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- Finance Consultant – Arts FMS via TOC Arts Partners
About the Opportunity
As a financial management firm that integrates with nonprofit arts organizations from across the country, Arts FMS empowers organizations to focus on their mission, while they focus on the long-term fiscal health and sustainability of the organization. By providing a comprehensive scope of full financial management services, Arts FMS is able to bring stability, efficiency, and reliability to an organization’s financial operations.
Arts FMS is pleased to be hiring a Finance Consultant to join their growing team. This nonprofit professional is a highly motivated and self- directed individual with experience in accounting and financial management, specifically in the arts and culture sector. In addition to having nonprofit accounting skills and experience working within a finance department, this administrator will be an adept communicator and comfortable building strong internal and external relationships. They will have a thoughtful empathetic approach to guiding clients in financial management and decision-making, and will be able to clearly and concisely translate financial documents for a variety of stakeholders.
As Arts FMS rapidly expands their services to a growing list of impressive organizations, this consultant will have the chance to join a collaborative team of thought partners dedicated to financial operations. Fully remote, the team at Arts FMS learns from one another, adapts to the specific needs of clients, and is building a set of practices that will have a significant impact on the cultural field. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to advance their skills and connect with a variety of ambitious arts organizations and their leaders.
About Arts FMS
Arts FMS delivers exemplary financial management services focused on long-term fiscal health and sustainability, empowering nonprofit arts organizations to focus on fulfilling their missions. Specializing in nonprofit financial management, Arts FMS maintains a talented team of financial consultants, who bring stability, efficiency, and reliability to their client’s financial operations. Their clients receive accurate and timely data that both informs their current strategic financial decisions and better prepares them for the future.
As a financial partner, Arts FMS integrates directly with the staff and board of an organization. Once engaged, they work closely with a client to assess what services and systems would most benefit that specific nonprofit organization. The Arts FMS approach is adaptable, designed to work seamlessly with current systems that are effective, while introducing new systems to enhance efficiency and streamline workflows, which will benefit the partnership overall.
Arts FMS was founded under the belief that art is vital to our society and is core to the company’s mission. Principals Andrea Nellis and Lucy Mallett bring decades of nonprofit financial management experience as both practitioners and advisors to cultural leaders, strengthening the sector and securing both the present and future of their growing list of clients.
Job Description
A Finance Consultant at Arts FMS reports to one of Arts FMS’s Managing or Senior Finance Consultants. The Finance Consultant is a flexible, industrious, and detail-oriented project manager, who will be invested in relationships with two to five clients. Depending on the size of those client organizations, the Finance Consultant may be charged with complete oversight of the relationship, responsible for payroll, bill pay, bookkeeping, and month close. For larger organizations, they may be acting as a controller and collaborating with a Managing or Senior Finance Consultant on the relationship. For smaller organizations, they may or may not have the support of a Finance Associate or Assistant, requiring a solid confidence in all client-related tasks. Capable of taking on a broad array of responsibilities, the Finance Consultant needs to be judicious about their time to manage numerous projects and deadlines with care and accuracy.
Key Responsibilities for Arts FMS
- Effectively drive their projects to completion; this includes reviewing their own work and that of a Finance Associate or Assistant on an ongoing basis.
- Deliver excellent client service through ongoing verbal and written communication, and analysis of the client’s needs.
- Handle multiple time-sensitive priorities that require in-depth knowledge of GAAP and nonprofit accounting, reporting, and compliance.
- Utilize Excel and QuickBooks Online.
Frequent Responsibilities in working for Arts FMS Clients
Strategy
- Collaborate with executive leadership to develop financial strategies aligned with the organization’s objectives.
- Identify and pursue opportunities for financial growth and sustainability.
Budgeting
- Lead an institution-wide budgeting initiative annually, in consultation with executive leadership.
- Create and maintain forecasts and long-range projections and financial models.
- Prepare cash flow and balance sheet projections to ensure adequate capital for all needs.
- Conduct monthly financial forecast reviews.
- Monitor and analyze financial performance against budgets.
Financial Reporting
- Manage the organization’s cash flow.
- Lead and oversee the annual financial audit of an organization.
- Manage the preparation of internal financial reports to provide management insight into revenue and operating expense trends.
- Propose and maintain best accounting and reporting practices to track project spending.
