Slack, Canva
Project management: Productive, Google Workspace
Videos & meetings: Zoom, Google Meet, Loom

Responsibilities

Directly embed within client organizations to bridge immediate capacity gaps, while flexibly responding to emergent client needs.
Quickly assess the financial, accounting and compliance environment at client organizations, assessing gaps and developing a roadmap forward.
Oversee daily organizational finance & accounting, manage cross-functional teams, and establish immediate operational and financial stability.
Design and implement improved systems for core financial and grants management needs; optimize workflows, reporting tools, and systems integrations.
Create and manage financial strategy, multi-year grant budgeting, and cash flow forecasting.
Guide boards and executive teams through complex financial decisions and transformational change management.
Provide strategic coaching to emerging leaders to build long-term confidence and internal self-reliance.
Co-create and implement practical financial strategies to ensure growth, scalability, and a strong human-centered infrastructure.
Analyze role structures, processes, systems and policies and implement enhancements.
Align finance and accounting systems with client needs, supporting system selection, implementation, and/or customization.
Draft and operationalize tangible internal assets, such as policies, manuals, and regular financial reports.
Run financial reports and assess and communicate accuracy, open questions, and risks.