Finance & Accounting Manager

About the role

As the Finance and Accounting Manager, you will play a key role in managing financial operations across Convergent and its FROs. Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will collaborate with internal teams and external partners to ensure financial scalability, compliance, and alignment with our mission. This is a fully remote position with domestic travel required quarterly for team and organizational onsites, and as needed.

Skills

• A nonprofit accounting pro. Understands nonprofit accounting principles, including fund accounting, restricted vs. unrestricted donations, and government grants.
• Audit-seasoned. Participated in audits and is comfortable with 990s.
• Federal grants fluent. Understands federal grant compliance and has managed a few federal grants.
• Pleasantly detail-obsessed. Knows when to push for compliance or GAAP.
• Systems-savvy. Works with multiple systems and knows when to ask for help.
• A natural collaborator. Can explain complex financial concepts in simple terms.

Duties

• Own the close. Oversee monthly reconciliation and close across your FROs and at the consolidated level, covering treasury, PR/AR/AP, payroll, and other liabilities.
• Keep grant reporting on track. Provide financial oversight for grants and maintain detailed financial reports for FROs and government entities.
• Turn numbers into insight. Review monthly financials for relevancy, consistency, and completeness and advocate for changes that make reports useful for decision-making.
• Get audit ready. Assist with audit processes, including preparing schedules and supporting 990 filings.
• Bring the whole team along. Make financial insights accessible and actionable for scientists, engineers, and program leads.
• Strengthen systems and processes. Help improve workflows, maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs), and keep internal controls tight.

6 months goals

Learn a lot about Convergent, its mission, and its various audiences. Build strong relationships with internal teams, external accounting partners, and FRO leaders. Understand the finance and accounting needs of your FROs.

Affordable Pay

The salary range for this role is $111,000 - 159,000. Convergent uses a consistent compensation philosophy across all roles, benchmarking salaries to San Francisco market data and aiming for the grade midpoint, which for this role is approximately $159,000. We then apply a geographic adjustment if an employee is located outside of SF, NYC, or Boston. For example, in Denver, CO the midpoint for this role would be around $135k, and in Eugene, OR it would be $119k. We also maintain a minimum of 70% of the SF midpoint, which is reflected in the range floor. This structure helps us keep pay transparent, consistent, and equitable across locations while reflecting local market conditions.

Benefits

• Up to a 6% 401k match
• Top-tier medical, dental, and vision insurance—majority of options are fully covered for you and your dependents.
• Company-paid life insurance, AD&D, long- and short-term disability insurance, and voluntary supplemental insurance options
• 19 holidays (including a full week off at the end of the year)
• 3 weeks PTO with tenure increases, with separate allotments for sick and parental leave
• Generous fertility benefits and childcare reimbursement
• Wellness allowance for fitness and wellness activities
• 3x/year offsite team retreats and additional opportunities to meet teammates in person

Salary Range

$111,000 - $159,000 per year

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. We believe in hiring individuals based on their unique talents—not on race, color, religion, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law or our company policies. We are more than a proud Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Our goal is to foster a healthy, safe, and respectful environment where all employees are valued and treated with dignity.