Finance Team Manager- Independent Schools

EdOps

19d • $96,000 - $128,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Finance Team Manager leads a team of finance staff and directly serves independent school clients. The role provides quality control over client work, supports staff development and career paths, and helps ensure finance services meet schools’ needs. Managers typically lead teams of two to five analysts and finance specialists and serve as an outsourced controller for at least one school, overseeing day-to-day accounting and compliance. The position is remote, with location flexibility; part-time arrangements may be possible for exceptional candidates. It reports to a Director or Senior Finance Team Manager.

Requirements

• Experience managing teams of finance or accounting professionals.
• Strong organization and time-management skills, including prioritizing multiple responsibilities and meeting deadlines.
• High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Experience with accounting systems and ability to learn new systems.
• Ability to write and clearly document processes and procedures.
• Intermediate Excel skills.
• Ability to interface professionally with clients.
• Typically, 10 or more years of work or post-secondary educational experience, including at least 3 years of management or supervisory experience.
• Enjoy leading teams and helping them grow and navigate work challenges.
• Accounting or finance professional committed to accuracy, clarity, and integrity.
• Independent problem-solving ability.
• Comfort and energy working in a customer-service role.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and willingness to learn and contribute to an equitable and supportive culture.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with schools or nonprofit organizations.
• Audit experience.

Responsibilities

• Train and coach staff, supporting development toward role expectations and individual goals.
• Guide staff career paths through discussion, navigation, and collaborative planning.
• Conduct annual reviews and mid-year deep dives for direct reports, with input from colleagues and clients.
• Address underperformance and develop performance improvement plans as needed.
• Recommend staff promotion timing, subject to Director approval.
• Create and maintain an inclusive and fair team culture; resolve staff issues as necessary and inform senior leaders about trends.
• Manage projects to ensure timely delivery and expected quality of the team’s client work.
• Support accounting reviews of schools and implement team-specific quality-control mechanisms, adapting processes and cadence while ensuring compliance with EdOps’s standard QC approach.
• Problem-solve complex work as needed.
• Serve as an outsourced controller for at least one school, overseeing day-to-day full-cycle accounting and compliance.
• Close books monthly, quarterly, and annually, and support preparation of monthly financial statements.
• Oversee federal, state, and local grants administration.
• Serve as a school’s primary contact during annual financial audits and Form 990 preparation.
• Support annual budgeting in partnership with School Finance Managers.
• Liaise with a school’s state education authority as needed.
• Contribute to improvements in finance service-line efficiency and accuracy by identifying trends, making recommendations, and identifying needed services, tools, and process changes.
• Recommend and collaborate with the Director of People Operations on improvements to people operations practices.
• Participate actively in recruiting new staff.
• Potentially take on specialized responsibilities, such as regional compliance or facilities accounting.

Benefits

• Salary range of $96,200–$128,000 per year, commensurate with experience and geographic location.
• Opportunity to develop management skills and contribute to the team.
• Work with colleagues committed to children and supportive of one another.
• Additional perks and benefits are referenced, but details are not provided in the posting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed