Senior Manager of Financial Reporting

Higher Ground is bringing on a Senior Manager of Financial Reporting of Audit & Tax to support, shape, and scale its finance and accounting operations. Our organization is scaling quickly (including A network of 120+ schools with 2,800+ staff). We’re looking for an individual who is both a big-picture thinker capable of surveying our vast landscape of offerings and operations, and a hands-on doer with rigorous attention to detail in leveling up our standards of financial reporting and compliance. In this role, you are critical in delivering transparent, accurate, and timely financial information to our investors, Board of Directors and senior management, and to ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations. This position reports to the Vice-President, Finance.

Higher Ground Education operates in an ever-changing landscape that values adaptability in response to market and strategic changes. All team members must be ready and excited to adapt and go outside of their lane and typical roles and responsibilities. If you’re excited about working in an entrepreneurial environment and building tax and audit systems that enable widespread change in education today, this role is for you.

Salary range is $100-130k

The Senior Manager of Audit & Tax will work closely alongside Higher Ground’s finance leadership team to support and scale our tax and audit systems. Key responsibilities are as follows.

• Support and continuously improve financial reporting. You will act as the primary liaison with external auditors, ensuring timely and accurate follow-through on all requests and filings. This means rolling up sleeves to prepare workpapers, schedules, roll-forwards, and other documentation required by auditors. It will also mean preparing technical accounting memos, or research as needed.
  
• Own and quarterback tax processes and filings. In this position, you will manage the process of responding to tax notices, audits and related inquiries by tax authorities. This will entail overseeing third-party tax advisors and service providers, as well as independently preparing in-house tax filings where appropriate, ensuring compliance with all relevant laws and regulations.
• Build and drive tighter controls. We are looking for someone who is excited to establish processes, including the design, implementation, and monitoring of internal controls to safeguard assets and ensure accurate financial reporting. This means being able to operate independently with minimal supervision, swiftly adapting to new information, and being flexible to respond to changes in our business landscape.

We’d love to talk to you if you have…

• 7+ years of experience in accounting or a related field, ideally in a multi-entity company
• Mastery of accounting fundamentals, including strong knowledge and understanding of US GAAP
• Knowledge and understanding of internal and external audit processes
• Drive to build something, including a propensity to constantly look at processes to find ways to make them more efficient, collaborative and scalable
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, incl. ability to assess a situation by gathering facts and evaluating data, and hard skills with Excel, Sage Intacct, and/or other tools
• Rigorous attention to detail; ability to think big and small picture
• Experience managing quarterly reviews (10-Q) and annual audits (PCAOB)
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or business administration or related field – or equivalent work experience – with a CPA certification strongly preferred
• A passion for education and an affinity for our mission – to unlock the potential of each child

At Higher Ground, we're driven by a deep desire to bring about widespread change in education today. Since our founding 7 years ago, we have opened 125+ beautiful schools across the U.S. and abroad serving students from birth through high school. We offer:

• Remote work
• A competitive salary
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• 100% tuition discount for two children at any school within our network 
• A network of supportive peers and mentors who regularly share best practices
• Career growth and promotion opportunities