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Financial Planning and Analysis

• Manage a team of finance professionals, analysts, and finance specialists
• Train and coach staff through standard training sessions and ongoing development
• Guide and support staff career paths through discussion, navigation, and collaborative planning
• Develop and conduct annual reviews and mid-year deep dives for direct reports
• Address underperformance and develop performance improvement plans as necessary
• Decide staff promotion timing with Director approval
• Create and maintain an inclusive and fair team work culture
• Resolve staff issues and inform leadership about trends
• Provide project management to ensure client work is completed on time and to expected quality standards
• Support accounting reviews of schools and implement team-specific quality-control mechanisms
• Problem-solve complex accounting and finance work
• Serve as an outsourced controller for at least one school
• Oversee day-to-day full-cycle accounting and compliance activities
• Close books monthly, quarterly, and annually and support preparation of monthly financial statements
• Oversee federal, state, and local grants administration
• Serve as the primary contact during annual financial audits and Form 990 preparation
• Support annual budgeting with School Finance Managers
• Liaise with state education authorities as needed
• Contribute to improving finance service-line efficiency and accuracy
• Gather information, identify trends, and recommend improvements to products and processes
• Collaborate with the Director of People Operations on people-operations practices
• Participate actively in recruiting new staff

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Finance Team Manager – Independent Schools