Junior Financial Systems Specialist Job Washington area,District of Columbia USA,Business

Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School (CRIPCS) is an adult charter school that delivers high-quality education, career training, and supportive services that enable adult immigrants to realize their dreams while strengthening our community and economy. When you join the team at CRIPCS you become part of a unique, performance-driven organization where students are the center of our work and excellence permeates.

The mission of Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School is to deliver high-quality education, career training, and supportive services that enable adult immigrants to realize their dreams while strengthening our community and economy.

Our organization's values guide our behavior:

Integrity
Respect
Perseverance
Compassion
Inclusivity
Collaboration

Junior Financial Systems Specialist

WHO WE ARE:

CRIPCS is the nation’s first adult charter school and a national model for high-quality adult education, career training, and student support. Our mission-driven team advances innovative, equity-centered solutions that empower adult immigrants and English language learners while strengthening our community and economy. Through our award-winning three-pronged model—foundational coursework, career certification, and comprehensive supports—and guided by our core values:
Integrity, Respect, Perseverance, Compassion, Inclusivity, and Collaboration we advance our strategic priorities to empower our people and culture and build for the future.

ROLE SUMMARY:

The Junior Financial Systems Specialist is an entry-level role that strengthens the technology backbone of the Finance Department, which supports both CRIPCS and its affiliated entity, Community Capital Corporation (CCC). Reporting to the Vice President of Finance, this new position is responsible for maintaining integrations across the department’s core financial platforms, supporting automation and process improvement initiatives, assisting in the development of AI-enabled tools, and building and maintaining the dashboards that leadership relies on to make financial decisions.

Working closely with the Finance team and the School’s outsourced accounting partner, the Junior Financial Systems Specialist gains broad exposure to nonprofit and fund-based finance operations while helping the department rationalize its software stack and continuously improve how work gets done.

CORE WORKSTREAMS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The following outlines core duties and responsibilities for this position.

Systems Integration & Maintenance

Maintain and monitor integrations across the department’s core systems — including Sage Intacct, ADP, Nexus, Concur, and Tableau — to ensure data stays synchronized and accurate across platforms.

Troubleshoot and resolve integration errors, data mismatches, and sync failures; escalate and document issues as needed.

Support the evaluation, design, and implementation of new system integrations as the technology stack evolves.

Automation & Process Improvement

Support special projects to automate systems, rationalize the current software stack, and streamline workflows across finance and accounting areas.

Identify manual, repetitive, or error-prone finance processes and design automated solutions that improve accuracy and free up staff capacity.

Build, test, document, and maintain automated workflows as business needs change.

AI & Emerging Tools

Assist in developing and deploying AI-enabled tools and models that support financial reporting and day-to-day finance operations.

Prepare and structure data for use in AI applications, and help evaluate outputs for accuracy, reliability, and appropriate use.

Data Management & Dashboard Development

Manage financial data within Tableau, ensuring data sources are clean, well-organized, and reliable.

Create and maintain automated dashboards and visualizations that communicate key performance indicators (KPIs) to leadership and non-financial stakeholders across both entities.

Partner with Finance team members to translate reporting needs into intuitive, self-service dashboards.

Collaboration & Operational Support

Collaborate with the Finance team — including the Finance Manager, Accounting Specialist, Payroll…