Finance Specialist

Summary

Title: Finance Specialist

Status: Part-time

Classification: Non-exempt

Duration: Regular/long-term

Location: Remote (within the contiguous United States)

Schedule: Up to 20 hours per week, Tuesday – Thursday preferred

Pay rate: $30.77 – $43.75/hour, depending on prior experience

Reports To: Kisha Queeley, Director of Finance

Start date: Approx. September 15th, 2026

Description

The Youth Law Center (YLC) is seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Finance Specialist to support a variety of financial, staff support, compliance, and recordkeeping processes. Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Finance Specialist will help ensure the timely processing of financial transactions, support audit coordination, maintain organized financial and other records, support internal controls, and serve as a key resource for staff on finance-related processes like expense reimbursements. This is a new position on our team and may develop over time to include additional or different responsibilities as our processes and division of labor evolve.

Candidates for this role should have some prior accounting or finance support experience, ideally within a nonprofit setting; effective prioritization skills to meet critical and recurring deadlines; alignment with YLC’s mission to transform the child welfare and juvenile justice systems; and a specific interest in part-time work.

The weekly schedule for this job may vary but will typically not exceed 20 hours per week, with occasional exceptions during seasonal busy periods, such as our annual audit and our end-of-year closeout. Work will be performed between 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. in your local time zone, ideally between Tuesday – Thursday each week, with some flexibility. This position is currently not anticipated to develop into a full-time role.

This is a remote position, with infrequent travel for all-team events, and can be performed from anywhere within the contiguous United States; we reserve the right to give priority to qualified candidates in California and other states where we already have employees (DC, FL, MA, ME, MN, NH, NV, NY, PA, TN, and VA).

Responsibilities

This position will directly support and work closely with the Director of Finance, taking over a variety of day-to-day and recurring tasks to help expand the Director’s capacity for strategic financial planning and management of our growing organization. Responsibilities will include but are not limited to the following:

Financial Operations

• Prepare and issue monthly invoices for recurring contracts in accordance with contract terms.
• Reconcile monthly accounts receivable activity, ensuring invoices, payments, and outstanding balances are accurate.
• Download, code, and enter corporate credit card transactions into Quickbooks.
• Audit credit card documentation to ensure receipts and business purposes are properly documented.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for employee expense reimbursements.
• Review reimbursement requests for completeness, accuracy, and supporting documentation.
• Manage recurring monthly vendor invoices and upload statements into BILL for processing.
• Liaise with vendors to obtain documentation, resolve discrepancies, and answer questions.

Grant & Compliance Support

• Enter monthly attorney, paralegal, and administrative staff hours into State Bar grant reporting worksheets.
• Maintain grant support documentation and assist with financial compliance reporting.

Audit & Financial Administration

• Seasonal—Coordinate annual audit schedules and organize auditor requests.
• Seasonal—Download, categorize, and maintain audit sample documentation.
• Maintain finance and other records, ensuring documents are appropriately filed.
• Organize electronic finance files in accordance with record retention policies.

General Support

• Assist with special projects, month-end close activities, and other finance-related duties.
• Prepare recurring financial schedules and reconciliations to support month-end close and grant reporting.
• Assist with creating and updating finance operations and administrative process documentation as appropriate.
• Other responsibilities as needed and assigned.

Qualifications

The list below represents what we believe to be the most important skills and experience needed for someone to be successful in this position. However, we recognize that women, people of color, LGBTQIA+ folks, and other historically economically marginalized people more often self-select out of applying for positions if they don’t meet 100% of the listed qualifications. We encourage you to apply if you’re enthusiastic about this role, even if you aren’t sure you meet every single criterion on this list.

We are always interested in hearing from people who have personal lived experience in the child welfare and/or juvenile justice systems.

Required Qualifications

• At least two (2) years’ accounting or finance support experience (may include general administrative roles with a significant finance operations component)
• Associate's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or equivalent work experience
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel
• A high level of organization and attention to detail
• Experience working with confidential financial information
• Effective prioritization skills to meet deadlines and the flexibility to pivot in response to changing circumstances and business needs
• Ability to work effectively with staff, vendors, and other partners from a variety of backgrounds and identities
• Proficiency in spoken and written English, with an ability to communicate clearly and respectfully with others
• Alignment with YLC’s commitment to social justice and our mission to transform the child welfare and juvenile justice systems
• Current U.S. work authorization and preparedness to work from home
• Availability to travel on an infrequent basis (up to twice annually)

Desirable Qualifications

• Prior nonprofit accounting experience
• Grant administration or grant reporting experience
• Experience with business software and platforms including:
  • BILL (cloud-based AP/vendor management)
  • Quickbooks
  • Google Workspace
  • Electronic signature platforms such as SignNow or Docusign
• Experience supporting audits
• Experience with recurring contract billing

About the Youth Law Center

YLC’s mission is to transform foster care and juvenile justice systems across the nation so every child and youth can thrive. Our goal is to ensure that, whenever a system must intervene in the life of a child, that child will receive the supports, services, and excellent parenting they need to become a flourishing adult. YLC’s specific, actionable, and sustainable advocacy strategies are shaped by the voices of youth and families most impacted by these systems and are informed by research in child development, psychology, behavioral economics, marketing and branding, and adult learning. The YLC team reflects the diverse backgrounds, experiences, and skills needed to make our creative approach to advocacy successful. Find out more about us at ylc.org and qpi4kids.org.

Equal Opportunity Employer

YLC values a diverse, inclusive workforce, and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individual’s actual or perceived race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, body size, hair style, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, neurotypicality, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws.

Fair Chance Ordinance

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Read our full DEI statement here.

Pay rate: The pay range for this position is $30.77 – $43.75 per hour (equivalent to a $64,000 – $91,000 full-time salary), depending on prior experience. Pay rate determinations are made based entirely on prior experience in directly relevant positions at a similar or higher level of responsibility. All YLC staff are paid using an equitable pay structure that includes scheduled annual increases.

Paid time off: Eligible for prorated paid sick, vacation, and holiday time, based on hours worked.

Benefits: 401k with up to 4% employer match; company laptop and other remote work equipment as needed; prorated cell & home internet expense reimbursement. This position is not eligible for health or other fringe benefits.

English proficiency (spoken and written) is required.