Finance Ops & Accounting Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Take charge of Galileo’s central finance and accounting engine: ensuring timely and accurate book closings, managing cash flow, equipping regional leaders with essential P&L insights for effective program management, and maintaining organizational readiness for audits and compliance across all jurisdictions we operate in.

• Oversee the entire month-end close process, guaranteeing an accurate, complete, and timely closure each period.

• Prepare and record journal entries, including payroll and revenue entries, while maintaining thorough documentation and reconciliations.

• Generate regional P&Ls and collaborate with regional and functional leaders to elucidate results, variances, and trends.

• Present monthly close reports to the board, ensuring that all packages are accurate, timely, and clearly articulated.

• Create and sustain a weekly cash-flow forecast to provide leadership with clear insights into liquidity and future needs.

• Manage facility payments and other recurring obligations, ensuring timely and accurate payments.

• Administer Bill.com for accounts payable, overseeing vendor records, approvals, and timely payment processing.

• Facilitate budget meetings with regional and functional leaders, constructing budgets and monitoring performance against them throughout the year.

• Oversee business licenses across all jurisdictions, ensuring that registrations are up-to-date and in good standing.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.

• Over 7 years of progressive experience in accounting and finance, including responsibility for month-end closing and financial reporting.

• Strong technical accounting expertise and a solid understanding of GAAP.

• Practical experience with accounting/ERP systems and AP/expense tools like Bill.com and Expensify.

• Proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets at an advanced level.

• Experience in cash-flow forecasting, budgeting, and collaborating with non-financial leaders on financial matters.

• Knowledge of multi-entity or multi-jurisdiction compliance, including business licenses, tax filings, insurance/COIs, and audit support.

• Exceptional attention to detail, strong organizational abilities, and the capacity to manage multiple deadlines concurrently.

• Clear and confident communication skills, along with a collaborative, service-oriented approach.

• Ability to work independently in a remote setting and a genuine connection to Galileo’s mission.

🏝️ Benefits

• No-cost medical insurance for employees (additional plans and options to add dependents available at cost).

• Vision and Dental Insurance.

• 401k benefits after 1 year of employment.

• Flexible Paid Time Off - time off is not limited, and we strongly encourage employees to take time off to relax and recharge.

• Unlimited free camp for your child(ren), or two weeks to be gifted (including AM/PM Extended Care).

• Friends and Family Discount for Galileo Camps.

• Priority scholarship nominations for Galileo Camps.

• Generous parental leave and extensive support with leave planning.

• Employee Assistance Program, options for life insurance, and more!