Senior Director of Accounting

Senior Director, Accounting

Location:

Remote, US (open to residents of the 48 contiguous United States)

Status:
Full time

Starting Salary Range: $109,000 - $150,000

EL Education is a national nonprofit that partners with educators to transform K‑12 schools and districts into hubs of equitable opportunity. Guided by a multi‑dimensional vision of student achievement, we support all students to cultivate their unique genius and contribute to a better world. EL Education offers research‑proven resources and practices, including the acclaimed EL Education K‑8 Language Arts curriculum, Core Practices, and aligned professional learning.

EL Education was founded in 1991 and currently serves 450,000 students in diverse communities across the country. Learn more at ELEducation.org
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As the Senior Director, Accounting, you will provide critical senior‑level leadership to the organization’s accounting function. You will be responsible for providing stability and operational excellence during a period of leadership transition, leading vital enterprise systems implementations, and ensuring comprehensive management of core accounting, financial reporting, and compliance functions. This role requires an individual who can expertly manage daily accounting functions while driving major organizational initiatives and ensuring the organization maintains strong financial controls and prepares for future growth and technological adoption.

• Partner with Finance Team on Operations: Partner with the Finance team to ensure that all financial and accounting functions are completed in a timely and accurate manner.
• Oversee critical operations including month‑end close, cash management, accounts receivable/payable, and bank reconciliation.
• Ensure effective management of Payroll operations/benefits administration and the organization’s line of credit.
• Coordinate Accounts Payable Management: Coordinate with the Chief Financial Officer to oversee the Accounts Payable function, ensuring adherence to process, controls, and cadence as it pertains to vendor payment review, authentication, and payment.
• Coordinate Payroll Management: Coordinate with the Chief Financial Officer to oversee the payroll function, ensuring the efficacy of payroll adjustments, reconciliation, and bi‑weekly submission. Manage multi‑state payroll governance and compliance.
• Document Processes and Refresh Control Procedures: Document pre‑existing processes and procedures. Provide an assessment of processes and current control procedures, and recommend revisions to bolster the current compliance infrastructure and prepare for the new system implementation and adoption of AI solutions.

• Lead Internal and External Reporting: Provide leadership and oversight to internal and external financial reporting.
• External Reporting: Oversee the preparation of the Income statement, Balance Sheet, Cash flow statement, and 990 tax returns.
• Internal Reporting: Manage the production of Departmental budgets and the aggregate EL budget.
• Banking and Investing Oversight: Direct all aspects of banking and investing, which will include financing and cash management plus managing relationships with banking partners.

• Lead and Project Manage the Net Suite (Finance ERP) Implementation: Serve as the key liaison across all stakeholders, guiding the implementation and ensuring timely delivery on milestones. Serve as a thought leader for best practices regarding implementation, roll‑out, and organization‑wide adoption.
• Provide Auxiliary Support for Rippling (HRIS) Implementation: Support the HRIS implementation as a key determinant of the payroll configuration and launch across the organization.
• Support Data Management and Testing: Provide overflow support for system setup, data loading, reconciliation, and unit integration testing.
• Support Organization‑Wide Readiness and Adoption: Prepare documentation and artifacts necessary for organization‑wide training and payroll support in Rippling.

• Fiscal Policy and Compliance: Maintain and…