Employment status: Full-time
Reports to: Accounting Manager
Application period: 5/29/2025 - 6/5/2025
Start date: ASAP
Salary range: $22.70/hr - $25.60/hr, commensurate with experience
Who We Are
Saga Education is the nonprofit leader in high-impact tutoring, with an ROI that is among the best nationwide. We leverage the power of human capital and technology to accelerate student outcomes and create more equitable learning for students. Rigorous research shows that high-impact tutoring raises grades and fosters student confidence and a sense of belonging. Saga co-designs and collaborates to develop and implement high-quality tutoring models, offering learning technology and resources to enable effective tutoring. To find out more about Saga Education, visit saga.org.
We are proud to have helped tens of thousands of students over our first decade—now the goal is to partner with states and districts to support the 3 million underserved students who struggle with early literacy and 6th–12th-grade math. Find out how you can be a part of the meaningful change needed to accelerate educational equity. Visit saga.org/change.
Saga Education | Change the Equation
What You’ll Do
The Accounting Coordinator plays a key role in keeping our financial operations organized and running smoothly. You’ll manage accounts payable, process expense reports, track vendor contracts, and assist with monthly accounting tasks. As the go-to person for payments and expense-related questions, you’ll collaborate with vendors, employees, and the finance team to ensure accuracy and efficiency.
This is an ideal role for someone who loves numbers, enjoys staying organized, and thrives in a mission-driven environment. You’ll be part of a supportive team, helping to ensure our resources are used effectively to advance our mission of changing the equation in education. Your responsibilities will include:
- Accounts Payable (AP):
- Process vendor payments and staff reimbursements using BILL
- Request and manage vendor W-9s and send BILL account invitations
- Monitor and follow up on outstanding payments or discrepancies
- Help prepare AP reports
- Assist with 1099 preparation and fix tax ID (TIN) errors by contacting vendors
- Expense and Credit Card Management:
- Process company credit card expense reports and staff reimbursement requests
- Download and review monthly credit card statements
- Handle credit requests and reconciliations
- Follow up with employees for missing receipts, clarifications, or approvals
- Vendor and Contract Management:
- Save and organize vendor contracts, ensuring the contract tracking spreadsheet is current
- Month-End and Accounting Support:
- Help with monthly closing tasks like preparing reports and reconciliations
- Keep accounting files and documentation organized
- Support audits by providing schedules and responding to auditor requests
- Assist the finance team with reports, special projects, and analysis
- Staff Communication and Support:
- Share updates on Concur and BILL processes with staff
- Troubleshoot and resolve staff questions about financial systems
What We’ll Use To Measure Success
- Mission Alignment - You acknowledge and can articulate an understanding of education inequity
- Nimble Learning - You use both successes and failures to actively learn new lessons
- Action Oriented - You take on new opportunities and have a solutions-oriented approach
- Collaborates - You build partnerships and work collaboratively to meet shared objectives
- Communicates Effectively - You deliver clear, multi-mode communication to various audiences
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 2+ years of experience in accounting or accounts payable, preferably in a nonprofit or education setting
- Familiarity with accounting tools (e.g., BILL, Concur) and Microsoft Office (especially Excel)
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Clear communication skills and a helpful attitude
- Experience with 1099 preparation is a plus
What We’ll Provide
Saga Education offers competitive compensation and benefits, including health insurance, IVF coverage, paid parental leave, an optional FSA, and telehealth benefits. Saga provides a generous PTO package, which includes a paid Winter Wellness Break, an optional 401(k) with discretionary matching, and company-provided technology. All employees have access to our comprehensive Employee Assistance Program and Saga 360 Wellness Program.
Saga is committed to equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. In compliance with the ADA, we provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need accommodation during the application or interview process, contact [email protected].
Thank you for applying to Saga Education.
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What We Do
Inside each of us lives a story waiting to unfold. And at Saga Education, we know every student is capable of shaping a story of success -- in school, and in life. But not every student has had a fair chance to see it. So, we’re partnering with schools across the nation, leveraging the proven power of tutoring relationships to help students unlock their potential.
Through our Saga Direct model, our highly trained Saga Fellows and staff have supported thousands of students in high schools from Chicago to Florida with consistent, personalized, in-school day math tutoring. And rigorous research shows it works. Not only to raise math scores, but to foster the confidence and sense of belonging that underpin all academic success. With Saga, students can go deeper, teachers can move faster, and families can dream bigger.
As America’s most trusted leader on powerful tutoring relationships, we also offer consulting services and best-in-class math tutoring and learning technology. And to ensure any student in any school can benefit from all we know and continue to learn, we offer a suite of information and tools that any school or educator can access for free. Because we believe when every student has access to a relationship that helps them see their potential, every student can achieve it. And envision a new story, for their school, for their community. For themselves.
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