Director of Financial Operations, Metagov

Location: Remote (with good wifi!)

Availability: Requires regular overlap with US Pacific Time afternoon hours (Oceania residents included!)

Status: Part time employee, 20+ hours per week, with potential to grow to full time

Pay rate: $55 per hour

About Metagov

Metagov’s mission is to describe, support, and expand the possibility of self-governance in a digital age, on the internet and beyond. We are a laboratory and a playground for builders and researchers of public interest technology terrestrially and in Web3. Our leadership and community is deeply in touch with the leading edge of democratic innovation around the world.

Read more at: metagov.org

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of a $1.5M charity’s financial operations
• Review and process expenses for internal and fiscally-sponsored projects using Open Collective, Wise, and SAFE
• Handle major donations of fiat and digital currencies
• Monitor organization cash flow and treasuries of fiat and crypto assets
• Serve as main point of contact for bookkeepers, accountants, tax team, and auditors
• Set, revise, and maintain financial systems, policies, and compliance
• Oversee the organization’s small fiscal sponsorship program
• Continue to develop newly-revitalized financial systems, including workflows in Coda
• Maintain and obtain insurance as needed
• Oversee vendor and contractor contracting and payment processes
• Handle simple payroll tasks and basic HR for two PEO and two EOR employees
• Support board and ED strategic financial planning
• Prepare monthly financial reports and dashboards for board review and attend some quarterly board meetings

Qualities

The ideal candidate will:

• Possess the perseverance to independently run down ambiguity and generate clarity
• Work well with others, synchronously and asynchronously even with minimal overlap
• Display a professional comportment, even when dealing with tensions surrounding financial matters
• Be a strong communicator, with a commitment to transparency and the experience to gauge the level of detail required for the situation

Desired experience

The ideal candidate will have:

• Strong knowledge of charitable organizations’ financial systems. We are a 501(c)(3) organization with a wide array of funders, from arts foundations to democracy initiatives.
• Several years’ experience working with digital assets in an institutional setting. We receive part of our funding from Web3 foundations to conduct governance research and develop standards, as part of a larger portfolio spanning a broad range of partners and topics.

Application process

Please submit your resume and respond to two short questions here: https://bit.ly/metagov-finops

If this posting is viewable at https://metagov.org/join/jobs, the job is open! Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The first round of interviews will commence April 18, with the aim to select a candidate before May 15, 2025.