Company Description

About the Organization

KIPP Public Schools is a national network of tuition-free public charter schools that prepares students with the skills and confidence to create the future they want for themselves, their communities, and us all. We are a network of 278 schools, nearly 16,500 educators, and nearly 190,000 students and alumni.

Our mission: Together with families and communities, we create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose—college, career, and beyond—so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.

Our vision: Every child grows up free to create the future they want for themselves and their communities.

The KIPP Foundation is a nonprofit organization that supports KIPP public charter schools across the country. The KIPP Foundation helps to develop outstanding educators to lead KIPP schools; provides tools and resources for excellent teaching and learning; promotes innovation; and facilitates the exchange of insights and ideas across KIPP and other public schools and organizations.

About Our Values:

Excellent Results for Students: We value results over effort and know that our work is not finished until all students thrive. We maintain high expectations for self, team, and students. We drive outcomes by operating with agility, removing barriers, differentiating support, and prioritizing student-centered solutions—especially for those at the margins.

Collective Impact: We are one team. We win together. We embody a one-team mindset by working collaboratively across teams, aligning goals, and leveraging the strengths of all teammates. We build trust-based relationships and ensure inclusive decision-making by engaging those closest to the work. We provide clarity through simple, repeatable systems and goals that enable transformational outcomes.

Courageous Action: Our belief in what we can achieve is unwavering, fueling our optimism and commitment to overcome any challenge. We demonstrate an unwavering belief in students' potential and a commitment to addressing systemic inequities. We approach challenges with resilience, a solutions-focused mindset, and adaptability. We foster a psychologically safe environment centered on trust and accountability where feedback is encouraged. We leverage data to reflect on progress, own setbacks, celebrate successes, and continuously improve to maximize impact.

Job Description

Position Overview

The Senior Manager, Grant Accounting is an integral part of the Finance Team at the KIPP Foundation, supporting the accounting, financial planning, and financial reporting functions related to the Foundation’s portfolio of philanthropic grants and contributions. The Senior Manager, Grant Accounting will have the unique opportunity to work cross-functionally with the Foundation’s Finance, Development, and Program teams to ensure a very high-level of accuracy in our grant management, accounting, and reporting, while safeguarding the KIPP Foundation’s financial resources and donor relationships. The Senior Manager, Grant Accounting reports to the Sr. Director, Finance on the Finance Team. They will be offered the opportunity to receive professional development support as needed and the chance to grow within our organization. They will join a team that values operational excellence, strategic and analytical thinking, a high-level of accuracy and attention to detail, and work-life balance.

Responsibilities

Grant Planning, Analysis, & Reporting

Lead grant planning, analysis, & reporting processes including:

• Incorporating new grant activity into the annual budget and monthly forecasts

• Participating in monthly financial planning meetings with budget managers

• Analyzing grant activity, identifying reclassifications required, and preparing related journal entries

• Maintaining staff time and effort recording systems and processes

• Training new hires and staff in relevant finance and grant-related systems and processes

• Supporting the Sr. Director, Finance with grant-related reporting, including building budgets for new grant proposals

• Supporting ad-hoc grant planning, analysis, and reporting as needed

Grant Accounting

Support the Sr. Director, Finance with the monthly grant accounting close by:

• Identifying miscoded expenses to reclassify between grants and preparing journal entries

• Analyzing monthly grant activity and preparing journal entries and supporting documentation to release revenue from restriction

• Assisting with grant related audit requests

• Performing other grant accounting duties, as needed

Contributed Revenue & Cash Accounting & Reporting

Support the Sr. Director, Finance with contributed revenue and cash accounting and reporting by:

• Supporting the Sr. Director, Finance with monitoring the donations account via online banking system and preparing related journal entries to record cash, grants receivable, and revenue

• Disbursing donations received on behalf of our regions

• Reconciling related revenue and cash accounts monthly, as assigned

• Assisting with revenue and cash related audit requests

• Supporting revenue reporting and alignment between the Finance & the Development Teams

• Performing other revenue and cash accounting duties, as needed

Qualifications

Skills & Key Competencies

• Mission & Student Focus: Demonstrates passion and commitment to KIPP’s mission and core values (Focus on Excellent Results, Collective Impact, and Courageous Action) and maintains a student- and network-centered perspective when making operational, financial, and administrative decisions.

• Achievement and Outcomes Orientation: Demonstrated record of co-creating ambitious goals with leadership and driving toward desired outcomes; effectively monitors progress across multiple workstreams including facilities, finance reporting, compliance, and administrative functions; leverages understanding of KIPP’s operating model, structure, and core processes to achieve goals and works through direct reports and peers to ensure follow-through.

• Effective Work Management: Effectively drives work through clear action planning, prioritization, and delegation; manages multiple competing priorities efficiently; skilled in project execution and administration, including short- and long-term finance initiatives, audits, and office improvement projects; maintains knowledge management systems to ensure accessibility, accuracy, and operational continuity.

• Process Management: Builds and aligns project plans with organizational priorities; leverages relevant organizational processes, systems, and internal controls to execute work efficiently; develops, codifies, and improves processes across financial, facilities, compliance, and administrative workstreams to ensure alignment, efficiency, and quality.

• Continuous Learning: Engages in ongoing professional development and self-improvement, adapting to evolving organizational needs; holds themselves accountable to learning, unlearning, and applying growth to improve outcomes for students, staff, and the larger KIPP network.

• Financial Analysis: Demonstrates ability to analyze financial statements, trends, and key metrics; supports financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and modeling of operational costs, pass-through agreements, and insurance management.

• Proficiency in Financial Tools: Expertise in Excel, ERP systems (e.g., FloQast, Smartsheets, Sage, Salesforce, etc,); leverages technology to streamline reporting, automate workflows, and ensure accuracy of financial and operational data.

Experience and Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant work experience in finance and accounting required

• Working knowledge of non-profit accounting and grant management

• Previous experience with the following systems preferred, but not required: Intacct, Workday Adaptive Planning, Salesforce, ADP Workforce Now

• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, specifically Microsoft Excel, required

• Demonstrated ability and success in managing ambiguity

• Demonstrated ability and success in juggling multiple projects and competing priorities

• Legally eligible to work in the United States; no sponsorship provided

Additional Information

Work Conditions

• Travel requirements: 10% (for team meetings, all staff events, etc.)

• Job Type: Full time, Exempt

Location

It is preferred, but not mandatory for this role to be based out of a KIPP Foundation office. This role has the option of working from a remote office full-time. KIPP Foundation offices are in NYC and Chicago.

Compensation and Benefits

In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, and relevant experience. The salary range for this position is $100,000-$118,000. In addition, KIPP Foundation provides a variety of benefits to employees, including:

• 25 holidays for + 18 days additional flexible PTO days (flexible PTO increases to 23 days for years 3 and 4 and to 28 days for years 5+).

• 100% paid parental leave

• 100% coverage of the premium for employee and 75% for employee + family medical/dental/vision plans.

• Wellness benefits such as fitness reimbursements, discounted tickets to theme parks/attractions, backup care support for children and adults/elders, and our employee assistance program

• Finance Security benefits include such as a 401K retirement plan with 4% match, employer-sponsored legal plans, life/disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts

KIPP Foundation embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of the students and communities with whom we work and the world around them. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.