Financial Support Specialist
Schedule:
Flexible during the client's business hours, San Francisco, CA time
Scope:
- Starting at 20 hours per week
- Potential to grow into full-time role as organization expands
- Work directly with organizational leadership team
- Focus on financial tasks and accounting-related activities
- Include administrative tasks related to finance
- Long-term engagement expected, not project-based work
- Support organization currently operating with three-quarters million dollar budget
- Help establish financial systems for continued organizational growth
Responsibilities
- Provide dedicated bookkeeping services with readily available financial numbers and data
- Create budgets and expense charts for organizational planning
- Train the internal team on financial processes and best practices
- Support the organization’s financial needs with direct access and communication
- Handle basic bookkeeping tasks including data entry and reconciliation
- Assist with payroll processing
- Develop and adapt financial policies to improve organizational efficiency
- Provide finance-adjacent training and education to staff members
- Support the organization’s growth by creating financial documentation that demonstrates program effectiveness
- Increase likelihood of receiving additional funds by researching related funding opportunities and helping make the financial case for company's programmatic return on investment
- Leadership holding the company team and its fiscal sponsor bookkeeper and city and foundation funders accountable to their commitments and deliverables
- Develop and Manage financial best practices
Requirements:
- Experience with bookkeeping and accounting principles
- Proficiency in QuickBooks or Xero accounting software
- Ability to work 20 hours per week (with potential to grow to full-time)
- Strong communication skills for training and collaboration
- Experience with budget creation and expense tracking
- Payroll processing capabilities
- Ability to work during US time zones
- Teaching or training experience preferred for staff development
Independent Contractor Perks
- Permanent work from home
- Immediate hiring
- Steady freelance job
Financial Support Specialist
Job Category
Accounting and Finance
Job Type
Part Time (20 - 34 Hours per week)
Work Schedule and Timezone
San Francisco, CA 94124
Published on
May 29 2025