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Salary: USD 200,000 - 275,000 / annual
Brains & Motion Education (BAM!) is a fast-growing provider of afterschool enrichment and summer camps serving tens of thousands of students, primarily in low-income communities. The company operates across multiple states with a highly seasonal business model, concentrating enrollment and cash collections around the school year and summer camp season.
As Chief Financial Officer, you will own the complete finance function for BAM!, reporting directly to the CEO and working closely with the Board on strategy, planning, capital, and financial governance. This is a build role—you will design the financial infrastructure that enables BAM! to grow with discipline through its seasonal cycles.
Key responsibilities include:
**Financial Strategy & Planning:** Annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and long-range planning across a multi-program, multi-state portfolio. Board-ready financial reporting and KPI dashboards including unit economics by program, customer, and state. Pricing strategy and margin analysis for afterschool and summer camp programs. Scenario planning and financial modeling for new state and program entry. Partnership with Operations on scheduling, labor-management systems, and real-time visibility into program revenue, staffing, costs, and variances.
**Accounting, Controls & Compliance:** Monthly close and GAAP-compliant financial statements. External audits, income and franchise tax filings, and entity registrations across all operating states. Revenue recognition across tuition, camp fees, and school/district contracts. Compliance with state and local financial reporting tied to child care and camp licensing. Selection and implementation of scalable financial systems. Payroll tax and employment compliance filings across all states. Oversight of accounts payable, expense, and reimbursement processes. Consolidated financial reporting and intercompany accounting.
**Treasury & Cash Management:** Cash flow forecasting and working-capital management through seasonal cycles. Banking relationships, credit facility management, and liquidity planning. Billing, receivables, and collections performance. Oversight of payroll funding and vendor payment cycles.
**Risk, Insurance & Vendor Oversight:** Management of general liability, workers' compensation, automobile, and youth-program-specific insurance. Risk assessment for new programs and markets. Management of outsourced accounting, audit, tax, and benefits partners. Financial review and approval of customer and partner contracts.
**People & Org Leadership:** Direct management of accounting and finance staff and outsourced partners. Close partnership with the HR & Employment Compliance Manager on labor cost planning, benefits strategy, and seasonal staffing budgets. Partnership with the executive team on org design and cost structure.
The role is fully remote with occasional travel required for Board meetings, key partner relationships, and in-person working time with the CEO (based in the Washington, DC area).
**Requirements:**
- 10+ years of progressive finance leadership experience, including as a CFO, VP Finance, or Head of Finance who has owned forecasting, board reporting, and the accounting function, ideally at a multi-site, seasonal company of similar scale
- Deep GAAP and accounting fundamentals, with experience owning external audit and multi-state tax compliance
- Hands-on accounting depth to review and challenge an outsourced provider's journal entries and close
- Direct experience managing seasonal cash flow, working capital, and forecasting through revenue peaks and troughs
- Advanced FP&A skills: forecasts built from enrollment, staffing, and pricing assumptions, scenario modeling, and unit economics by product/program, site, customer, and season
- Experience with multi-entity corporate structures, intercompany accounting, and consolidated reporting
- Board-level financial reporting and presentation experience
- Comfort partnering closely with HR on benefits, labor cost, policy, and compliance matters
- Excellent judgment and discretion with confidential financial and personnel data
- Current, hands-on use of AI and other third-party tools
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
- CPA and/or MBA preferred
**Preferred experience:**
- Experience modernizing financial systems and implementing ERP, CRM, and payroll platforms (Sage Intacct, Salesforce, Paycom, Bill.com)
- Track record of accelerating the close from weeks to days
- Cost accounting rigor at the program level
- Command of complex labor cost allocation across programs, sites, and clients
- Seasonal, multi-site operating experience in education, camps, child care, or similar
- Public and institutional funding fluency with government contracts or school district funding
- Vendor and outsourcing management experience
- Remediation experience with complex reconciliation or compliance projects
- Builder's instinct for designing and improving finance functions
