Assistant Controller & Finance Consultant

This is a remote position.

About PEPR

PEPR is an organizational effectiveness firm dedicated to strengthening high-impact organizations — with a particular focus on those working to advance the farmed animal advocacy movement. We partner with nonprofits, advocacy organizations, social enterprises, and movement leaders to build the strategic clarity, internal capacity, financial resilience, and organizational foundations they need to grow and deliver lasting change.

We blend strategy and operations so that plans become actionable, achievable, and aligned for success — creating an ecosystem of highly effective, resilient organizations that can accelerate their collective impact. We believe that stronger organizations create a stronger movement, and more impact for animals.

How Does This Role Support Our Mission?

In this role, you will be responsible for an assigned portfolio of nonprofit and mission-driven clients, serving as their primary day-to-day finance contact. You will manage the month-end close, reconciliations, accounting quality, and financial reporting, and build trusted relationships with client leadership and operations teams. Over time, you will come to understand each organization's context and the financial story behind its numbers, helping clients understand where they stand and spotting issues before they grow.

What Will This Role Be Responsible For?

• Lead the month-end close for your assigned clients, including reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and supporting schedules, and deliver it accurately and on time.
  
• Prepare monthly reporting packs, including nonprofit financial statements, variance analysis against budget, and commentary that a non-finance reader can follow.
  
• Maintain accurate general ledgers, charts of accounts, and balance sheet integrity across multiple client organizations.
  
• Track restricted contributions and grants, prepare functional expense allocations, and support funder reporting schedules.
  
• Collaborate with senior finance colleagues on client budgets, forecasts, and cash flow monitoring.
  
• Coordinate audit preparation for your clients, including compiling schedules, gathering documentation, and responding to auditor requests.
  

Client Relationships

• Build trusted relationships with client leadership and operations teams, and get to know each organization's context, priorities, and financial circumstances.
  
• Organize and lead recurring client finance meetings and reporting reviews, explaining results and the story behind the numbers in accessible language.
  
• Serve as the primary day-to-day finance contact for your clients, responding to questions clearly and promptly.
  
• Identify financial issues, process gaps, and emerging risks early, and work with colleagues on complex accounting matters and strategic client issues.
  

Working with Bookkeeping & Accounting Support

• Oversee and coordinate the work of the outsourced bookkeeping and accounting professionals supporting your clients, who handle much of the routine bookkeeping, transaction processing, and AP and AR administration.
  
• Delegate tasks, set priorities, and keep deadlines on track across your portfolio.
  
• Review coded transactions, reconciliations, and other outputs for accuracy, consistency, and quality, offering helpful guidance and feedback along the way.
  
• Take responsibility for the quality of delivery, raising discrepancies, gaps, or process breakdowns promptly rather than working around them.
  

Portfolio Management & Client Onboarding

• Manage deadlines and deliverables across your portfolio, keeping close checklists, calendars, and trackers current.
  
• Lead onboarding for new clients, establishing practical client-specific processes, reporting schedules, and communication rhythms within PEPR's broader accounting and delivery standards.
  
• Prepare materials for client meetings, board reporting, and finance reviews.
  
• Collaborate with PEPR colleagues working on payroll coordination, compliance, insurance, and other operational matters that intersect with finance, drawing on the wider team rather than handling every client request yourself.
  

Finance Practice Contribution

• Use and help refine PEPR's templates, checklists, and process documentation so our delivery stays consistent across clients.
  
• Identify ways to improve workflows and efficiency as the practice grows.
  
• Contribute to knowledge-sharing across the wider PEPR team.
  

You will also see where the work lands. 100% of organizations PEPR supports report significant or transformational change in finance and operations, and accurate, timely numbers are the foundation that makes all of it possible. As our practice grows, there will be room to broaden your responsibilities and client portfolio over time.

• An accounting professional with solid experience in month-end close, reconciliations, journal entries, and financial reporting. You might be an Assistant Controller ready for your own client portfolio, or you may already carry some Controller-level responsibility.
  
• Someone with strong accounting fundamentals and experience in nonprofit financial accounting and reporting. Familiarity with restricted contributions and grants, functional expense allocations, and nonprofit financial statements is highly valued. You should be comfortable managing month-end close processes and able to get up to speed quickly on unfamiliar accounting requirements.
  
• Someone accurate and deadline-driven, who takes pride in a clean close and a reconciled balance sheet.
  
• An organized professional who enjoys keeping several clients on track and coordinating the work of others with clarity and care.
  
• A warm communicator who enjoys client relationships and can explain the numbers to people who do not work in finance.
  
• Someone with initiative and sound judgment, who is comfortable resolving things independently and knowing when to involve colleagues with different expertise.
  
• Someone curious about technology and comfortable exploring AI-enabled tools for spreadsheets, analysis, documentation, reporting, and process improvement, while using approved tools, protecting confidential client information, and checking outputs carefully for accuracy.
  
• Someone passionate about the farmed animal advocacy movement or mission-driven organizations more broadly.
  

Nice to Have (Not Required)

• CPA, part-qualified, or actively studying toward a professional accounting qualification.
  
• Hands-on experience with nonprofit fund accounting, restricted grants, functional expense allocations, nonprofit audits, or Form 990 preparation.
  
• ​Familiarity with QuickBooks Online, Xero, Bill.com, Ramp, or similar finance tooling.
  

• Compensation: The full-time salary range is $80,000-$100,000.
  
• Health Insurance Support: Medical insurance support options will be offered. 
  
• Retirement Fund Options: A 401K plan with a discretionary employer contribution.
  
• Remote-first, flexible working with a small, distributed, mission-aligned team.
  
• Generous paid time off and real growth opportunities — including building PEPR's finance function as we scale.
  
• Meaningful work with organizations at the frontline of the farmed animal advocacy movement, with occasional travel for client engagements, team retreats and conferences.
  
  

PEPR is an equal opportunities employer. We strongly encourage people of every background, identity, orientation, age, gender, origin, and ability to apply. PEPR is committed to fostering an inclusive and harassment-free environment where everyone can contribute their best work. If you are excited by this role but do not meet every criterion listed, we still encourage you to apply — we would rather assess you than have you self-reject.

• Submit your application via this form.
  

• Cover letters are optional.
  

• Please apply by December 14th, 2026 - although applicants are assessed on a rolling basis. 
  

• Our team will review submissions and shortlist candidates for interviews. 
  

• We anticipate the interview process will include 3 interviews with various members of the PEPR team.