EdOps School Finance Manager

EdOps’s School Finance Manager position is a fully remote role, ideal for school finance leaders ready to bring their expertise to a portfolio of schools and shape our nationwide finance offering alongside committed and experienced finance peers.

The School Finance Managers act as their schools’ outsourced CFOs - and, like on-staff CFOs, they leverage team members to analyze backwards-looking financial data and deliver strategic financial advice aligned with their schools’ mission and goals, build relationships with school leaders and boards, proactively notice and solve client problems, and generally act as key members of clients’ leadership teams. Because School Finance Managers are our schools’ key contacts, they are most directly able to impact EdOps’s ability to meet the clients needs and retain our school clients, as well as our ability to meet our mission.

Internally, School Finance Managers will collaborate with other School Finance Managers to drive innovations to our products and internal operations, and the development and refinement of best practices for school finance.

Reports to the Director. Location flexible (this is a remote position). Part time arrangements possible for exceptional candidates.

EdOps is a B-Corp which partners with schools to provide expert support in finance, accounting, and student data management, helping education leaders make informed decisions while minimizing the financial, operational, and compliance burdens of running a school. Simply put, we make it easier for school leaders to increase student achievement. Our experience working with a wide range of schools – from newly authorized charter schools to independent schools with century-long histories, and from microschools to multi-campus networks – allows us to provide high-quality finance, accounting, and student data support across diverse educational environments.

Our team of over 100 professionals currently serves over 100 independent and public charter schools and networks across D.C., Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Michigan, New Jersey, and New York. We are serious about being the best possible partners to schools, and it shows in our 93% annual client retention rate. We work hard at being a rewarding, enjoyable workplace where staff can grow professionally and make an impact.

We are looking for education focused, accounting and finance loving, collaborative people to join our team.

• Act as an outsourced CFO for a portfolio of 5-8 schools, advising these schools’ leaders and Boards on matters pertaining to financial and operational policies, strategic decisions, and long-term financial planning. This includes:
  • Manage and maintain the school relationship by establishing strong and trusting connections through sound and proactive support aimed to drive client satisfaction and retain our school clients and meet our mission
  • Work with the school and internal EdOps team and gather inputs to produce forward looking financial forecasts. This may involve generating reports from accounting software, translating accounting schedules and continued partnership with the client.
  • Act as a liaison between the school and accounting team for the completion of compliance reporting for authorize rs, SEAs and other agencies
  • Develop annual operating and grant budgets and lead finance strategy development in a way that aligns with school goals
  • Attend or prepare school leader to present at finance committee or board meetings such that finance strategy is explained, building board level relationships and trust
  • Identify and inform the school if there are internal control issues and propose improvements as needed to share best practices
  • Engage in client listening and endeavor to proactively identify and solve their clients’ financial challenges - either directly, or through engaging other teams at EdOps.
• Regularly collaborate and work with School Finance Specialists staffed on their schools to provide high quality customer service.
  • Foster a positive and productive working relationship with internal teammates through regular check-ins, open communication and teamwork approach
  • Be the conduit between the school…