- Understand and anticipate the reporting needs for executive leadership and an organization’s Board of Directors.
- Prepare and present timely, accurate, transparent, and comprehensive financial reports for senior leadership, board of directors, and stakeholders.
- Attend an organization’s Board, Finance, and Audit Committee meetings.
Organizational Assistance
- Build and maintain relationships with external partners such as auditors, banks, funders, or lending institutions.
- Directly manage relationships with financial and administrative service vendors and consultants.
- Evaluate business insurance needs and maintain appropriate policies.
- Oversee the organizational payroll, including expense reimbursements, retirement plan contributions, benefit allocations, and tracking of employee PTO.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of nonprofit accounting, demonstrating strong abilities in managing an organization’s accounting and finances, preferably in the arts sector.
- Experience working in a finance department and managing several aspects of financial operations, including accounting software and transactions management.
- Experience in creating financial management documents for both board and staff.
- Strong communication skills.
- Interest in building strong external relationships with clients through mostly virtual communication channels.
- Ability to work efficiently and flexibly in order to manage competing priorities and at times, shifting portfolios.
- Self-assurance to work proactively and confidence to ask for guidance or support, when needed.
- A genuine interest in the performing and/or visual arts.
- Master’s degree in a relevant field is a plus.
Please note: All candidates must have experience working directly in a finance department.
Compensation
The salary for this position is $75,000-100,000. Arts FMS provides comprehensive benefits, including providing health, dental, vision, long and short-term disability, and company-paid life insurance. Employees have access to a 401k plan with a company match, a flexible spending account, and paid time off.
Arts FMS is a fully remote company. The Finance Consultant role is a full-time position that works within the company’s core working hours from 9am-6pm Eastern and is based in the United States.
Arts FMS is committed to fostering a workplace free from bias, discrimination, and harassment. We strive to create an inclusive, supportive environment where all employees feel welcomed, respected, and valued for their unique contributions. Arts FMS is an equal opportunity employer and encourages qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
Application Instructions
The Finance Consultant search is being conducted by Arts FMS with support from TOC Arts Partners, a national consultancy aligning strategies, structures, and leadership toward a thriving cultural sector.
To apply, visit the online application and submit your materials. Your cover letter should include any training or experience relevant to the job profile that you would like to highlight, why you consider yourself a good fit for this opportunity, and anything else you’d like us to know about your qualifications that may not be present in your resume.
For general questions or nominations of prospective candidates, please contact searchteam@tocartspartners.com. We kindly request no phone calls.
Specific questions about the position may be directed to:
Brenna Thomas
Senior Strategist
brenna@tocartspartners.comApplications will be accepted until this role is filled. We encourage you to apply by July 10, 2026 for priority consideration. Interviews may begin at any time, and we encourage you to apply as early as possible for best consideration. Please note that applying before the priority deadline does not guarantee an interview, and all applicants will receive a response regarding the consideration and status of their candidacy.
Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? Research shows that cis men apply for jobs when they fulfill an average of 60% of the criteria, while others tend only to apply if they meet every requirement. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply.
We are dedicated to considering a broad array of candidates, including those with diverse workplace experiences and backgrounds. So, whether you’re returning to work after a gap in employment, simply looking to transition, or taking the next step in your career path, we will be glad to have you on our radar.
- DIY Critics
Good Morning,
Newspapers keep gutting their book sections, so an independent bookstore decided to run its own reviews rather than wait for the reviews to disappear entirely (Nieman Lab). Lesson of the day: if something goes away and it was important to you, then you have to build it yourself. Art-house movie theaters are increasingly doing the same, posting audience growth by courting the younger moviegoers the multiplex gave up on (Variety).
The machines, meanwhile, are thriving. Google is putting $75 million into whizkid studio A24 to build AI filmmaking tools (MSN), while new software lets producers shrink pit orchestras to almost nothing (The Guardian). Both are betting the expensive human labor is optional.
And the fight over who controls the story keeps escalating. Lonnie Bunch is maneuvering to keep the Smithsonian independent as the administration leans on it (The Atlantic), while London’s National Portrait Gallery quietly pulled a work over a reference to Churchill that some found distasteful (The Guardian) — pressure from outside, editing from within.
Lighter note: Benjamin Franklin’s library just inherited 1,500 rare books about sex (The New York Times). Make of that what you will.
