Finance Specialist

Posting Date: 8/12/2026
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