Summary

Impact Ops is looking for a Finance Specialist (USA CPA) to join our team. The starting salary range is $60,000 to $75,000, depending on experience. There may be flexibility in salary for exceptional candidates with significant experience.

We’re an early stage startup, so if you’re looking for somewhere you can learn quickly, make a meaningful impact, and take ownership for a wide range of tasks, please consider applying here.

About Impact Ops

Impact Ops is an independent organization that provides operational support to high-impact nonprofits. Our services include entity setup, finance, recruitment, audit, due diligence, and systems implementation. We operate a fully ‘remote working’ model with team members based in Europe, the UK, and Canada and clients based in Europe and the US.

We’re looking for motivated, altruistic, and optimistic people from diverse backgrounds to join us in this impactful work by providing excellent operational support to our clients.

Key responsibilities

As a small team, we’re all involved in many different aspects of supporting our clients. As a Finance Specialist, your key responsibilities will include:

Reviewing financial data and ensuring transactions are recorded correctly
Implementing automations for routine bookkeeping tasks
Developing and improving internal controls
Ensuring compliance with the regulatory and tax requirements in the relevant jurisdictions (namely the US)
Producing and analyzing financial reports on a monthly basis
Creating, tracking, and maintaining budgets
Creating or improving financial dashboards
Project managing audits
Consulting with clients to improve their audit-readiness

About you

You’ll need to have:

A licence as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the US. Equivalent certifications may be suitable, ideally focused on US regulations.
3+ years’ experience in public accounting or internal accounting in a role with a wide variety of responsibilities. As a Finance Specialist we expect you to bring a depth of finance experience to the role and ideally appropriate financial qualifications.

You’ll also likely have:

Experience in the nonprofit sector: US-specific charity finance experience is particularly desirable.
Experience with audits: Either as an auditor, or as a client. Moderate experience with US tax matters is also desirable.
An operations mindset: You’re good at identifying issues, prioritizing, generating solutions, and efficiently implementing new ideas.
Strong attention to detail: You identify and correct small errors to ensure precision and accuracy in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
A love of systems: You enjoy building systems that run exceptionally smoothly, and have promising ideas for improving existing processes.
Strong communication skills: You’re personable and able to communicate professionally and clearly with various stakeholders and clients, both in writing and verbally.
Comfort owning projects: You’re comfortable managing tasks and you thrive in an autonomous work environment.
An intrinsic motivation to have a positive impact with your career.

We’re a small team and care deeply about our team culture, which is very supportive while encouraging high standards and ambition. We want you to succeed in your career and feel supported to grow.

Application

Here’s a summary of the application process for a successful candidate:

Submit the application form.
Attend an initial application screen (possibly including a short video/phone call).
Complete 1-2 paid work tests designed to simulate the work you would do if hired and/or evaluate certain skills important for success in the role.
Attend a remote interview.
Attend a 1-day paid trial (remote) to allow you and us to see what it would be like if you worked at Impact Ops.
Submit references.
Receive an employment offer!

We’re reviewing candidates on a rolling basis, and we;ll close the application form as soon as we’ve found a suitable candidate.

Diversity & inclusion

We’re aware that factors like gender, race, and socioeconomic background can affect people’s willingness to apply for roles for which they meet some but not all the suggested attributes. We’d especially like to encourage people from underrepresented backgrounds to express interest.

There’s no such thing as a “perfect” candidate. If you’re on the fence about applying because you’re unsure whether you’re qualified, we’d encourage you to apply.

If you require any adjustments to the application process, such as accessibility accommodations, additional preparation time, or other, please contact hello@impact-ops.org. We’re happy to support your needs and adjust the application process.

Impact Ops jobs

Finance Specialist (USA CPA)