Position Overview

The Director of Finance & Accounting is a key leader on The Commit Partnership’s Finance team, playing a critical role in stewarding the financial operations of a ~$45M organization dedicated to expanding opportunity and economic mobility for students and young adults across Dallas County. With more than 60% of Commit’s annual funding deployed through direct investments in partners, this role helps ensure the financial strength, accountability, and operational excellence that allow impact to scale. 

Reporting directly to the Controller and working closely with the Chief Operating Officer, the Director of Accounting provides hands-on leadership across core accounting functions, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, strong internal controls, and compliance with nonprofit accounting standards. The role leads essential processes including month-end and year-end close, annual budget development, audit coordination, 1099 reporting, IRS Form 990 preparation, and financial reporting for the Executive Team, Finance Committee, and Board of Directors. 

As a thought partner to Finance and Operations leadership, the Director of Accounting contributes to strengthening systems, improving reporting, and continuously enhancing how Commit manages and deploys its resources. This is an opportunity for a mission-driven accounting leader to operate at meaningful scale, influence organizational decision-making, and ensure that every dollar entrusted to Commit is leveraged to accelerate impact. 

Salary Range
$110,000 - 139,000 annually + a bonus of up to 10%

Essential Duties and Responsibilities  

1.  Accounting Operations & Oversight  

• Supervise and mentor accounting staff, ensuring accurate day-to-day execution of accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and reconciliations.  
• Lead and manage the monthly and annual close processes, ensuring timely preparation of accurate financial statements. 
• Maintain effective internal controls and compliance with GAAP and nonprofit accounting standards. 

2.  Compliance & Audit  

• Serve as the lead for annual external audit preparation and coordination with auditors.  
• Manage the preparation and filing of 1099s and annual IRS Form 990 with external tax advisors.  
• Ensure timely submission of all regulatory filings and compliance requirements.  

3.  Financial Planning  

• Lead the organization’s annual budget development process in collaboration with the Controller and department leaders.  
• Partner with senior leadership to provide financial analysis and insights that inform strategic decision-making.  
• Monitor budget performance and support ongoing forecasting and financial planning.  

4.  Financial Reporting & Governance Support  

• Partner with the Controller to prepare accurate and timely financial reports for the Executive Team, Finance Committee, and Board of Directors.  
• Develop clear, concise financial presentations and materials to support leadership discussions and Board decision-making.  
• Provide analysis and commentary to highlight trends, risks, and opportunities in financial performance.  
• Assist in developing dashboards and key performance indicators (KPIs) to improve transparency and alignment with organizational goals.  

5.  Systems & Process Improvement  

• Oversee financial systems and reporting within Sage Intacct; ensure accuracy, efficiency, and optimization of workflows.  
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance reporting, automation, and team productivity.  
• Maintain and update accounting policies and procedures to align with best practices and organizational needs.  

6.  Team Leadership & Collaboration  

• Directly manage accounting staff: set goals, provide coaching and feedback, and conduct performance evaluations.  
• Serve as a thought partner to the Controller and Finance leadership, driving continuous improvement in accounting operations.  
• Model and promote Commit’s True North Traits, fostering a collaborative and supportive team environment.  

Ideal Candidate Profile 

The ideal Director of Accounting is a proactive, mission-driven leader who brings both technical excellence and a strong ownership mindset to their work. This individual doesn’t just manage accounting operations—they anticipate challenges, solve problems before they escalate, and continuously look for better ways to support the organization’s impact. 

You are: 

• Proactive Problem Solver: Anticipates risks early, uses data to surface trends and issues, and brings clear, actionable solutions—especially during high-pressure moments like close, audit, and budgeting. 
• Growth Mindset & Continuous Improver: Continuously seeks to improve systems and processes, adapts quickly to change, and applies feedback and best practices to strengthen performance. 
• “Do Whatever It Takes” Mentality: Takes full ownership of outcomes, steps in wherever needed to meet deadlines and standards, and balances urgency with accuracy in service of the mission. 
• Relationship Builder & Trusted Partner: Builds trust across teams by communicating financial information clearly and partnering effectively with leaders and external advisors. 
• Self-Starter with Ownership Mindset: Proactively identifies opportunities, drives work forward independently, and builds sustainable systems that improve clarity and efficiency. 
• People Leader & Team Developer: Leads with empathy and high expectations, coaches and develops team members, and models Commit’s True North Traits to foster a collaborative, high-performing culture. 