Doug
- At Henry Louis Gates’s “Finding Your Roots,” How They Handle Finding A Bombshell Piece Of Family History
Gates: “If … we found out that, let’s say, your daddy wasn’t your daddy but your daddy didn’t know, I have an ethics protocol; we would reach out to your publicist and say, ‘We’ve learned something in our research we need to discuss directly.’ And everybody knows it’s not good news.“ – The Hollywood Reporter
- Remembering Clive Davis, Who Turned Hitmaking Into An Art Form
“I knew nothing about music,” he once said, looking back at his entry into the record business. Yet his instincts made him one of the surest spotters and nurturers of talent in pop history, with a long — and varied — line of success stories. – Los Angeles Times
- After 25 Years, Choreographer Lucy Guerin Leaving Her Dance Company
She is creating a final solo work for herself — her first time onstage in 13 years — as a farewell, and she officially departs as artistic director of Lucy Guerin Inc at the end of this year. The company, based in Melbourne, has toured widely, from Paris to New York to Shanghai. – ArtsHub (Australia)
ISSUES
- LA’s New Metro Stations: A Tale Of Two Design Realities
The stations, too, feel more connected, with art, architecture and infrastructure blending seamlessly into a cohesive experience, a tribute to Metro’s sharpened design approach and its ever-evolving commitment to public art. But above ground, it’s a tale of two (transit) cities. – Los Angeles Times (MSN)
- Art Removed From London’s National Portrait Gallery Over Churchill Reference
An artwork by a Turner prize-winning artist has been removed from the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) after a row about the role Winston Churchill played in the 1943 Bengal famine. – The Guardian - Stolen Picasso Discovered During Drug Trafficking Raid Near Paris
“Officers in the Brigade des Stupéfiants discovered the artwork on 15 June while carrying out a routine search of a house owned by the aunt of a suspected drug dealer. … The artwork has not been publicly named by France’s Alliance Police Nationale, who said it is worth ‘tens of millions’ of euros.” – The Independent (UK)
- Germany And The Netherlands Will Return 2,000 Artifacts To Ghana
The repatriation was announced by Ghana’s foreign minister during a conference in Accra, but no information on the types of artifacts or the timeline for their return was released. – ARTnews
- Is The First AI Museum Really Art?
The sensory splash, co-founded by artists Refik Anadol and Efsun Erkılıç, showcases four more reality-bending galleries to explore — like the classic “Alice in Wonderland” meets “Avatar” or the trippy, new horror film “Backrooms.” – New York Post
MEDIA
- Is The Smithsonian Next?
From the start of the second Trump administration, the entire Smithsonian had been a target of those on the MAGA right who are preoccupied with expunging what they understand to be “wokeness” from prominent institutions. – The Atlantic
- Lonnie Bunch Works To Keep Smithsonian Independent And Functional Amid Trumpist Turmoil
“Bunch has been cast by many of his admirers as something of a resistance figure — one of the only high-profile leaders standing up to Trump by single-handedly preventing the president from rewriting American history itself.” – The Atlantic
- Kennedy Center Says It Isn’t Required To Book Any Shows
“The Court’s order did not affirmatively require the Board to reschedule programming that had previously been cancelled or to seek new programming,” the lawyers wrote in the filing. – AP News
- With The Roku Sale To Fox, Not To Mention The Paramount Deal, Right-Wing Interests Dominate Streaming
“The scale of this quiet coup is staggering. … In practical terms, Roku controls the television home screen.” – Salon
- Court Says Trump Administration May Alter Slavery Exhibit At George Washngton’s Philadelphia House (And Philadelphia May Not)
When the Trump administration removed from the site panels telling the history of the enslaved people who lived with the Washingtons there, the city of Philadelphia sued. A lower-court federal judge ordered the panels restored; a three-judge panel of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed that order. – The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
MUSIC
- The Next Bookstore?
