Finance Specialist

Nonprofit Megaphone empowers organizations to expand their reach and impact by assisting them in obtaining and effectively managing the Google Ad Grant/Microsoft Ads for Social Impact Grant. Through this grant, nonprofits are able to share their stories with a wider global audience. Additionally, we support organizations in their digital fundraising efforts by utilizing various social media platforms. Our team was recently recognized by Inc. Magazine on the Inc. 500 List as one of the fastest-growing companies in America.

At Nonprofit Megaphone, our team is 100% remote, so we are one of the few companies where working from home is the rule, not the exception. Because we are remote, we take team culture very seriously. We love chatting with each other over Slack, our internal instant messaging system, and we get together for an (optional) in-person retreat once a year. Nonprofit Megaphone also understands the need for portable and flexible careers and proudly supports military spouse employment through the Hiring Our Heroes #DiscoverTheTalent initiative.

Position Specifics: $4.00/hr, full-time, contract, hourly position, M-F, hours can be flexible between 6:00 AM and 9:00 PM EST, starting on or before August 28th.

Perks:
– Robust On The Job Training: With Nonprofit Megaphone’s hands-on training you will learn new career skills, in-demand tech knowledge, and gain the confidence needed to transition and thrive in your new career.
– Earn While You Learn: During your first 90 days you’ll be paid while you learn each new skill and technology.
– Remote First Culture: We thrive in our remote environment and want you to as well. We spend time getting to know one another and building relationships both virtually and in person.
– Growth: Nonprofit Megaphone recognizes great assets when we see them. Our employees have the ability to continue their learning and growth through annual and ongoing development.
– Workplace Cohesion: We are a no drama llama environment and strive to build and support an atmosphere that is centered around inclusivity, honesty, drive, and transparency.

Compensation & Benefits:
– Eligible at 90 days to attend our yearly company-wide in-person retreat.
– Eligible after 1 year for yearly pay evaluations.

Job Summary:
The goal of this role is to ensure that we have prompt, accurate, insightful financial data to make decisions, that NPMs invoicing and A/R are accurate and timely, and that internal financial records are kept up to date.

Key Responsibilities & Duties:
– Invoicing: Efficiently and effectively managing invoicing, ensuring that clients stay on track with their payments and that invoices are paid within 35 days of receipt.
– A/R: Maintaining an A/R balance of $40k or less through regular reminders and nudges to clients.
– Special Projects: Completing special finance-related (and other) projects in a timely, thorough, proactive, and accurate manner as assigned by your manager. These projects may include spreadsheet creation and management, account reconciliation projects, budget/forecasting, data entry, reporting, financial statement preparation, analysis, etc.
– Commission Payments: You accurately schedule to pay out commission payments that are input onto the spreadsheet by the Sales Operations Coordinator.
– MRR Log management: You ensure its accuracy and are ultimately responsible for it. The Sales Operations Coordinator will input data onto this spreadsheet as well.
– Credits and Refunds: You complete any necessary credits and/or refunds to NPM clients as assigned.

Qualifications:
– Bachelor’s degree (Required).
– Professional accounting background and/or experience (Required).
– Comfortable with technology, including competence with computers, Google Docs, Google Sheets, and the willingness to go outside of your comfort zone to learn more.
– Ability to learn quickly and work independently in a remote setting.
– Excellent grasp of the English language, including spelling of words, rules of composition, and proper grammar.
– Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
– Excellent time management skills and a home environment that supports working remotely.
– Ability to meet quality standards and provide positive customer service to clients.
– Ability to receive constructive criticism and feedback on your work and a constant willingness to improve.
– Ability to analyze data and information and identify the underlying principles, reasons, and facts behind it.
– Maintain a good attitude, friendliness with clients, and positivity with team members.
– Ability to stay organized, juggle multiple priorities, and complete tasks quickly and accurately.
– Strong need for attention to detail and the ability to proofread your own work quickly and accurately.
– Always follow our core values: Honorable, Results, Team-Player, Go-Getter, and No Drama (Llama).
– Access to a quiet, distraction-free work environment with high-quality internet and phone reception.

Tech Requirements:
– Quiet, distraction-free environment for phone calls/meetings.
– Typing speed of 60+ words per minute.
– Good phone reception, a computer, and a headset or headphones for phone calls with strong internet connectivity.

Note to Applicants:
This job description isn’t all-inclusive and may change as the company evolves and needs change.
The recommended approach for submitting your application would be through your computer device since we do require a phone assessment and it functions most effectively on that device.

We also require all applicants to complete and pass 4 assessments (Critical Thinking, Typing Test, Computer/Tech, and Grammar Assessment) before they are interviewed by our Team Engagement & Recruitment Director. We highly value the insight from these tests in the hiring process and use them to make it more objective. We also do these assessments because, if you don’t do well, you probably won’t enjoy the job!

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