Finance Associate, 60 Decibels
Global impact measurement company
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Global impact measurement company
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help enterprises, corporations, and impact investors measure the social impact of their programs and investments.
Role
Who you are
- A degree in accounting or a related field
- Qualified (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) preferred, but not essential
- A minimum of 3–5 years of experience in a similar role
- The ideal candidate has experience from a professional services or project-based business, but this is not essential
- Solid grasp of core accounting fundamentals and month-end close processes
- Comfortable managing a range of varied tasks across multiple disciplines within finance operations
- Strong financial systems literacy. Superuser of accounting and project management systems
- Strong Excel and/or Google Sheets skills; able to work with and reconcile large data sets
- Accuracy & Attention to Detail – Consistently delivers error-free work
- Process Ownership – Takes full responsibility for assigned areas
- Adaptability – Quick to learn new systems and processes
- Communication – Communication skills are critical, verbal and written English
- Curiosity and working knowledge around AI tools - using AI to automate or augment finance tasks
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Financial Accountant to support our global finance operations. This is a deliberately broad role: part accountant, part analyst, part finance operations - acting as a connective tissue in the organization
- This role will be hands-on, working closely with our CFO, and will be responsible for a wide range of finance activities
- Finance Operations
- Coordinate with in-house and outsourced accounting partners in UK, US, India and Kenya
- Perform monthly inter company reconciliations and post intercompany recharges across group entities
- Support the year-end statutory accounts process
- Supporting in monitoring and managing cash positions including foreign exchange exposure
- Identify opportunities to automate or streamline recurring manual processes, using AI tools where applicable
- Administer the Brex spend management platform: card setup, transaction coding, and monthly reconciliation, ensuring card usage is in line with company policy
- Project Accounting
- Develop working proficiency in Kantata, our professional services automation (PSA) platform
- Work with revenue and cost accountants and Service Operations to ensure accurate project data and project reporting
- Lead role in production of project-level margin and utilisation reporting
- Support the reconciliation between the PSA and Accounting systems, ensure correct and complete data
- Financial Analysis and Reporting (FP&A)
- Support the CFO in preparing monthly financial reporting, including monthly variance analysis vs budget
- Maintenance of budgeting and forecasting models
- Preparation of monthly reporting templates to investors and lenders
- Preparing and maintain a rolling 13-week cash flow forecast, updated weekly
- IT and Software Administration
- Support the CFO in overseeing license management and user administration company-wide software tools
- Track renewal dates, identify redundant licenses, and ensure cost efficiency
- Liaise with department leads on understanding and managing licenses
- Liaison with our outsourced IT provider
Salary benchmarks
Our take
60 Decibels is a tech-powered impact measurement company making it easy to listen to the people who matter most - underserved customers, employees, and producers around the globe. By doing this it is allowing organizations to get a better understanding when it comes to the impact of their programs and investments.
Having developed a survey tool called Lean DataSM, 60 Decibels is taking a unique approach to measuring impact, with the tool designed to be fast, low-cost, and user-friendly. With a customer feedback approach to measuring impact, 60 Decibels is utilizing a network of over 750 researchers in more than 50 countries alongside its Lean DataSM tool to collect feedback directly from the people who are meant to be benefiting from programs and investments.
60 Decibels has worked with a range of clients, including impact investors, foundations, nonprofits, and social enterprises, in order to give a voice to their customers. Because of the company's unique approach to impact measurements, it has seen substantial growth since its inception, and going forward it is committed to accelerating its services.
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Company HQ
Midtown East, New York, NY
Leadership
Sasha Dichter
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously worked as an Associate/Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton, a Senior Program Manager at IBM and a Global Manager at GE Money.
Tom Adams
(Co-Founder & CSO)Previously worked as an Economic Advisor at the Government Equalities office, a Country Economist/Head of Private Sector Development and Climate Change Team at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office and as a Chief Impact Officer at Acumen.
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