The Village of Love and Resistance (VOLAR) seeks a part-time Financial Manager to manage all accounting aspects of our small (and growing!) nonprofit organization. This is a part-time position of approximately 6- 8 hours per week, all virtual.

VOLARs mission is to co-create a cooperative community in East Baltimore owned by Black and Brown people. We seek to build this cooperative community through the reclamation of land, healing, reconnecting and building a base of community power. VOLAR is a nonprofit 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization located in Baltimore, MD, seeking to support local hiring.

The anticipated start date is March 1 2026.

Key Position Responsibilities

This is a representative list of responsibilities

• Manage the preparation, accuracy, relevance and timely distribution of financial reports, presentations and financial information, including monthly status reports.
• Manage the quality and timeliness of reporting to various grantor entities.
• Lead all aspects of AP, AR, and payroll ensuring transaction accuracy.
• Maintain and reconcile balance sheet accounts, including bank reconciliations.
• Create journal entries.
• Balance and verify general ledger accounts associated with Cash Management operations.
• Support a collective process of preparing an annual budget and forecasting.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP.
• Establish, monitor and/or strengthen VOLARs internal controls system. Identify, communicate and make suggestions to improve significant deficiencies or weaknesses in VOLARs systems and procedures to maintain the integrity of financial information.
• Prepare an annual Form 990 and all reports for the State of Marylands Charitable Organizations Division.
• Process Forms W-2, 1099 and other forms relevant to the organization.
• Support the organizations president on HR issues and actively take part in on-boarding of new hires.
• Maintain complete and accurate vendor, customer and staff records.

Education

Bachelors Degree in accounting with financial management-related work experience

Minimum of 2 years experience working in non-profit sector

Required experience/qualifications

• • Commitment to VOLARs mission around building community rooted in healing and wellness
  • Effective verbal and written skills with strong interpersonal competencies
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Computer proficiency and experience working with QuickBooks Online, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs and other relevant software
  • Ability to work some evenings and weekend hours
  • Time management
  • Diplomacy
  • Willingness to engage in honest, constructive, mindful, and compassionate reciprocal critique of self and work

Preferred experience/qualifications

• • Non-violent communication skills
  • Telephone etiquette
  • Experience and/or ability to approach problem-solving, and crisis intervention from a love perspective
  • Creativity and sense of humor
  • Knowledge of Baltimore communities, history, issues and organizations. [Baltimore residents are strongly encouraged to apply and are given strong preference.]

VOLAR respects hiring people who are Black, Indigenous, person of color, LGBTQIA+; preference for people living in Baltimore.