Head - Finance Operations
Change Machine, United States
Job Description
Head of Finance amp; Operations Profile
Change Machine is seeking a Head of Finance and Operations to engineer the company’s finance function and oversee the operations function, ensuring Change Machine’s long-term financial strategy, and highly effective and accurate accounting amp; reporting. This role will also supervise key operations functions, including legal amp; compliance. The Head of Finance amp; Operations oversees our Operations Assistant and works closely with our external accountants and financial strategist.
About Change Machine
Change Machine prioritizes the financial security outcomes of those who stand to benefit the most in the design and delivery of tech-based products and services. Our mission aims to use the power of technology to build financial security across the ecosystem of customers, practitioners, and providers to close the gender and racial wealth gap.
Our Software as a Service (Saas) platform brings together practitioners and fintech providers to meet historically marginalized, low-income communities where they are, removing barriers to their success, creating equitable access to financial security, and empowering them to advance their financial lives on their own terms. Our products and practices have set the national standard for inclusive financial coaching, and more than 12,000 practitioners across all 50 states have used our platform to build their practice, connect with each other, and amplify their impact. The combination of our technology platform and our nonprofit mission enables us to more effectively achieve our vision of ensuring that technology advances financial equity.
In the Fall of 2023, Change Machine will create a for-profit entity to house its Saas platform that is owned by the non-profit. This position will play a crucial role in managing the business and financial strategy across the two entities.
About the Head of Finance amp; Operations
The Head of Finance amp; Operations believes in true, systemic change to combat the financial insecurity of historically marginalized, low-income communities, namely Black/Brown women. You love collaborating with various levels of colleagues in the company (internally amp; externally) to continue to build the necessary foundations for achieving financial security for historically marginalized, low-income communities. The Head of Finance amp; Operations also brings with them outside the box but forward thinking in regards to fiscal strategies (implementation and execution) in order to build long-term financial sustainability for the company and to be able to provide a world-class financial experience for our customers. Lead the business and financial strategy to support the diversification of the organization’s income, both grant-driven for the mission, and earnings for the social enterprise; which will include a wide range of activities, from intra-company transactions to the possibility of managing a new corporate governance structure.
Head Responsibilities
Finance:
- Support external financial strategist consultants in building a multi-year financial plan and underlying business model for the Saas platform.
- Leading discussions with the senior leadership team and board of directors including the board finance committee meetings to source input, receive approvals, develop scenario-planning, forecasting, and modeling for organizational growth.
- Work closely with our partnerships team to help develop revenue targets, understand the health of our pipeline, and analyze upcoming risks and opportunities for our business.
- Oversee all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems, ensuring compliance with appropriate GAAP standards and regulatory requirements.
- Oversee external auditors in the completion of the annual financial statement audits and federal and state tax returns.
- Lead the external accounting team, ensuring there are appropriate structures and strong management in place across all aspects of the accounting function (monthly close, AR/AP, payroll, procurements, etc.) and administration function (contract review and management, reporting, etc.).
- Perform additional related responsibilities as assigned by the CEO.
Operations:
- Ensure Change Machine has the business systems and processes in place (formal and informal) to efficiently and effectively manage the organization’s network, finances, pipeline, and human capital while aligning with the overall values of the organization.
- Oversee and manage all aspects of organizational liabilities and insurance, including review of annual or other insurance policies and securing insurance certificates as needed for events or activities.
- Oversee purchasing of supplies for the organization, including programming and development initiatives.