The school finance specialist position is ideal for an individual looking to apply accounting, finance, business, and analytical skills to the social sector. You will have the opportunity to support schools with their day-to-day operations as well as help drive strategic decisions with data-driven insights. 

Reports to a Finance Team Manager. Location flexible.

Who we are: 

EdOps is a B-Corp focused on minimizing the financial, operational, and compliance demands of running a school and supporting education leaders with data-driven insights to improve student outcomes. Simply put, we make it easier for school leaders to increase student achievement. We work with all the schools that need us. Our growing team of 120+ professionals work with over 100 schools and school networks nationwide. We are serious about being the best possible partners to schools, and it shows in our 97% 3-year client retention rate and rapid growth rate. We work hard at being a rewarding, enjoyable workplace where staff can grow professionally and make an impact, and we were recognized as a Washington Post Top Workplace.  We are looking for education focused, accounting and finance loving, collaborative people to join our team. 

What you will do:

• Serve as an outsourced accountant and financial advisor for a portfolio of schools, 
• Oversee all day-to-day full-cycle accounting and compliance aspects of the schools, including accounts payable, payroll, grants administration, and regulatory compliance.
• Close the books monthly/quarterly/annually and prepare monthly financial statements.
• Serve as schools’ primary contact during annual financial audits and 990 preparation.
• Analyze, model, and solve problems on a wide range of business issues.
• Invest in other members of the EdOps team, supporting their efforts and demonstrating a desire to contribute to the growth of the internal team.

What you will accomplish:

• By Year 1 you will: 
• Solve small, real problems for schools on a daily basis.
• Learn the accounting and finance cycle of school finance specifically as it applies to schools.
• Work with several schools in different stages of growth and with different academic models.
• Own the day-to-day financial and monthly accounting close process for multiple schools.
• Serve as an integral part of several internal teams demonstrating a strong desire to help.
• By Year 3 you will: 
• Independently manage the annual financial cycle for a portfolio of 3 or more schools.
• Train newer or junior staff on key financial processes and serve as a key resource to newer or junior staff on your school teams.
• Continue to solve small and real problems for schools every day.

Who you are:

• Find joy in solving accounting and financial problems for individual schools. The little things make schools actually work.
• Care about education and outcomes for students as much as you care about well-designed accounting processes.
• Able to zoom in and out between high level strategic perspective and detailed, daily accounting and financial work.
• Desire to be involved in the financial processes from input to analysis. Strong in independent problem solving. We are a very collaborative community that supports each other, but our specialists solve new problems every day.
• Energized by being in a customer service role, as we are here first and foremost to serve our school clients.
• Know independent schools and how they work.

• Committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Open to learning and growing in these areas together so that each of us can contribute to building a culture of equity and support our schools in advancing these values. Please see more on EdOps's commitment here.

What you need:

• Strong organization and time management skills. There is a lot going on here.
• Intermediate Excel knowledge, such as formulas like vlookups and sumifs, because Excel will be your best friend in your everyday financial work.
• Direct work experience and/or degree in finance or accounting or related field.
• Strong quantitative analysis, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills, as every school is different, and approaches and solutions often have to be customized.
• Ability to collaborate with people at every level of an organization with a strong desire to help others do their best work.
• Strong client communication and interpersonal skills, including  presenting and explaining info (both verbally and in writing) to people with varying financial literacy. In one day, you might email a payroll provider about a technical 403b issue, and help reconcile a school’s tuition information between their billing system and accounting system 
• General comfort with technology systems (e.g., Google suite, financial systems) because we are not big fans of paper at EdOps.
• Work experience: typically, Finance Specialists have 5-8 years of work or post-secondary educational experience.

What you get:

• Purpose driven work focusing on student achievement through operational excellence. That is what it is all about. 
• An opportunity to work every day with colleagues who are committed to kids and supportive of each other’s efforts….and 
• So much more! – check out other perks of working at EdOps here. And some details on benefits here.

We know that a team from a wide range of backgrounds with different life experiences, identities, opinions, and talents makes us better able to innovate and deliver on our mission of supporting schools to improve student outcomes. Every day we work to build an inclusive company culture where everyone can be themselves at work and do their best work.

Apply:

If you are passionate about our mission, skilled in your field, ready to learn, and looking for a place where you can be yourself, we want to hear from you! To apply, please complete our application here.

What you can expect from the hiring process:

- First Screen

- Performance Task

- Technical Interview

- Final Interview

- Reference Checks