Finance and Operations Manager

We're hiring a Finance and Operations Manager @Sempervirens Fund!

Sempervirens Fund is California’s first land trust. Our community is passionate about protecting and permanently preserving redwood forests in the Santa Cruz Mountains and promoting safe, welcome, and inclusive access to parks and public lands. If you are motivated to support this effort, we have the right role for you in our dynamic, collegial, fun, and growing team.

Are you interested in filling an important financial and operational role in a small but impactful organization with a long and storied history and a bright future? Do you enjoy being the person who ensures that everything runs smoothly behind the scenes so your colleagues can focus on delivering programs and impact? Do you have 4+ years of nonprofit accounting experience, including payroll?

Then we need your skills, smarts, and passion at Sempervirens Fund to protect and care for the redwood forests!

Location: Our office is based in Mountain View, but we protect land throughout the Santa Cruz Mountains. Work remote from home or a Regus location within the Bay Area, with in-person meetings and staff outings about once a month. Occasional evening and weekend work expected.

Salary Range: $90,000 – 115,000

Click here to view the full job description: https://sempervirens.org/about/join-our-team/

Applications must be submitted by email:

Please email a cover letter and resume (combined into one PDF file if possible) to opportunity@sempervirens.org with the subject line "Your Name – Finance and Operations Manager."

In your cover letter, please (1) list your current zip code located within the Bay Area or Santa Cruz, (2) tell us where you heard about the position, and (3) describe how your skills in financial management and organizational operations have supported the mission of an organization.

Priority given to applications submitted by January 2, 2026, but submissions accepted until the position is filled.

• A collaborative and supportive team environment
• A culture that emphasizes work-life balance
• Family-friendly policies
• Employer-paid medical, dental, vision, and life insurance for the employee
• Thirteen paid holidays per year, with five additional floating holidays per fiscal year
• Three weeks of vacation in the first year, with additional accrual after two years and five years on staff
• Twelve days of paid sick leave a year
• Employer retirement plan match of 6% of annual salary for the first five years and then 8% after that
• A remote-from-home work environment
• Access to Regus co-working spaces
• Cell phone and home internet stipend
• Professional development opportunities

Proficient in written and spoken English, including finance and technology terminology.