Samir Pail argues that the publishing industry is fundamentally flawed insofar as publishers and authors generate consumer demand, then hand buyers off to companies like Amazon, which takes a significant cut and then owns the customer relationship. – Publishers Weekly
- Benjamin Franklin’s Library Given 1,500 Rare Books About Sex
The collection is the latest donation to the Library Company of Philadelphia, founded by Franklin in 1731, by Charles Rosenberg, a now-retired historian of science at Harvard University. He described this collection, including volumes dating to the late 1600s, as largely “how-to-run-your-sex-life books.” – The New York Times
- With Book Reviews Disappearing From Newspapers, This Bookstore Decided To Start Doing Its Own
“The Porter Square Review of Books launched this month. The (Cambridge, Mass.) store’s booksellers and writers-in-residence have begun publishing weekly(ish) book reviews on its website, on Thursdays; at about 500 words, these are deeper looks at books than the couple of sentences you’ll find describing ‘staff picks’ in-store.” – Nieman Lab
- Who Is America’s Great Poet?
Do we have a great poet who captures the American spirit, the American story, the American identity? We asked a posse of authors and poets to send us their votes. – Plough
- Granta Says It Will Stop Publishing Prize Winners Over AI Concerns
“For the sake of our own editorial integrity, the Granta Trust board has now taken the decision that we will no longer engage in external publishing partnerships.” – The Guardian
PEOPLE
- Finance Consultant – Arts FMS via TOC Arts Partners
About the Opportunity
As a financial management firm that integrates with nonprofit arts organizations from across the country, Arts FMS empowers organizations to focus on their mission, while they focus on the long-term fiscal health and sustainability of the organization. By providing a comprehensive scope of full financial management services, Arts FMS is able to bring stability, efficiency, and reliability to an organization’s financial operations.
Arts FMS is pleased to be hiring a Finance Consultant to join their growing team. This nonprofit professional is a highly motivated and self- directed individual with experience in accounting and financial management, specifically in the arts and culture sector. In addition to having nonprofit accounting skills and experience working within a finance department, this administrator will be an adept communicator and comfortable building strong internal and external relationships. They will have a thoughtful empathetic approach to guiding clients in financial management and decision-making, and will be able to clearly and concisely translate financial documents for a variety of stakeholders.
As Arts FMS rapidly expands their services to a growing list of impressive organizations, this consultant will have the chance to join a collaborative team of thought partners dedicated to financial operations. Fully remote, the team at Arts FMS learns from one another, adapts to the specific needs of clients, and is building a set of practices that will have a significant impact on the cultural field. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to advance their skills and connect with a variety of ambitious arts organizations and their leaders.
About Arts FMS
Arts FMS delivers exemplary financial management services focused on long-term fiscal health and sustainability, empowering nonprofit arts organizations to focus on fulfilling their missions. Specializing in nonprofit financial management, Arts FMS maintains a talented team of financial consultants, who bring stability, efficiency, and reliability to their client’s financial operations. Their clients receive accurate and timely data that both informs their current strategic financial decisions and better prepares them for the future.
As a financial partner, Arts FMS integrates directly with the staff and board of an organization. Once engaged, they work closely with a client to assess what services and systems would most benefit that specific nonprofit organization. The Arts FMS approach is adaptable, designed to work seamlessly with current systems that are effective, while introducing new systems to enhance efficiency and streamline workflows, which will benefit the partnership overall.
Arts FMS was founded under the belief that art is vital to our society and is core to the company’s mission. Principals Andrea Nellis and Lucy Mallett bring decades of nonprofit financial management experience as both practitioners and advisors to cultural leaders, strengthening the sector and securing both the present and future of their growing list of clients.
Job Description
A Finance Consultant at Arts FMS reports to one of Arts FMS’s Managing or Senior Finance Consultants. The Finance Consultant is a flexible, industrious, and detail-oriented project manager, who will be invested in relationships with two to five clients. Depending on the size of those client organizations, the Finance Consultant may be charged with complete oversight of the relationship, responsible for payroll, bill pay, bookkeeping, and month close. For larger organizations, they may be acting as a controller and collaborating with a Managing or Senior Finance Consultant on the relationship. For smaller organizations, they may or may not have the support of a Finance Associate or Assistant, requiring a solid confidence in all client-related tasks. Capable of taking on a broad array of responsibilities, the Finance Consultant needs to be judicious about their time to manage numerous projects and deadlines with care and accuracy.
Key Responsibilities for Arts FMS
- Effectively drive their projects to completion; this includes reviewing their own work and that of a Finance Associate or Assistant on an ongoing basis.
- Deliver excellent client service through ongoing verbal and written communication, and analysis of the client’s needs.
- Handle multiple time-sensitive priorities that require in-depth knowledge of GAAP and nonprofit accounting, reporting, and compliance.
