Merit America

Accounting Manager

• Support the financial integrity and operational excellence of Merit America's accounting function.
• Manage day-to-day accounting activities.
• Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting.
• Maintain a strong system of internal controls and compliance practices.
• Support strategic financial initiatives.
• Manage and support month-end and year-end close and reporting processes to ensure timely and accurate financial results.
• Partner with the Financial Controller to prepare for the annual audit and ensure financial statements are accurate, timely, and in accordance with GAAP and organizational policies.
• Oversee the coordination of the annual external audit, ensuring the preparation and accuracy of all required schedules and documentation.
• Manage all tax and compliance filings, including preparation of the annual Form 990 and 1099s, to ensure accuracy and timely submission.
• Prepare and review financial reports to monitor grant and restricted fund expenditures, ensuring compliance with all funder and regulatory requirements.
• Manage and oversee daily accounting operations, including banking and cash management, general ledger, accounts payable, corporate credit cards, accounts receivable, and payroll.
• Prepare, review, and approve journal entries, reconciliations, and financial schedules to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Manage the establishment, documentation, and enforcement of accounting policies and procedures to ensure operational excellence and consistency.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance accounting workflows, efficiency, and accuracy, providing financial insight to support proper expense coding, reporting, and decision-making.
• Design, implement, and maintain a strong internal controls framework to safeguard the organization's financial assets.
• Oversee the development and execution of risk mitigation strategies and financial policies to ensure compliance, transparency, and accountability.
• Lead the implementation and optimization of accounting systems to improve automation, controls, and reporting, ensuring strong data governance standards and quality assurance across all accounting data.

Data Scientist

• Build trusted relationships with teams and help scope data projects with maximum strategic impact
• Contribute to the organization’s and functional teams’ planning process by identifying high-ROI opportunities
• Educate stakeholders on data inputs, data responsibility, and data interpretation
• Drive data-informed decision making across all organizational functions
• Define, track, and analyze key metrics to gauge the success of key organizational functions
• Build dashboards and automated reports to enable self-serve analytics
• Work with the Data & Engineering team to identify, instrument, and ELT new data into a centralized warehouse
• Create compelling data visualizations and narratives that drive action across teams
• Partner with teams to launch and analyze experiments that measure and amplify our impact
• Identify and tackle potentially abstract topics like the qualities that make for effective coaches
• When appropriate, build exploratory or decision-support models to improve learner engagement, prospect management, and outcomes

Performance Marketing

• Manage end-to-end execution of Google Ads (Search, DemandGen, YouTube, and others) and MNTN TV Ads — including campaign setup, optimization, budget pacing, creative testing, and reporting
• Optimize campaign performance to drive qualified, eligible applications efficiently and at scale
• Conduct systematic creative and audience testing to improve campaign performance
• Manage one direct report through mentorship, coaching, and performance management
• Collaborate closely with our Digital Marketing Manager on Meta, TikTok, and Reddit Ads — staying informed, sharing insights, and surfacing strategic opportunities
• Build and maintain dashboards to monitor full-funnel performance (applicants → eligibility → application → enrollment)
• Analyze campaign data to identify opportunities, red flags, and areas for refinement
• Partner with content, lifecycle, and admissions teams to align messaging and improve performance across the user journey

Paid Media Manager – Temporary, Full-Time

Growth Marketing

• Execute high-impact marketing initiatives that drive learner acquisition, including referral program management, review collection campaigns, and rapid-response marketing efforts
• Design and launch targeted experiments to test new acquisition channels, messaging approaches, and conversion optimization strategies
• Manage time-sensitive campaigns and communications that require quick turnaround and cross-team coordination
• Partner with Paid Media, Product Marketing, Lifecycle, and Field Marketing teams to accelerate strategic projects and provide operational support during peak periods
• Collaborate with the Managing Director of Growth Marketing to evaluate new opportunities and determine optimal execution strategies for high-priority initiatives
• Lead cross-departmental projects that require marketing expertise and stakeholder alignment
• Track, analyze, and report on key performance metrics for growth initiatives, providing actionable insights to inform future strategy
• Monitor full-funnel marketing performance to identify optimization opportunities and potential issues
• Ensure all marketing efforts maintain learner-centric messaging and mission-aligned brand presence across touchpoints
• Reports directly to the Managing Director of Growth Marketing and works primarily with communications, growth, and admissions teams

Accounting Manager

Data Scientist

Paid Media Manager – Temporary, Full-Time

Growth Marketing Manager