Director of Accounting, Khan Academy
$185.6-232k
$250,803 - $313,504 CAN
Nonprofit online education platform
Job no longer available
Nonprofit online education platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$185.6-232k
$250,803 - $313,504 CAN
1001+ employees
Company mission
Khan Academy's mission is to provide a free, world‑class education for anyone, anywhere.
Role
Who you are
- CPA required
- 5+ years of experience as a Controller or similar role, with expertise in overseeing a wide range of financial operations, navigating the complexities of varied revenue models, and effectively engaging in cross-functional collaboration within a mid to large-sized organization
- Experience managing complex revenue cases, including earned income and contribution revenue, reviewing contracts, and navigating multiple audits. (ASC 606, ASC 958)
- Hands-on experience in Sage Intacct, Netsuite, Workday, or similar finance and accounting systems
- Non-profit experience strongly preferred
- Experience with Software as a Service (SaaS), EdTech, a plus
- Experience in a multi-entity environment (and/or international subsidiary) a plus but not required
- Growth mindset and love of learning and development
- Willingness and ability to roll up your sleeves and join the team in day-to-day operations
- Proven leadership skills and experience to effectively manage teams and multiple priorities
- Passion and commitment to our mission
- Motivated by the Khan Academy mission “to provide a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere."
- Proven cross-cultural competency skills demonstrating self-awareness, awareness of other, and the ability to adopt inclusive perspectives, attitudes, and behaviors to drive inclusion and belonging throughout the organization
What the job involves
- We are looking for an experienced and versatile Director of Accounting who thrives in changing and developing environments
- We are a small and mighty finance and accounting team managing a $100 million budget for one of the most well-known non-profit EdTech organizations in the world
- Reporting to the CFO, the Director of Accounting will lead all day-to-day finance operations of a budget of $100 million and supervise a team of five staff members including functional responsibility over accounting, revenue, reporting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, audit, investments, taxes, and financial compliance
- The Director of Accounting will oversee all accounts, ledgers, and reconciliations, ensuring they comply with GAAP standards and regulatory requirements
- While managers handle daily operations, this role requires a more strategic approach by continuously monitoring and evaluating financial processes, identifying potential risks, and implementing necessary changes to controls or processes
- This includes not only supervising current operations but also proactively anticipating and addressing issues, ensuring the organization’s financial system and process remains accurate, compliant, and responsive to evolving needs and risks
- Oversee all accounts, ledgers, and reconciliations ensuring compliance with appropriate GAAP standards and regulatory requirements
- Manage annual financial audit, ensuring strong fiscal management and financial controls throughout the year as well as efficient and effective audit preparations
- Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual global close processes, including India and Brazil subsidiaries
- Assist in the presentation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports and variance analysis
- Oversee cash management processes to ensure sufficient liquidity
- Manage and comply with local, state, federal, and select international reporting requirements and tax filings including the 990
- Work directly with India and Brazil Heads of Finance for audit, close, and consolidation activities
- Ensure quality control over financial transactions and financial reporting
- Partner with and support the FP&A team in various business analysis and financial planning projects
- Ensures strong internal controls and that the organization complies with relevant regulations, such as GAAP, grant compliance, and federal/state requirements
- Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure adherence to grant compliance by implementing and monitoring internal controls and reviewing grant-related transactions to ensure the appropriate use of funds
- Serve as the Controller for Khan Academy
- In partnership with the CFO, manage and support the development of the payroll, expense, and revenue teams
- Provide subject matter expertise support to the accounting team with particular attention to revenue recognition and new accounting standards
Our take
Khan Academy is a non-profit that provides free online education materials, including teacher tools, instruction videos, and practice exercises to support users of all ages. It has over 10 million users a month and covers subjects all the way up to college level.
With nearly a quarter of American adults unable to use mathematics in daily life, Khan Academy’s interactive quizzes, instructional videos, and teacher tools are timely. Khan Academy started life as a series of educational YouTube videos, before building a full-scale platform after receiving an influx of donations from Silicon Valley philanthropists. This background has led it to embrace rather than reject the educational possibilities of new tech such as AI, with the founder regarding traditional institution's banning of tools like ChatGPT as a mistake.
The company offers its tools completely for free, instead relying on donations and volunteers. A key focus is tackling wealth inequality in education. A partnership with the College Board (who produce entrance examinations for higher education) has made access to SAT test prep materials free for millions. 2024 saw a partnership with Microsoft for Khan Academy's Khanmigo product, now free to use for Microsoft customers.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2020
$3m
GRANT
Oct 2017
$3m
GRANT
Total funding: $16.2m
Company benefits
- Flexible spending account (FSA)
- Dental insurance
- Optical insurance
- Life insurance
- Performance bonus
- 401K plan
- Family medical leave
- Diversity program
- Pet friendly workplace
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
- Affinity groups where Parents, Black, Hispanic/Latino, Women and Gender Minorities, and LGBTQIA+ identified folks come together
Company HQ
Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Caroline Hu Flexer
(CEO)Holds a BA and MArch in Architecture from Stanford and Harvard University. They also have an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and formerly co-founded Duck Duck Moose, a mobile educational platform for children.
Salman Khan
(Executive Director)They graduated from Harvard Business School and have previously worked in Finance.
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job
View 3 more jobs at Khan Academy