About Bold.org
Founded in 2019, Bold.org has quickly grown to become the largest student scholarship / finance platform in the US, with a mission of Fighting Student Debt. It’s an ambitious goal that will take years to reach.
Day-to-day, it means that we’re a team of dozens, serving a platform of millions, with trillions of dollars in student debt at stake.
At Bold.org, anyone and any company can create customized scholarships, fellowships, and grants in minutes with the confidence that the award will go to deserving individuals who will boldly change the world.
Students and graduates use Bold.org to win scholarships, manage their finances through the Bold Debit Card, and redeem their earned rewards to pay for their education.
We’re profitable, growing quickly and hiring amazing people who want to change the education, finance, and philanthropy landscapes. If that resonates, we’d love to hear from you.
Position Description
The Bold.org platform generates a combined 8 figures annually in revenue and donations across two organizations, 50+ partners, several key product lines, and more.
We’re hiring an Operational Accountant to own transaction processing and reconciliation across many of our critical money movement flows, including scholarship awarding, donation reconciliation, revenue invoicing, and more. You will also take on bookkeeping and other key day-to-day operational finance responsibilities.
In this role, you will report to our Interim VP of Finance and will work closely with our Finance Manager, Donor Relations Team, Partnerships Team, and Product Team to ensure our day-to-day accounting operations are smooth.
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Onboard onto the Bold.org platform to understand all cashflows, including all revenue streams and donation flows.
- Work with our Finance Manager to run our monthly bookkeeping process for both Bold.org and the Bold Foundation.
- Own daily execution and reconciliation of key money movement flows like scholarship contributions, scholarship awarding, and more.
- Lead historical reconciliation projects focused on scholarship awarding.
- Manage day-to-day invoicing and collections.
- Own reconciliation of scholarship disbursements, working with our engineering team to automate these processes.
- Ensure compliance with GAAP accounting standards and local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings. Support our external accountants through the income tax filing process.
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3+ years of experience as an accountant in a dynamic, high-growth startup environment.
- Strong experience with GAAP accounting principles.
- Full-cycle accounting experience with US-based companies is preferred.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Exceptional ability to make complicated things simple and drive certainty in financial operations and reporting.
- Exceptional curiosity. You build a deep understanding of the “why” behind each transaction and how it fits in with our product and business model.
- Hands-on experience with financial management platforms like QuickBooks, Bill.com, etc.
- Resourceful. You excel at figuring things out for yourself with limited resources.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- An exceptional individual contributor. You excel at learning quickly and figuring things out yourself. You prefer to spend all of your time as an individual contributor.
- Kind. You’re generally a pleasure to work with. We value our culture and don’t make compromises on this.
Location and Time Commitment
We are fully remote - you can work wherever you’re most productive. This role is full-time and will need to overlap with US ET for the majority of the workday.
Our mission is to fight student debt.
At Bold.org, anyone and any company can create customized scholarships, fellowships, and grants in minutes with the confidence that the award will go to deserving individuals who will boldly change the world.
The average student today will graduate with more than $30,000 in debt and is far less likely to start small businesses, seek the highest impact careers, buy homes, or start families.
At Bold.org, we believe that’s a problem worth solving.