Finance Specialist – Grant Application Specialist
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Finance specialist managing AP, AR, FP&A, compliance, and automation. Securing government grants and non-dilutive funding for Nacre's portfolio companies.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee end-to-end accounts payable workflows, including invoice intake, verification, approval routing, and batch payments.
- Manage accounts receivable by issuing invoices, tracking collections, following up on overdue accounts, and maintaining healthy cash flow.
- Reconcile bank feeds, merchant processors, and credit card transactions with core ledgers.
- Identify manual bottlenecks in financial administration and implement automated solutions using Google Apps Script, AI tools such as Gemini, and custom workflows.
- Use Excel/Google Sheets functions including VBA, Power Query, and Apps Script, plus accounting platform tools, to automate recurring schedules, data aggregation, and status tracking.
- Support preliminary financial modeling, budget tracking, and monthly variance analysis.
- Collect and clean raw financial inputs from portfolio companies into standardized reporting templates.
- Assist with tax schedule preparation, tax compliance, and maintaining digital audit trails.
- Source, evaluate, and submit applications for government grants, tax credits, and non-dilutive funding opportunities for portfolio companies.
- Gather required documentation, prepare supporting financial schedules, and track compliance and disbursement timelines.
- Report to the Finance Manager.
Requirements:
- Education: certified accountant; background in business management or an MBA is an advantage.
- 1–3 years of professional finance or accounting experience, preferably from a reputable audit firm (top 10).
- Direct experience or a foundational background in Tax compliance and schedules is an advantage.
- Solid understanding of double-entry accounting, AR/AP operations, and basic FP&A principles.
- Strong proficiency with advanced spreadsheet automation (Power Query, VBA, Google Apps Script).
- Familiarity with leveraging AI tools for data extraction/workflows.
- Experience with modern accounting software.
- Excellent verbal and written skills are required for all business communication and documentation.
- Pro-active: take initiative to solve problems before they escalate.
- Self-starter: thrive in ambiguity and drive projects forward with minimal supervision.
- Self-learner and eager to grow; constantly seek new knowledge and adapt to new technologies and processes.
- Build strong, collaborative relationships with stakeholders and team members, communicating clearly and effectively.
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