- Utilize Excel and QuickBooks Online.
Frequent Responsibilities in working for Arts FMS Clients
Strategy
- Collaborate with executive leadership to develop financial strategies aligned with the organization’s objectives.
- Identify and pursue opportunities for financial growth and sustainability.
Budgeting
- Lead an institution-wide budgeting initiative annually, in consultation with executive leadership.
- Create and maintain forecasts and long-range projections and financial models.
- Prepare cash flow and balance sheet projections to ensure adequate capital for all needs.
- Conduct monthly financial forecast reviews.
- Monitor and analyze financial performance against budgets.
Financial Reporting
- Manage the organization’s cash flow.
- Lead and oversee the annual financial audit of an organization.
- Manage the preparation of internal financial reports to provide management insight into revenue and operating expense trends.
- Propose and maintain best accounting and reporting practices to track project spending.
- Understand and anticipate the reporting needs for executive leadership and an organization’s Board of Directors.
- Prepare and present timely, accurate, transparent, and comprehensive financial reports for senior leadership, board of directors, and stakeholders.
- Attend an organization’s Board, Finance, and Audit Committee meetings.
Organizational Assistance
- Build and maintain relationships with external partners such as auditors, banks, funders, or lending institutions.
- Directly manage relationships with financial and administrative service vendors and consultants.
- Evaluate business insurance needs and maintain appropriate policies.
- Oversee the organizational payroll, including expense reimbursements, retirement plan contributions, benefit allocations, and tracking of employee PTO.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of nonprofit accounting, demonstrating strong abilities in managing an organization’s accounting and finances, preferably in the arts sector.
- Experience working in a finance department and managing several aspects of financial operations, including accounting software and transactions management.
- Experience in creating financial management documents for both board and staff.
- Strong communication skills.
- Interest in building strong external relationships with clients through mostly virtual communication channels.
- Ability to work efficiently and flexibly in order to manage competing priorities and at times, shifting portfolios.
- Self-assurance to work proactively and confidence to ask for guidance or support, when needed.
- A genuine interest in the performing and/or visual arts.
- Master’s degree in a relevant field is a plus.
Please note: All candidates must have experience working directly in a finance department.
Compensation
The salary for this position is $75,000-100,000. Arts FMS provides comprehensive benefits, including providing health, dental, vision, long and short-term disability, and company-paid life insurance. Employees have access to a 401k plan with a company match, a flexible spending account, and paid time off.
Arts FMS is a fully remote company. The Finance Consultant role is a full-time position that works within the company’s core working hours from 9am-6pm Eastern and is based in the United States.
Arts FMS is committed to fostering a workplace free from bias, discrimination, and harassment. We strive to create an inclusive, supportive environment where all employees feel welcomed, respected, and valued for their unique contributions. Arts FMS is an equal opportunity employer and encourages qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
Application Instructions
The Finance Consultant search is being conducted by Arts FMS with support from TOC Arts Partners, a national consultancy aligning strategies, structures, and leadership toward a thriving cultural sector.
To apply, visit the online application and submit your materials. Your cover letter should include any training or experience relevant to the job profile that you would like to highlight, why you consider yourself a good fit for this opportunity, and anything else you’d like us to know about your qualifications that may not be present in your resume.
For general questions or nominations of prospective candidates, please contact searchteam@tocartspartners.com. We kindly request no phone calls.
Specific questions about the position may be directed to:
Brenna Thomas
Senior Strategist
brenna@tocartspartners.comApplications will be accepted until this role is filled. We encourage you to apply by July 10, 2026 for priority consideration. Interviews may begin at any time, and we encourage you to apply as early as possible for best consideration. Please note that applying before the priority deadline does not guarantee an interview, and all applicants will receive a response regarding the consideration and status of their candidacy.
Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? Research shows that cis men apply for jobs when they fulfill an average of 60% of the criteria, while others tend only to apply if they meet every requirement. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply.
We are dedicated to considering a broad array of candidates, including those with diverse workplace experiences and backgrounds. So, whether you’re returning to work after a gap in employment, simply looking to transition, or taking the next step in your career path, we will be glad to have you on our radar.
