- Experience
- 2+ yrs
- Salary
- USD 70,000 – USD 100,000 / year
- Openings
- 1
- Posted
- 2 weeks ago
- Work mode
- Work from home
- Eligibility
- Candidates with at least 2 years of startup operations experience are preferred. The role is remote and ideally suited to applicants based on the West Coast. Applicants should be able to travel occasionally for onboarding, professional development, and team events.
- Resume
- Required to apply
Job description
About Goalbook
Goalbook works to help educators improve instruction so every student has a better chance to thrive. The company partners with more than 1,100 school districts across 47 states and works alongside district and school leaders to drive large-scale improvements in teaching practice.
Role Overview
This position supports the core back-office functions that keep the organization running smoothly, with a focus on finance, HR operations, and compliance. You will work closely with other teams and contribute to people operations as well as sales operations. The role is central to ensuring employees across the country receive strong support from the organization.
Goalbook is looking for someone who enjoys understanding how businesses operate behind the scenes and wants to contribute to the systems and processes that help the company stay effective and mission-driven.
Key Responsibilities
- Handle daily finance operations such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, collections, customer payment processing, expense reimbursements, state compliance reporting, and support for travel and business expense reconciliation.
- Support HR operations, including HR systems, employee data management, onboarding, offboarding, IT coordination, and enforcement of company-wide policies and processes.
- Work with vendors to resolve payment issues and keep invoices moving through the approval and payment process without delay.
- Look for ways to simplify and improve workflows, strengthen consistency in policies, and build trusted working relationships across teams to support better operations.
- Assist the Operations team across additional areas as needed, including legal, compliance, travel, conferences, office needs, and team events.
- Be available for limited travel related to onboarding, professional development, and company gatherings.
Required Experience and Qualities
The company is seeking a candidate with at least 2 years of operations experience in a startup setting. You should be highly structured, exceptionally attentive to details, comfortable working independently in a hands-on environment, and able to communicate in a clear and concise way. Discretion is important, as the role involves handling sensitive information.
Benefits and Compensation
Compensation is offered in the range of 70,000 to 100,000, depending on experience and location. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; Safe Harbor 401(k) matching; flexible time off; Goalbook Family and Medical Leave; Goalbook Universal Basic Income; and the opportunity to work with a motivated, collaborative, and supportive team.
Application Details
Applicants should send a cover letter, resume, LinkedIn profile, and a note explaining how they learned about the opportunity, addressed to Christina Manalo.
Remote Work Preference
This is a remote position and is ideally based on the West Coast.
Equal Opportunity Commitment
Goalbook is committed to hiring a diverse workforce that reflects and supports the wide range of students in the U.S. public school system. The company encourages applications from people with varied backgrounds, abilities, experiences, and perspectives.
Recruitment Safety Notice
Applicants should be cautious about impersonation scams. Official communication will only come from email addresses ending in @goalbook.com, and interviews are conducted by the team through video calls on Google Meet or Zoom.