Finance Team Manager – Independent Schools
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EdOpsEducation finance
Location: United States; Location flexible (this is a remote position).Full-TimeManager
Salary96,200 - 128,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- Typically, Finance Team Managers have 10+ years of work or post-secondary educational experience, including 3+ years of management or supervisory experience.
- Required Skills
- Microsoft ExcelAccountingBudgeting
Requirements
- Experience managing teams of finance or accounting professionals.
- Typically, 10+ years of work or post-secondary educational experience.
- Typically, 3+ years of management or supervisory experience.
- Strong organization and time-management skills, including the ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities and meet deadlines.
- High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
- Experience with accounting systems, such as QuickBooks Online, and capacity to learn new systems.
- Intermediate Excel skills.
- Ability to write and clearly document processes and procedures.
- Ability to interface professionally with clients.
- Experience working with schools or nonprofit organizations is a plus.
- Audit experience is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Train and coach finance staff, support their career development, and conduct annual reviews and mid-year deep dives.
- Address underperformance, develop performance improvement plans, and recommend staff promotion timing.
- Manage team operations and resolve staff issues while fostering an inclusive and fair work culture.
- Ensure client work meets quality standards through project management, accounting reviews, and team-specific quality-control processes.
- Problem-solve complex accounting and finance work as needed.
- Serve as an outsourced controller for at least one school, overseeing day-to-day full-cycle accounting and compliance.
- Close the books monthly, quarterly, and annually, and support preparation of monthly financial statements.
- Oversee federal, state, and local grants administration; support annual budgeting; and serve as a primary contact during financial audits and Form 990 preparation.
- Recommend improvements to finance services, processes, tools, and people operations, and participate in staff recruitment.
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