- DIY Critics
Good Morning,
Newspapers keep gutting their book sections, so an independent bookstore decided to run its own reviews rather than wait for the reviews to disappear entirely (Nieman Lab). Lesson of the day: if something goes away and it was important to you, then you have to build it yourself. Art-house movie theaters are increasingly doing the same, posting audience growth by courting the younger moviegoers the multiplex gave up on (Variety).
The machines, meanwhile, are thriving. Google is putting $75 million into whizkid studio A24 to build AI filmmaking tools (MSN), while new software lets producers shrink pit orchestras to almost nothing (The Guardian). Both are betting the expensive human labor is optional.
And the fight over who controls the story keeps escalating. Lonnie Bunch is maneuvering to keep the Smithsonian independent as the administration leans on it (The Atlantic), while London’s National Portrait Gallery quietly pulled a work over a reference to Churchill that some found distasteful (The Guardian) — pressure from outside, editing from within.
Lighter note: Benjamin Franklin’s library just inherited 1,500 rare books about sex (The New York Times). Make of that what you will.
Doug
- At Henry Louis Gates’s “Finding Your Roots,” How They Handle Finding A Bombshell Piece Of Family History
Gates: “If … we found out that, let’s say, your daddy wasn’t your daddy but your daddy didn’t know, I have an ethics protocol; we would reach out to your publicist and say, ‘We’ve learned something in our research we need to discuss directly.’ And everybody knows it’s not good news.“ – The Hollywood Reporter
- Remembering Clive Davis, Who Turned Hitmaking Into An Art Form
“I knew nothing about music,” he once said, looking back at his entry into the record business. Yet his instincts made him one of the surest spotters and nurturers of talent in pop history, with a long — and varied — line of success stories. – Los Angeles Times
- After 25 Years, Choreographer Lucy Guerin Leaving Her Dance Company
She is creating a final solo work for herself — her first time onstage in 13 years — as a farewell, and she officially departs as artistic director of Lucy Guerin Inc at the end of this year. The company, based in Melbourne, has toured widely, from Paris to New York to Shanghai. – ArtsHub (Australia)
PEOPLE
- Finance Consultant – Arts FMS via TOC Arts Partners
About the Opportunity
As a financial management firm that integrates with nonprofit arts organizations from across the country, Arts FMS empowers organizations to focus on their mission, while they focus on the long-term fiscal health and sustainability of the organization. By providing a comprehensive scope of full financial management services, Arts FMS is able to bring stability, efficiency, and reliability to an organization’s financial operations.
Arts FMS is pleased to be hiring a Finance Consultant to join their growing team. This nonprofit professional is a highly motivated and self- directed individual with experience in accounting and financial management, specifically in the arts and culture sector. In addition to having nonprofit accounting skills and experience working within a finance department, this administrator will be an adept communicator and comfortable building strong internal and external relationships. They will have a thoughtful empathetic approach to guiding clients in financial management and decision-making, and will be able to clearly and concisely translate financial documents for a variety of stakeholders.
As Arts FMS rapidly expands their services to a growing list of impressive organizations, this consultant will have the chance to join a collaborative team of thought partners dedicated to financial operations. Fully remote, the team at Arts FMS learns from one another, adapts to the specific needs of clients, and is building a set of practices that will have a significant impact on the cultural field. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual to advance their skills and connect with a variety of ambitious arts organizations and their leaders.
About Arts FMS
Arts FMS delivers exemplary financial management services focused on long-term fiscal health and sustainability, empowering nonprofit arts organizations to focus on fulfilling their missions. Specializing in nonprofit financial management, Arts FMS maintains a talented team of financial consultants, who bring stability, efficiency, and reliability to their client’s financial operations. Their clients receive accurate and timely data that both informs their current strategic financial decisions and better prepares them for the future.
As a financial partner, Arts FMS integrates directly with the staff and board of an organization. Once engaged, they work closely with a client to assess what services and systems would most benefit that specific nonprofit organization. The Arts FMS approach is adaptable, designed to work seamlessly with current systems that are effective, while introducing new systems to enhance efficiency and streamline workflows, which will benefit the partnership overall.
Arts FMS was founded under the belief that art is vital to our society and is core to the company’s mission. Principals Andrea Nellis and Lucy Mallett bring decades of nonprofit financial management experience as both practitioners and advisors to cultural leaders, strengthening the sector and securing both the present and future of their growing list of clients.
