Financial Operations Manager

Learning Equality

6d • Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a Financial Operations Manager to handle day-to-day financial operations, and oversee efficient financial processes and controls. This is a part-time, 25 -30 hours a week, opportunity for someone who identifies strongly with Learning Equality’s mission to support access to quality education for under-resourced communities around the world. This is a remote position based in the United States, and is planned as a senior individual contributor role, with end-to-end ownership of financial operations.
You will oversee and execute critical financial functions, from maintaining accurate financial records, processing and tracking payments, to monitoring and projecting cash flow, and supporting strategic planning. You will focus primarily on maintaining strong, repeatable financial operations, with opportunities to thoughtfully improve and streamline processes over time, rather than building systems from scratch.
This role is designed as a part-time position, but we are open to expanding the scope to a full-time role for the right person with the experience to step into additional projects. If you are interested in a full-time position and your previous experience aligns with the expanded role, mark that you are applying to a full-time position when completing the application.
What does Finance at Learning Equality look like?
This role will fully manage Learning Equality’s financial operations and works closely with colleagues across the team. In a normal week, you might:
Discuss financial reporting needs for an upcoming partner report with a Co-Executive Director, and execute on the determined next steps.
Brainstorm the simplest way to handle advance payments to an implementing partner with the Director of Global Implementations.
Co-hack on internal processes that sit at the intersection of Finance and HR with the Head of People.
Run payroll for employees, and process invoices from independent contractors and suppliers.
Prepare financial reports for an upcoming meeting with the Board of Directors’ Finance Committee.
Reconcile the monthly accounts, generate reports, and communicate these with the Co-Executive Directors.
Create a financial report or budget for a funder.

Requirements

• Fluency with accrual based accounting and GAAP. You are able to apply these principles in day-to-day financial operations with ease.
• Spreadsheet wizardry. You are more than comfortable in a spreadsheet, and love to create clean, easily maintained sheets that can help to answer questions.
• Experience managing organizational books and enforcing internal financial policies. You are able to maintain financial controls, ensure compliance, and support audits.
• A minimum of three years experience managing financial processes at an organization. You have experienced the responsibility of budgeting, reporting and operational finance workflows.
• You are both creative and strategic. You understand that at small organizations, sometimes approaches may need adjustments to fit the team structure or specific context. You can take inspiration from multiple sources and combine them into the best plan for your specific situation.
• You get energized by the chance to streamline processes. Should we automate a straightforward process? Yes, absolutely! We can put the time savings into another process that benefits from human involvement.
• You have experience working at a nonprofit, or in the international space, or at a start-up. Learning Equality is a mixture of the three and we will value the lessons you bring from similar workplaces.

Nice To Haves

• Nonprofit-specific audit and compliance oversight
• Working with teams both within and outside of the United States
• Experience being the sole finance operator
• Owning and steering financial processes and policy
• Our financial platforms, including Xero, Google Sheets, Gusto, and Ramp
• Automating and streamlining labor-intensive processes (e.g. with scripting or automation tools)

Responsibilities

• Maintaining accurate financial records
• Processing and tracking payments
• Monitoring and projecting cash flow
• Supporting strategic planning
• Discuss financial reporting needs for an upcoming partner report with a Co-Executive Director, and execute on the determined next steps.
• Brainstorm the simplest way to handle advance payments to an implementing partner with the Director of Global Implementations.
• Co-hack on internal processes that sit at the intersection of Finance and HR with the Head of People.
• Run payroll for employees, and process invoices from independent contractors and suppliers.
• Prepare financial reports for an upcoming meeting with the Board of Directors’ Finance Committee.
• Reconcile the monthly accounts, generate reports, and communicate these with the Co-Executive Directors.
• Create a financial report or budget for a funder.

Benefits

• Learning Equality covers 100% of full-time employees and dependents’ healthcare and will cover 75% of premiums for a part-time employee working 30 hours per week.
• We offer a monthly wellness stipend to support all aspects of your wellbeing - you can put it towards purchases like a gym subscription, a mindfulness app, or yoga classes.
• Learning Equality offers a 401(k) plan and will contribute 2.25% for a 30 hours a week employee, to help you plan for your future. Learning Equality’s contribution increases the longer you work here, up to 7%.
• We support flexible working schedules. We ask all teammates to make sure to overlap part of their working hours with continental US time zones, for ease of collaboration and availability for external calls.
• We provide 1 week of paid sick time off, 5 weeks paid vacation, and 16 paid holidays, adjusted to ¾ of the time for this part-time position. We offer paid parental leave for parents of any gender, whether you’re a biological, adoptive, or foster parent.
• We provide up to $1000 when you start to help with your initial work from home setup, and we pay for your home internet.
• We budget $1,800 a year for 30 hours a week employees for a Constant Improvement Fund. You can decide whether to use this budget to upgrade your physical workspace, purchase technological tools to support your work, continue to develop through reading, or perhaps attend a conference to learn alongside peers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed