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Pillar Search is proud to collaborate with Reading Partners on the hiring of their new Revenue Accounting Manager. This position will be based at the Reading Partners’ headquarters in Oakland, CA.

The high level:

The Revenue Accounting Manager is a new role best suited for an experienced accounting professional who is detail-oriented, hands-on, results-driven with proven communication skills and a strong work ethic to work in a challenging, fast-paced, nonprofit environment. This person is responsible for the timely and accurate reporting of all revenue, including, but not limited to: temporarily restricted, government, and unrestricted grants as well as deferred revenue, all private donations, other grant awards, and fee for service (FFS) from school partners. This person is also responsible for ensuring revenue is posted to the GL accurately and documented within the Reading Partners CRM (Salesforce) in full accordance with GAAP. The Revenue Accounting Manager will report to the Controller.

If you’re looking to apply your vast knowledge of accounting to help a growing nonprofit help more students learn to read, please read on!

About Reading Partners:

Reading Partners mobilizes communities to provide students with the proven, individualized reading support they need to read at grade level by fourth grade.

Reading Partners knows that reading is the foundation for all future learning, and the ability to read transforms lives and empowers children and communities to reach their full potential. Research shows that students who read at grade level by fourth grade have a greater opportunity to succeed in school and in life.

That’s why they partner with under-resourced schools and engage volunteer reading partners to work one-on-one with students who struggle with reading.

An evidence-based and community-driven organization, they recruit and train volunteers to work one-on-one with students for 45 minutes twice a week, following a structured, research-based curriculum.

The Reading Partners program model works and is backed by evidence-based research which proves that their students make significant gains in reading. On average, Reading Partners’ students more than double their rate of learning while in the program.

What you’ll do:

Ensure accurate and timely revenue recognition
- Coordinate the daily operations related to revenue recognition and establish regular and effective communication channels with designated program and development colleagues.
- Manage the weekly processing of cash receipts and recording of revenue.
- Prepare detailed revenue analysis, reconciliations and budget-to-actual variance reports.
- Ensure all revenue and related accounts are posted to the GL accurately and in accordance with GAAP.
- Perform monthly close tasks associated with revenue including the preparation of various reconciliations, deferred revenue roll forward, monthly revenue journal entries and monthly revenue related analysis.
- Monitor accounts receivable and ensure timely processing in system to ensure all documentation is in compliance with company policy and all rules/ regulations set forth by our contracts.
- Assist in preparation of monthly management reports.
- Maintain and analyze accounting records.
- Assist with the preparation of accounting schedules, reports and financial statements monthly and as requested by senior leadership.
- Manage all private and foundation grants and ensure they’re booked according to the conditions stipulated in the contract.
- Ensures all monthly invoices are submitted to various grants, contracts and governmental agencies as well as all reimbursement invoices.
- Track all in-kind gifts.
- Assist in ensuring a constant state of annual fiscal and funder audit readiness through clean and accurate coding, tagging and reporting.
- Ensure direct expenses tagged to municipal grants/ contracts are allowable and compliant under contract/ grant provision.
Partner with Finance/ Accounting colleagues and other business partners
- Ensure GL records and internal CRM database (Salesforce) are congruent.
- Work closely with external audit team regarding all quarterly review and annual audit requirements.
- As needed, may help with bookkeeping operations and assist in the day-to-day delivery of the organization’s main accounting policies, procedures and contracts.
Process improvement
- Regularly audit all current practices to assess their effectiveness and efficiency.
- Revise current practices to ensure best in class service and performance as it pertains to revenue activities and reporting.
- Ensure all internal policies and procedures are practical and realistic. Ensure best practices are documented and in full effect at Reading Partners.
- Assist in process improvements to further streamline revenue tasks and shorten revenue close calendar.
Other duties as needed

How you’ll do it:

Relationship Development & Communication: You establish great working relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including staff, external constituents, as well as board members. You are able to open doors, make connections, tell a compelling story through the use of data, and create pathways to ensure financial sustainability in literacy education within a very competitive market. You are an effective communicator and a natural “connector”, and you have a track record of successfully establishing rapport quickly and maintaining relationships, even at a distance.

Strategic Leadership & Execution: You develop and design new strategies and approaches to meet goals and then lead implementation of those strategies. You bring a systems perspective to organizational challenges, with the ability to effectively move from vision to strategy to plan to execution while managing multiple work streams and demonstrating exceptional project management instincts. You are creative and are a thoughtful decision-maker. You are comfortable partnering with others to problem-solve, and you use clear and strategic processes in making decisions. In addition, you have professional experience both developing and executing strategy to optimize organizational processes and achieve ambitious goals.

People Management: You have a track record of leading teams to excellence. You demonstrate a genuine interest in coaching, inspiring, and developing staff toward the successful achievement goals. You are skilled at providing clear direction, guidance and goals, delegating effectively, and providing growth opportunities while supporting progress along the way. Support staff and enable them to build and maintain successful relationships with a wide array of colleagues at a distance.

About you!

You’ll be successful in this role if you:

Possess robust and relevant job experience in roles with increasing responsibility; nonprofit experience strongly desired
Have experience managing a team
Display strong analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills
Possess detailed working knowledge of GAAP
Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills; able to successfully convey accounting concepts to non-accounting colleagues
Able to adapt to changing organizational needs and priorities and juggle multiple projects while meeting deadlines
Demonstrate strategic and analytical thinking abilities and strong problem-solving skills
Exhibit excellent professional judgment
Knowledge of financial planning software (e.g. Adaptive, Hyperion, Cognos) strongly preferred; familiarity with Salesforce a plus
Boast a deep belief in our mission
Root your work in our core values
Approach your work with pride and have fun while doing it
Actively seek professional and personal growth opportunities
Hold US Citizenship or Permanent Resident Status
Hold a bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or equivalent experience; CPA a plus

Bonus points if you:

Have experience with federal grant accounting, specifically multiple cost reimbursement grants.
Are an AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, or other national service alum/alumna
Have experience working in launch or growth phases of organizations

What Reading Partners offers:

Reading Partners offers the full package – great benefits, a great place to work and the opportunity to have a glowing and growing career.

Reading Partners offers a competitive salary commensurate with experience. This is a full time, exempt, salaried position.
They offer a rich suite of health, welfare, and lifestyle benefits, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, commuter benefits, referral bonuses, 403(b) option, and more.
They offer an exciting and dynamic culture, and commit to investing in and supporting their amazing people to grow their careers with Reading Partners. As such, they provide ongoing professional development opportunities.

The other things you need to know:

Location: This position is located at Reading Partners’ National Headquarters in Oakland, CA. No remote work options available.
Typical Physical & Mental Demands: Requires prolonged sitting with some bending, stooping and stretching, and eye-hand coordination and manual dexterity sufficient to operate a keyboard, telephone, photocopier, calculator and other office equipment. Requires normal range of hearing and eyesight to communicate with volunteers and staff. Also requires flexibility to readily adapt to a changing environment.

What’s Next?

If you are interested in joining the Reading Partners team, kindly submit your resume, as well as a cover letter describing your interest in Reading Partners and how your past experience has prepared you for this role. Please include your salary needs. Send both documents to Cindy Joyce at cindy@pillarsearch.com.

Reading Partners respects and honors the diversity in their workforce, and they are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Background
The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) is a national non-profit organization founded in 1994 by Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter to promote economic development in America’s inner cities through private sector engagement that leads to job, income and wealth creation for local residents. ICIC brings together business and civic leaders to drive innovation and action, transform thinking, and accelerate inner city business growth. At ICIC, you will work with talented, creative and committed professionals in a collaborative culture dedicated to excellence and innovation.

Position Summary
ICIC is seeking an experienced professional who will report directly to the CEO and work closely with the management team to attract new partnerships, cultivate and strengthen external relationships, manage a business development portfolio, and create and execute a business development plan.

Duties and Responsibilities

Provide strategic support to the CEO for the design and continuous refinement of both annual and long-term development plans, comprised of diverse revenue sources, including foundation grants, major gifts, corporate sponsorship, and annual and multi-year donations. 
Oversee local and national prospect management from identification to stewardship; personally build appropriate relationships with individuals and institutions (foundations, corporations, anchors, etc.), that result in meaningful levels of support for existing programs, new initiatives, and innovation efforts. 
Actively research and identify new grant opportunities that meet the funding needs of the organization; manage the grant application process for all of ICIC’s proposals and reports annually. 
Establish clear, realistic, transparent and accountable fundraising success metrics; monitor performance and provide timely and accurate projections for budgetary and financial reports to the CEO and Board of Directors on all fundraising activities.
Gain first-hand knowledge of ICIC’s research and advisory content and programmatic work in order to understand and articulate the activities, stories, and impact of ICIC’s work. 
Lead the creation and execution of marketing strategies and materials to support development efforts. 
Select and manage opportunities for the CEO and senior leadership to participate as thought leaders in media (publications/interviews), events, conference presentations and similar settings. 
Serve as a key member of the senior executive team, contributing to overall organizational goals and representing the priorities of the development function.
Continually evaluate, refine and/or redesign fundraising systems, practices and policies in order to support fundraising efforts; maintain high functioning infrastructure for pipeline development and tracking, grant reporting, list management, and overall donor outreach and engagement. 
Hire, train and coach staff to ensure talents are matched to roles and assignments in ways that set the team up for success and maximize high-performance; introduce and maintain development and fundraising best practices through ongoing professional development for team members. 
Collaborate across ICIC programs, convenings and initiatives to support ICIC’s strategic goals and general operations.

Qualifications Desired
The successful candidate is a self-motivated, dynamic, collaborative leader who is also a strong project manager. This person must be comfortable interacting with people at all levels of an organization and influencing decisions at a high level.

Significant experience leading successful business development or fundraising functions including individual and institutional strategies.
Experience raising funds for a complex multi-program organization is a plus.
Understanding of economic development and small business issues.
Experience addressing multiple constituents’ needs across projects and/or programs at the same time.
Proven success in building and maintaining client relationships.
Demonstrated ability to solve problems and think strategically while executing tactically.
Ability to manage and execute projects and multiple tasks and flexibility with changing priorities.
Ability to innovate, develop new approaches, and drive creativity and inventiveness within the organization’s fundraising efforts.
Ability to work well with a team as well as individually.
Outstanding interpersonal skills and written and verbal communication skills.
Strong planning, organizational and self-management skills and attention to detail.
Ability to travel up to 20% of the time.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required. An advanced degree in business, marketing, or similar field preferred.

ICIC is an equal opportunity employer. This position is a full-time position working out of ICIC’s office in Roxbury, near downtown Boston, reporting to the CEO.
Please submit your resume and cover letter to Matt Camp at icicresumes@gmail.com. No calls please.

Now Hiring! Revenue Accounting Manager for Reading Partners

Pro Bono Posting: Director, Strategic Business Development with the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, a Boston Nonprofit Organization