Job Description
A Finance Consultant at Arts FMS reports to one of Arts FMS’s Managing or Senior Finance Consultants. The Finance Consultant is a flexible, industrious, and detail-oriented project manager, who will be invested in relationships with two to five clients. Depending on the size of those client organizations, the Finance Consultant may be charged with complete oversight of the relationship, responsible for payroll, bill pay, bookkeeping, and month close. For larger organizations, they may be acting as a controller and collaborating with a Managing or Senior Finance Consultant on the relationship. For smaller organizations, they may or may not have the support of a Finance Associate or Assistant, requiring a solid confidence in all client-related tasks. Capable of taking on a broad array of responsibilities, the Finance Consultant needs to be judicious about their time to manage numerous projects and deadlines with care and accuracy.
Key Responsibilities for Arts FMS
- Effectively drive their projects to completion; this includes reviewing their own work and that of a Finance Associate or Assistant on an ongoing basis.
- Deliver excellent client service through ongoing verbal and written communication, and analysis of the client’s needs.
- Handle multiple time-sensitive priorities that require in-depth knowledge of GAAP and nonprofit accounting, reporting, and compliance.
- Utilize Excel and QuickBooks Online.
Frequent Responsibilities in working for Arts FMS Clients
Strategy
- Collaborate with executive leadership to develop financial strategies aligned with the organization’s objectives.
- Identify and pursue opportunities for financial growth and sustainability.
Budgeting
- Lead an institution-wide budgeting initiative annually, in consultation with executive leadership.
- Create and maintain forecasts and long-range projections and financial models.
- Prepare cash flow and balance sheet projections to ensure adequate capital for all needs.
- Conduct monthly financial forecast reviews.
- Monitor and analyze financial performance against budgets.
Financial Reporting
- Manage the organization’s cash flow.
- Lead and oversee the annual financial audit of an organization.
- Manage the preparation of internal financial reports to provide management insight into revenue and operating expense trends.
- Propose and maintain best accounting and reporting practices to track project spending.
- Understand and anticipate the reporting needs for executive leadership and an organization’s Board of Directors.
- Prepare and present timely, accurate, transparent, and comprehensive financial reports for senior leadership, board of directors, and stakeholders.
- Attend an organization’s Board, Finance, and Audit Committee meetings.
Organizational Assistance
- Build and maintain relationships with external partners such as auditors, banks, funders, or lending institutions.
- Directly manage relationships with financial and administrative service vendors and consultants.
- Evaluate business insurance needs and maintain appropriate policies.
- Oversee the organizational payroll, including expense reimbursements, retirement plan contributions, benefit allocations, and tracking of employee PTO.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of nonprofit accounting, demonstrating strong abilities in managing an organization’s accounting and finances, preferably in the arts sector.
- Experience working in a finance department and managing several aspects of financial operations, including accounting software and transactions management.
- Experience in creating financial management documents for both board and staff.
- Strong communication skills.
- Interest in building strong external relationships with clients through mostly virtual communication channels.
- Ability to work efficiently and flexibly in order to manage competing priorities and at times, shifting portfolios.
- Self-assurance to work proactively and confidence to ask for guidance or support, when needed.
- A genuine interest in the performing and/or visual arts.
- Master’s degree in a relevant field is a plus.
Please note: All candidates must have experience working directly in a finance department.
Compensation
The salary for this position is $75,000-100,000. Arts FMS provides comprehensive benefits, including providing health, dental, vision, long and short-term disability, and company-paid life insurance. Employees have access to a 401k plan with a company match, a flexible spending account, and paid time off.
Arts FMS is a fully remote company. The Finance Consultant role is a full-time position that works within the company’s core working hours from 9am-6pm Eastern and is based in the United States.
Arts FMS is committed to fostering a workplace free from bias, discrimination, and harassment. We strive to create an inclusive, supportive environment where all employees feel welcomed, respected, and valued for their unique contributions. Arts FMS is an equal opportunity employer and encourages qualified candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
Application Instructions
The Finance Consultant search is being conducted by Arts FMS with support from TOC Arts Partners, a national consultancy aligning strategies, structures, and leadership toward a thriving cultural sector.
To apply, visit the online application and submit your materials. Your cover letter should include any training or experience relevant to the job profile that you would like to highlight, why you consider yourself a good fit for this opportunity, and anything else you’d like us to know about your qualifications that may not be present in your resume.