Required Qualifications and Skills 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.  
• CPA license or active CPA candidate strongly preferred.  
• Minimum 7 years of progressive accounting experience, with at least 3 years in a supervisory capacity.  
• Strong technical knowledge of GAAP and nonprofit financial reporting.  
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.  
• Excellent communication, analytical, and organizational skills.  
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and financial systems.  

Preferred  

• Experience with Sage Intacct, Ramp, and Martus.  
• Experience with grant management.  
• Prior nonprofit accounting and compliance experience.  

Language Skills  

• Ability to understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas of most immediate.
• Ability to communicate in simple and routine tasks requiring a simple and direct exchange of information on familiar and routine matters.
• Ability to describe in simple terms aspects of his/her background, immediate environment and matters in areas of immediate need.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities  

• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships across diverse teams.  
• Capacity to manage confidential information with discretion and integrity.  
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail and accuracy.  
• Ability to thrive in a mission-driven, collaborative, and evolving environment. 

Work Environment

The Director generally works in an office environment but may occasionally be required to perform job duties outside of the typical office setting. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate. The employee is not exposed to any adverse environmental conditions.

Job Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed must be representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  
 
The Commit Partnership is an Equal Opportunity Employer that seeks to hire individuals with backgrounds similar to that of the stakeholders they serve. As an organization that embraces equity and inclusion, all employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws.  

About The Commit Partnership:

Our Mission

We believe that through our collective actions, Dallas County—which educates 10% of Texas and 1% of the nation—can become an inclusive and prosperous region where economic opportunity is shared fairly. That’s why our True North Goal is that by 2040, at least half of all Dallas County residents ages 25–34, irrespective of race, will have the opportunity to earn a living wage.

To increase living wage attainment, we must equitably increase educational success aligned with high-demand, well-paying jobs—maximizing the cumulative impact from early education through college, career, and military readiness to strong postsecondary completion. Our team aligns community stakeholders around this shared roadmap for the future, using data to surface strategic initiatives that improve policies, practices, and funding. Together, we work to address the systemic root causes that hinder progress and strengthen our community’s capacity to serve every student effectively.

Our Story

Founded in 2012, the Commit Partnership has grown into the nation’s largest educational collective impact organization, uniting more than 70 backbone team members and over 200 partners across Dallas County and Texas—all working together to address the systemic education challenges facing our region and state. Our team brings community stakeholders together around a shared roadmap for the future, using data and practitioner insights to inform effective policy solutions that accelerate progress toward our goals and strengthen our collective capacity to serve every student well.

Together, we advocate for an excellent public education that ensures all students—regardless of race, place, or socioeconomic status—can shape their own futures, earn a living wage, and share in the prosperity of the world’s eighth-largest economy. We pursue this mission through several key initiatives, including Early Matters Dallas, Dallas County Promise, the Texas Urban Council, and the Texas Impact Network.

True North Traits

Our True North Traits creates a mission-driven environment and champions us to do our best work each day.

Systemic Impact: You understand the barriers and lived experiences that our students face and are skilled at delivering systemic solutions at scale that address these needs. You achieve significant, sustainable results that increase equitable outcomes through your work (including the reallocation or improvement in public funding), and you recognize the difference between activity and impact.

Judgment: You exhibit a relentless “students first” focus by thinking strategically about what data must be collected, analyzed, visualized, and activated (and what steps must be taken, in what order) to cause resources to be reallocated and actions to be taken to systemically overcome the root causes hindering achievement of the Partnership's mission.

Communication: By listening to understand before seeking to be understood, you’re able to build trust and facilitate collaboration across lines of difference, recognizing that both are essential to our success. You are also able to find common ground with diverse stakeholders and can tailor the organization's message to different audiences as needed to influence meaningful change.

Innovation: You can create or meaningfully contribute to the design and execution of a systemic and transformational strategic plan to solve complex problems, often at scale, that improves organizational effectiveness and/or closes equity gaps for our students and families.

Equity and Inclusion: You intentionally create spaces where relevant stakeholders have a seat or voice at the table, ensuring that each person at the table's thoughts and perspectives are shared, valued by all others at the table, and reflected in our work. You're excited to help build and/or contribute to teams where everyone feels welcomed, respected, valued, and highly supported.

Joy: You recognize that people are central to our work, striking a balance between people and process, and you inspire others with your optimism and thirst for substantive change in service to the mission.

Integrity: You admit mistakes openly, share learnings widely, and elevate bad news quickly, also capable of making difficult decisions in all situations to ensure the success of the organization.

The Commit Partnership is an Equal Opportunity Employer that seeks to hire individuals with backgrounds similar to that of the stakeholders they serve. As an organization that embraces equity and inclusion, all employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Commit does not sponsor visas of any kind.