Finance Leadership Consultant (Aropa Commons) (Casual Employee)

Aropa Consulting is a human-centered management advisory firm dedicated to empowering small and developing social impact organizations. We deliver holistic, end-to-end support across the following integrated pillars: Strategy, Technology, Fundraising, Operational Excellence, and Learning & Networks. We ensure that every solution we co-create—from building a new technology ecosystem to drafting a strategic plan—is aligned with an organization's mission, values, and community. We meet clients where they are so they can build their journey to success. | **Location:** | Remote (Must reside in CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, NY or SC) | | --- | --- | | **Terms:** | Casual Employee Hours will be set on a per-project basis 25/hr per week maximum | | **Salary Range:** | $45 - $70/hour depending on experience | | **Start Date:** **Deadline to apply:** | Immediate Rolling | ### **About Aropa Commons** Aropa Consulting is seeking experienced professionals across various disciplines to enrich the **Aropa Commons**, a pre-vetted roster of mid- and senior-level consultants who bring their unique expertise to a range of challenging and impactful projects. ### **About the Strategy and Operations Pillar** Through our Strategy and Operations pillar, Aropa partners with impact-focused nonprofits, organizations, and foundations to co-create practical, sustainable strategies that systematically align an organization’s operational infrastructure with its core mission, vision, values, and communities served. Centering the client’s needs in our work, we navigate high stakes inflection points, bridge critical capacity gaps and build sustainable organizational scaffolding with deep, human-centered expertise in organizational development, strategic planning, and leadership. For more information about our strategy and operations pillar visit https://www.aropaconsulting.com/strategy-operations. **About the Role** Aropa Consulting has grown rapidly over the past four years, and we are actively seeking to add additional technical capacity to our projects. This is an open opportunity to become a vetted contractor with the Aropa Commons so that we can quickly engage you in support of client deliverables. Aropa Commons is in need of a variety of skills and expertise, so please see below for the desired additions to the Aropa Commons. These roles implement specific project deliverables with general guidance from Senior Consultant, Elizabeth Otto-Wallace, and Diana Essex-Lettieri, Aropa Consulting’s President, and works collaboratively with Aropa team members and consultants across the organization’s pillars. We are looking for consultants with **specialized knowledge in finance & accounting leadership for nonprofits**. Our approach to finance and accounting aligns with our values - we’re committed to moving beyond the numbers to understand our client’s teams, partners, stories, and impact. Our goal with finance & accounting projects to support our clients to resource their mission and vision, and to build a strong operational foundation that promotes sustainability, efficiency and compliance. ### **Key Responsibilities** **Fractional Financial Leadership Placements** - Directly embed within client organizations to bridge immediate capacity gaps, while flexibly responding to emergent client needs. - Quickly assess the financial, accounting and compliance environment at client organizations, assessing gaps and developing a roadmap forward. - Oversee daily organizational finance & accounting, manage cross-functional teams, and establish immediate operational and financial stability. - Design and implement improved systems for core financial and grants management needs; optimize workflows, reporting tools, and systems integrations. - Create and manage financial strategy, multi-year grant budgeting, and cash flow forecasting. - Guide boards and executive teams through complex financial decisions and transformational change management. - Provide strategic coaching to emergi…