For general questions or nominations of prospective candidates, please contact searchteam@tocartspartners.com. We kindly request no phone calls.
Specific questions about the position may be directed to:
Brenna Thomas
Senior Strategist
brenna@tocartspartners.comApplications will be accepted until this role is filled. We encourage you to apply by July 10, 2026 for priority consideration. Interviews may begin at any time, and we encourage you to apply as early as possible for best consideration. Please note that applying before the priority deadline does not guarantee an interview, and all applicants will receive a response regarding the consideration and status of their candidacy.
Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? Research shows that cis men apply for jobs when they fulfill an average of 60% of the criteria, while others tend only to apply if they meet every requirement. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply.
We are dedicated to considering a broad array of candidates, including those with diverse workplace experiences and backgrounds. So, whether you’re returning to work after a gap in employment, simply looking to transition, or taking the next step in your career path, we will be glad to have you on our radar.
- DIY Critics
Good Morning,
Newspapers keep gutting their book sections, so an independent bookstore decided to run its own reviews rather than wait for the reviews to disappear entirely (Nieman Lab). Lesson of the day: if something goes away and it was important to you, then you have to build it yourself. Art-house movie theaters are increasingly doing the same, posting audience growth by courting the younger moviegoers the multiplex gave up on (Variety).
The machines, meanwhile, are thriving. Google is putting $75 million into whizkid studio A24 to build AI filmmaking tools (MSN), while new software lets producers shrink pit orchestras to almost nothing (The Guardian). Both are betting the expensive human labor is optional.
And the fight over who controls the story keeps escalating. Lonnie Bunch is maneuvering to keep the Smithsonian independent as the administration leans on it (The Atlantic), while London’s National Portrait Gallery quietly pulled a work over a reference to Churchill that some found distasteful (The Guardian) — pressure from outside, editing from within.
Lighter note: Benjamin Franklin’s library just inherited 1,500 rare books about sex (The New York Times). Make of that what you will.
Doug
- At Henry Louis Gates’s “Finding Your Roots,” How They Handle Finding A Bombshell Piece Of Family History
Gates: “If … we found out that, let’s say, your daddy wasn’t your daddy but your daddy didn’t know, I have an ethics protocol; we would reach out to your publicist and say, ‘We’ve learned something in our research we need to discuss directly.’ And everybody knows it’s not good news.“ – The Hollywood Reporter
- Remembering Clive Davis, Who Turned Hitmaking Into An Art Form
“I knew nothing about music,” he once said, looking back at his entry into the record business. Yet his instincts made him one of the surest spotters and nurturers of talent in pop history, with a long — and varied — line of success stories. – Los Angeles Times
- After 25 Years, Choreographer Lucy Guerin Leaving Her Dance Company
She is creating a final solo work for herself — her first time onstage in 13 years — as a farewell, and she officially departs as artistic director of Lucy Guerin Inc at the end of this year. The company, based in Melbourne, has toured widely, from Paris to New York to Shanghai. – ArtsHub (Australia)
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- Has Blogging Ceased To Matter?
Anyway, the reason I’m writing all of this is not to brag, but to complain. Over the last two years, I’ve felt like my job has become a bit less important than it used to be, for three reasons. – Noahpinion
- Why Meritocracy Is A Deeply Flawed Idea
Zhuangzi insists that even in idealised situations where values can be straightforward, the idea that hierarchies and institutions can reflect that moral map is a profound misunderstanding of how power actually works. – Aeon
- The Philosophers Attempting To Explain This Baffling Time
That must have been revelatory at a time when most people seemed to believe that science was infallible. But expertise has been downgraded—and more people are getting their information from podcasters and influencers. Who could help us understand this shift? – The Atlantic
- A Monolith Built To Record The End Of Planet Earth
“The purpose of the device is to provide an unbiased account of the events that lead to the demise of the planet, hold accountability for future generations, and inspire urgent action,” the Earth’s Black Box website states. “How the story ends is completely up to us.” – Gizmodo
- Smart Phones Enable An Awful Lot Of Fact-Checking – Sometimes To Our Detriment
“There is something thrilling about a document dump, and picking through boxes and boxes of government files. We have often associated these habits with conspiracy theorists, … but in the modern era of digitized records, anyone can jump down a rabbit hole anywhere, anytime, even on their phone.” – The Atlantic
