School Finance Manager- MICHIGAN (CFO/Director of Finance)

EdOps

13d • $93,642 - $125,246 • Remote

About The Position

EdOps’s School Finance Manager position is ideal for school finance leaders ready to bring their expertise to a portfolio of schools and shape our nationwide finance offering alongside committed and experienced finance peers.
The School Finance Manager serves a portfolio of 5-8 schools, acting as those schools’ outsourced CFOs. Like on-staff CFOs, they leverage team members to analyze backwards-looking financial data and deliver strategic financial advice aligned with their schools’ mission and goals, build relationships with school leaders and boards, proactively notice and solve client problems, and generally act as key members of clients’ leadership teams. Internally, School Finance Managers drive innovations to our products, and the development and refinement of best practices when it comes to school finance.
Reports to Finance Director or above. Location flexible (this is a remote position). Part time arrangements possible for exceptional candidates.
Who we are:
EdOps is a B-Corp which partners with schools to provide expert support in finance, accounting, and student data management, helping education leaders make informed decisions while minimizing the financial, operational, and compliance burdens of running a school. Simply put, we make it easier for school leaders to increase student achievement. Our experience working with a wide range of schools – from newly authorized charter schools to independent schools with century-long histories, and from microschools to multi-campus networks – allows us to provide high-quality finance, accounting, and student data support across diverse educational environments.
While this role prioritizes Michigan public/charter school experience, our team of over 100 professionals currently serves over 100 independent and public charter schools and networks across D.C., Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Michigan, New Jersey, and New York. We are serious about being the best possible partners to schools, and it shows in our 93% annual client retention rate. We work hard at being a rewarding, enjoyable workplace where staff can grow professionally and make an impact. We are looking for education focused, accounting and finance loving, collaborative people to join our team.

Requirements

• Experience excelling in a School Finance Management role in public or charter schools in Michigan (i.e., led finance function for a school, led part of a finance function in larger school organization)
• Experience as part of a School Leadership Team or working very closely with a School Leadership Team.
• Comfort with accounting. A CPA or extensive expertise is not required, but experience navigating accounting software and reading and analyzing financial reports is a must.
• Intermediate Excel knowledge, such as formulas like vlookups and sumifs, because Excel will be your best friend at times.
• Strong quantitative analysis, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills, as every school is different, and approaches and solutions often have to be customized.
• Excellent client communication and interpersonal skills. Comfort presenting and explaining information (both verbally and in writing) to people with varying financial literacy.
• Comfort interacting with, advising, and challenging C-Level leaders in schools.
• Strong organization and time management skills. There is a lot going on here.
• General comfort with technology systems (e.g., Google suite) because we are not big fans of paper around here at EdOps.
• Typically, School Finance Managers have 10-15 years of work or post-secondary educational experience.
• Experience leading audits.

Responsibilities

• Act as an outsourced CFO for a portfolio of 5-8 Michigan schools, advising these schools’ leaders and Boards on matters pertaining to financial and operational policies, strategic decisions, and long-term financial planning.
• Produce forward-looking financial forecasts, set budgets, and lead finance strategy development in a way that aligns with school goals and reflects EdOps’s commitment to equity and anti-racism.
• Attend finance committee or board meetings to present and explain finance strategy.
• Analyze, model, and solve problems on a wide range of business issues.
• Engage in client listening and endeavor to proactively identify and solve clients’ financial challenges - either directly, or through engaging other teams at EdOps.
• Provide development and informal oversight to School Finance Specialists and School Finance Analysts on school-specific processes. (For clarity, Finance Specialists and Finance Analysts report to dedicated People Managers; this position’s oversight of their work is relatively informal.)
• Actively contribute to EdOps’s internal research, development and innovation of our finance product.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees