Overview
Finance Manager Jobs in Austin, TX at The School of Hard Knocks
Title: Finance Manager
Company: The School of Hard Knocks
Location: Austin, TX
Company Description
The School of Hard Knocks is one of the fastest-growing business media brands in the world, with over 21 million followers and 250M+ monthly views across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. We interview top entrepreneurs, business leaders, and world-class performers, sharing their stories and advice to mentor the next generation in career development, financial literacy, and entrepreneurship.
Beyond media, we operate a multi-entity ecosystem including:
- A rapidly growing content and personal brand agency
- Entrepreneur education communities
- Consulting and coaching programs
- Real estate investment ventures
- Multiple digital media channels and platforms
Everything we build operates at high speed and high standards, with a mission to inspire millions to level up their lives through entrepreneurship and business education.
As our company continues to scale, we are looking for a Finance Operations Manager to help run the day-to-day financial operations across multiple companies and business units.
Note From Hiring Manager (Role Overview)
This role is focused on execution and organization of financial operations inside a fast-growing company.
Your mission is simple:
👉 Ensure people get paid accurately and on time
👉 Keep financial operations organized and running smoothly
👉 Help leadership maintain visibility into the numbers
This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building structure, managing financial processes, and keeping operations running efficiently. You will work closely with the founders, our executive assistant, bookkeeper, and CPA to ensure the financial side of the business stays organized as we scale. If you enjoy bringing order to financial operations and owning important processes, you will thrive in this role.
Core Responsibilities
Contractor Payments & Payroll Coordination
- Manage bi-weekly contractor payment cycles across multiple payment platforms including Wise, PayPal, ACH, and wire transfers.
- Coordinate with payroll providers to ensure W2 employees are paid accurately.
- Maintain organized records of all payments and payment schedules.
- Ensure all team members, vendors, and contractors are paid correctly and on time.
Coach Payout Tracking & Reporting – Our consulting and coaching programs involve multiple coaches working with clients. This role will:
- Track active consulting clients
- Confirm contract timelines and payment status
- Calculate monthly coach payouts
- Generate payout reports for each coach
- Coordinate payout approvals and payments
- Accuracy and organization in this area is extremely important.
Agency Client Billing – Manage monthly billing for our agency clients. This includes:
- Generating invoices
- Tracking payment status
- Coordinating with clients on billing questions
- Ensuring invoices are paid on time
- This role will also assist with billing clients for travel-related expenses when our team travels for production or consulting work.
Expense & Reimbursement Management – Manage internal expense reimbursement processes including:
- Collecting receipts from team members
- Reviewing and organizing expense submissions
- Processing reimbursements
- Maintaining expense records for bookkeeping and tax purposes
Financial Coordination & Organization – Work closely with our bookkeeper and CPA to keep financial records organized. This includes:
- Helping categorize transactions
- Providing context on expenses
- Organizing financial documentation
- Ensuring financial records are clean and accurate
Financial Visibility & Reporting – Prepare simple financial summaries for leadership including:
- Monthly revenue summaries
- Expense tracking
- Payment reports
- Contractor payroll summaries
- This role helps leadership maintain clear visibility into company finances.
Qualifications
- 3–7+ years of experience in finance operations, accounting, bookkeeping, or financial administration.
- Experience working in high-growth startups, agencies, consulting businesses, or multi-entity companies is strongly preferred.
- Extremely detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
- Comfortable managing multiple financial processes simultaneously.
- Strong communication skills and ability to coordinate across teams.
- High integrity and discretion when handling sensitive financial information.
Strong understanding of:
- Accounts payable and receivable
- Invoicing and billing
- Payroll coordination
- Expense tracking and reimbursements
- Financial organization and documentation
Bonus Experience (Nice to Have) – Experience supporting companies with:
- Multiple business entities
- Agencies or consulting businesses
- Creator economy or media companies
- Subscription or recurring revenue models
- Experience using financial tools such as: QuickBooks, Xero, Ramp, Bill.com, Wise, or similar platforms.
Compensation
Base Salary: $70,000 – $80,000 per year (depending on experience)
Paid Time Off, Holidays, Health Insurance
Opportunity to grow into Finance Lead or Controller roles as the company expands.
Location
Remote.
Candidates located in Austin, Texas are strongly preferred for occasional in-person collaboration.
Why This Role Is a Big Opportunity
You will play a key role in supporting the financial operations of one of the internet’s fastest-growing business media companies. You will:
- Work directly with the founders and leadership team
- Help support financial operations across multiple companies
- Gain exposure to media, consulting, entrepreneurship, and real estate ventures
- Build systems that support a rapidly growing organization
- Have the opportunity to grow into more senior finance roles as the company scales
If you enjoy building structure, owning financial processes, and supporting the growth of a fast-moving company – we would love to hear from you.
