Nonprofit
Published 7 days ago
Remote Volunteer Board Treasurer — Believe in Me
Remote, Volunteer must be in United States
Details
Time Commitment:
Flexible
Commitment Details:
Approximately 6–10 hours per month for the approved officer term, including meetings, financial review, committee coordination, and orientation.
Recurrence:
Recurring
Volunteers Needed:
1
Cause Areas:
Arts & Music, Children & Youth, Education, Housing & Homelessness, Hunger, Food Security
Benefits:
Training Provided
Participation Requirements:
Background Check, Attend Orientation
Age Requirement:
30+
Other Requirements:
Successful background, reference, and conflict checks plus confidentiality, fiduciary duties, nonprofit finance, controls, fraud escalation, governance, and compliance training.
Description
Help Believe in Me provide strong financial governance for programs serving underserved youth and young people, including scholarships, community partnerships, iLevelUP, Cougs 4 Kids, and Legacy Lounge.
The volunteer Board Treasurer leads board-level financial oversight and reporting while preserving the distinction between governance, accounting work, investment management, and staff operations.
Responsibilities:
- Review financial statements, budgets, forecasts, cash position, reserves, controls, audits, filings, and significant financial risks
- Present clear financial information and questions to the board
- Coordinate appropriately with authorized leadership, accountants, auditors, banks, and finance or investment committees
- Support budget approval, policy review, financial controls, restricted-fund oversight, and audit readiness
- Ensure conflicts, recusals, delegated authority, and board approvals are documented
- Protect bank, payroll, donor, tax, investment, participant, and vendor information
- Avoid initiating transactions, moving funds, changing accounts, signing agreements, or directing investments without authorization
- Escalate suspected fraud, control failures, reporting errors, liquidity concerns, or compliance issues
- Complete governance, finance, safeguarding, and compliance training
Qualifications:
- Senior experience in accounting, finance, audit, banking, investments, nonprofit management, or financial governance
- Ability to interpret financial statements, budgets, controls, audits, and risk
- Strong integrity, judgment, communication, confidentiality, and independence
- CPA, CFA, MBA, or equivalent experience is helpful but not required
- At least 30 years old and willing to complete background, reference, and conflict checks
This is a remote governance role available within the United States. Expect approximately 6–10 hours per month.
Questions: volunteers@believeinme.org
Believe in Me
107 Spring Street, 2nd Floor
Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 414-8043
Location
Remote
Volunteer must be in United States
Associated Location
Seattle, WA, USA
