School Finance Manager- Charter Schools (CFO/Director of Finance) FY27

EdOps is hiring a School Finance Manager to act as an outsourced CFO for a portfolio of 5-8 schools. This is a remote position for someone who has already led a finance function at a school or within a larger school organization and wants to bring that expertise to a range of clients. Part-time arrangements are possible for exceptional candidates.

What you will do

• Serve as outsourced CFO for 5-8 schools, advising leaders and Boards on financial and operational policies, strategic decisions, and long-term financial planning.
• Produce forward-looking financial forecasts, set budgets, and lead finance strategy development aligned with school goals and EdOps's commitment to equity and anti-racism.
• Attend finance committee or board meetings to present and explain finance strategy.
• Analyze, model, and solve problems across a wide range of business issues.
• Listen to clients and proactively identify and solve their financial challenges, either directly or by engaging other teams at EdOps.
• Provide development and informal oversight to School Finance Specialists and School Finance Analysts on school-specific processes. Those staff report to dedicated People Managers, so this oversight is relatively informal.
• Contribute to EdOps's internal research, development, and innovation of its finance product.

What you will accomplish

By Year 1, you will solve small, real problems for schools daily; advise school leaders on long-term strategic decisions such as facilities projects, staffing models, and school expansion; build close, trusting partnerships with C-level school leadership; present financial information to a school's Board of Directors; sharpen your expertise in strategic school finance from multi-year budget development to internal process refinement; and work with 5-8 schools in different stages of growth and with different academic models.

By Year 3, you will contribute to the development and refinement of EdOps's standard finance product and its suite of best practices, lead project-based or market development work beyond your school portfolio, and continue solving real problems for schools every day.

What they are looking for

• Experience excelling in a school finance management role, such as leading the finance function for a school or leading part of a finance function in a larger school organization.
• Experience as part of a School Leadership Team or working very closely with one.
• Comfort with accounting. A CPA or extensive expertise is not required, but experience with accounting software and reading and analyzing financial reports is a must.
• Intermediate Excel knowledge, including formulas like vlookups and sumifs.
• Strong quantitative analysis, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills, since approaches and solutions often have to be customized.
• Excellent client communication and interpersonal skills, with comfort presenting and explaining information to people with varying financial literacy.
• Comfort interacting with, advising, and challenging C-level leaders in schools.
• Strong organization and time management skills.
• General comfort with technology systems such as Google suite.
• Experience leading audits.
• Typically, School Finance Managers have 10-15 years of work or post-secondary educational experience.

EdOps is also looking for people who care about education and student outcomes as much as budgets and forecasts, find joy in solving financial problems for individual schools, can move between high-level strategy and detailed daily work, and are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Pay and location

The salary range for this position is $93,642-$125,246 per year. Salaries are commensurate with relative experience and geographic location. The location is flexible and the role is remote. Part-time arrangements are possible for exceptional candidates. The position reports to a Finance Director or above.

About EdOps

EdOps is a B-Corp that partners with schools to provide support in finance, accounting, and student data management, helping education leaders make informed decisions while reducing the financial, operational, and compliance burdens of running a school. Its team of over 100 professionals serves more than 100 independent and public charter schools and networks across D.C., Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Michigan, New Jersey, and New York. The company reports a 93% annual client retention rate.

Hiring process

The process includes application review, a first interview, a performance task, a final interview, a reference check, and an offer.