Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. EdOps partners with schools to provide finance, accounting, and student data management support. The part-time School Finance Analyst supports the day-to-day financial operations of a portfolio of schools, including payroll, accounts payable, grants management, reconciliations, compliance, and monthly accounting closes, while developing toward a full-time and potential specialist role.
Responsibilities
- Support all necessary back-office financial/accounting aspects of a portfolio of schools, including accounts payable, payroll, accounts receivable, bank reconciliation, grants administration, and financial compliance
- Collaborate with EdOps School Finance Specialists to maintain accounting books/schedules and produce monthly financial statements
- Assist in audit preparation, annual 1099 issuance and other ad-hoc reports
- Liaise with school staff
- Independently manage the payroll process and accounts payable for multiple schools
- Learn and understand key aspects of the monthly accounting close cycle including grants administration and bank reconciliations
- Complete annual financial compliance requirements like 1099s
- Independently manage key parts of the monthly accounting close cycle including grants management, journal entries, accounts and bank reconciliations
- Support fundamental aspects of the annual financial audit process for one or more schools
- Take on increased ownership of day-to-day accounting and finance activities for assigned schools
- Promotion opportunity: Senior Analyst and/or Associate School Finance Specialist
Skills
- Strong organization and time management skills. There is a lot going on here
- Intermediate Excel knowledge, such as formulas like vlookup and sumifs, because Excel will be your best friend in executing on the everyday financial work
- Quantitative or technical background in either experience or coursework as there are numbers everywhere in our work
- Strong attention to detail as the details in our work, such as school staff being paid on time, are critical
- General comfort with technology systems (e.g., Google suite, financial systems) because we are not big fans of paper around here at EdOps
- An openness and proactive mindset toward leveraging new technology, especially AI tools, to innovate and enhance the quality and efficiency of your work
- Typically, Finance Analysts have post-secondary educational experience and/or relevant work experience
- Coursework or experience in business, economics, finance or accounting
Benefits
- Hands-on training and mentorship from experienced team members.
- Career development support, with the intention for the role to grow into a full-time position as business needs and performance align.
- Pathway to a School Finance Specialist role.
- Remote work; location flexible.
- Purpose-driven work focusing on student achievement through operational excellence.
- Supportive colleagues committed to kids and each other’s efforts.
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