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December 3

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FreeWorld

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11 - 50 employees

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

📚 Education

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 Grant on 2024-02

Description

• Oversee all financial operations, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in financial reporting, disbursements, and receivables, while maintaining financial integrity and compliance with tax provisions. • Collaborate with external and internal teams to identify and bridge gaps, develop scalable financial solutions, and prepare and track budgets. • Collaborate with Senior Leadership to provide guidance on building an internal finance team, providing strategic insights into financial performance, and fostering a values-driven, high-performing culture. • Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Financial Reporting: Coordinate and prepare internal and external financial statements including department expense reports, detailed PayPal transaction coding, and annual audited financial statements. • Analyze financial results and provide leadership with an understanding of the organization’s financial performance and the financial implications of business decisions and strategies. • Accounting: Plan, direct, and coordinate all accounting operational functions. • Supervise external accounting firm and accurate accounting of the organization’s activities. • Evaluate financial internal control systems and ensure adherence to such controls. • Manage and oversee all disbursements, ensuring accurate and timely processing of invoices, accounts payable (AP), and employee expense reports. • Audit and Tax: Manage the annual financial statement audit including coordinating activities of external auditors and the related communications with the audit team. • Ensure financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP and deliver final materials to the CEO for the organization’s external audit. • Stay updated with the latest GAAP accounting regulations, implement all new requirements as needed, and provide insight to management on the impact of new pronouncements on the organization’s financial statements. • Coordinate and prepare information for annual tax returns including form 990 and various state returns in conjunction with third-party tax consultants. • Compliance Contribute to resolution of various state tax issues. • Assure compliance with income tax provisions, including the accurate and timely completion and filing of all tax returns, including 990, 990T, 5500s, and state filings. • Grants Management Support Provide assistance to the fundraising team in understanding award letter stipulations and the impact on accounting records. • Provide tracking of grants to ensure we are in compliance with restricted donation requirements. • Contribute recommendations for improved and efficient grant database processing. • Manage accounts receivable (AR) activities to ensure accurate and timely recording and processing of all grants.

Requirements

• You have a connection to our mission and values: Our values resonate with you and you hold a strong belief that everyone deserves a second chance. • You have 8+ years of experience: You’ve worked in accounting/finance for nonprofits or philanthropic organizations. • You have a CPA and an extensive understanding of GAAP, financial audits, and proper financial controls. • You’re a cross-functional team player: You’re a clear, direct communicator who’s comfortable working with colleagues across a variety of teams and backgrounds. • You have a cooperative attitude and willingness to learn and assist others. • You’re tech-forward: You have a strong understanding of accounting software and the ability to assess and implement technology to automate and control accounting processes. • You’re a problem-solving pro: When you find a problem, you fix it. • You have strong analytical skills, good judgement, with a critical, innovative, mindset toward problem-solving and love trying new solutions to old problems. • You’re a time-management master: You can juggle multiple goals, tasks, and timelines and keep them on track to meet deadlines. • Preferred, but not required: You have change management experience implementing new accounting software or systems. • You have experience transitioning from an outsourced accounting firm to in-house financial operations. • You have worked remotely in a rapidly scaling environment.

Benefits

• Remote work flexibility • Team-centric culture of honesty, vulnerability, & trust! • Awesome Health & Disability Insurance (medical, dental, vision, mental health) • Financial Health: 401k & High-Yield Savings Account • Employee Development (Quarterly Wellness Stipend, Paid Professional Development, and more) • Incredible Work-Life Balance! (Unlimited PTO, 14+ paid holidays) • 12-16 weeks of paid parental leave • Creating tremendous impact at scale.