Finance Systems Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

About KIPP TEAM and Family

KIPP TEAM & Family is our network office that includes support teams - such as Leadership Development, Recruitment, Advocacy, Facilities, Finance, HR and more - dedicated to empowering our schools and ensuring the success of KIPP students throughout New Jersey and Miami. Our schools are part of the nationally recognized “Knowledge Is Power Program” network of free, open-enrollment, college-preparatory public schools dedicated to preparing students for success in college and in life. The first KIPP New Jersey school opened in Newark in 2002 and since then our school network has expanded to educate 8,684 students in grades K-12. By 2027, KIPP New Jersey will provide a world-class education to over 10,300 students across Newark and Camden. To learn more, visit www.kippnj.org.

In 2018, we grew our KIPP community in response to a need for high-quality school options for students in Greater Miami’s Urban Core communities. That led to the creation of KIPP Miami, which currently educates more than 1,200 students in 2 schools, with plans to reach 5,800 students by 2026. By offering highly effective educators with strong bonds to families, more time in school learning, services that support a variety of student needs, and a culture focused on achievement, our students in New Jersey and Miami are on the path to and through college, career, and choice-filled lives.

Job Description

Please apply by November 7th

The Finance Systems Manager is responsible for the strategy, administration, and continuous improvement of the organization’s financial systems. Serving as the primary liaison between Finance and IT, this role ensures that financial applications (accounting, purchasing-to-payment, and budgeting / forecasting systems) effectively support the organization’s mission and meet the needs of the Accounting, Purchasing, Accounts Payable, and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) teams.

The Finance Systems Manager is principally responsible for the financial systems on behalf of the Finance function, leading process design, functional configuration, reporting, and user training / support, while partnering closely with IT to ensure technical reliability, security, and integration across the full suite.

Key Responsibilities

System Ownership & Governance

• Serve as the primary business owner for financial applications, ensuring they align with finance processes, compliance requirements, accounting standards, organizational policies, and evolving business needs.
• Maintain the chart of accounts, financial data mapping to meet different user groups’ needs, and finance system structures (e.g. for user permissions, purchasing & payment approval rules, etc.).
• Lead efforts to optimize finance workflows (purchasing, expense management, AP, approvals, budgeting, reporting).
• Translate objectives and requirements from the finance teams, and create / maintain sufficient documentation, to enable IT to complete technical configuration of financial systems (e.g. the necessary workflows, scripts, user roles, and integrations).
• Lead the process to surface and prioritize system enhancements, including collecting stakeholder input across and outside of the finance function, making recommendations, and managing communications and implications after decisions are made.
• Ensure data accuracy and consistency across financial systems through rigorous, systematic data review and partnership with IT on maintenance of system integrations.

Training & Support

Reporting & Analytics

Additional collaboration with IT

Continuous Improvement

Key Competencies

Qualifications

Required

Preferred

Additional Information

Location

This is a hybrid role. At this time, we typically work from the office 2 days per week and work remotely 3 days per week. Therefore, this role requires teammates to live within commuting distance of one of the three cities within which we work : Newark, NJ, Camden, NJ, or Miami, FL

Compensation & Benefits

KIPP Team & Family offers a market-competitive salary ranging from $85,000-$105,000.  Salary ranges at KIPP are set based upon the role level and function using benchmarks in the education and non-profit sector and allow for growth within the role.  Individual compensation within this range will be set  based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to : relevant professional experience and qualifications; education, skills and training; and market conditions.

In addition to a competitive salary, we a generous benefits package including, but not limited to, the following :

Our organization is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender, age, religion, national origin, citizen status, marital status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Our organization will make a reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of a qualified applicant or employee with a disability unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of the organization. No questions on this application are asked for any unlawful purpose.

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