Business Administrator – Nonprofit Organization

Who: A highly organized, detail-oriented professional who enjoys mission-driven nonprofit work and partnering closely with organizational leadership.

What: Support the financial, human resources, bookkeeping, payroll, billing, budgeting, compliance, and administrative operations of a nonprofit organization.

When: This is a current opening for a Business Administrator to join and support the organization’s ongoing operations.

Where: This position is based in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia.

Why: Make a meaningful impact by strengthening the financial, HR, and administrative operations of a mission-driven nonprofit organization.

Office Environment: This is an active, collaborative workplace where interruptions are expected and successful team members adapt their workflows around both quiet and busy periods.

Salary: $70,000–$85,000 annually, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Position Overview

We are seeking a Business Administrator to support the financial, human resources, and administrative operations of a mission-driven nonprofit organization in Downtown Atlanta.

This role functions as the organization’s bookkeeper, HR administrator, and key administrative support, helping ensure accurate financial processes, smooth staffing workflows, and well-organized compliance systems.

The organization works with an external CPA who prepares monthly financial statements and board-level financial reports. The Business Administrator is responsible for ensuring that internal bookkeeping, payroll processing, billing, HR documentation, and budgeting inputs are accurate, timely, and audit-ready.

The position also provides occasional financial modeling and scenario planning to support leadership in making informed operational and financial decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day bookkeeping processes and maintain accurate financial records.

• Coordinate payroll processing and ensure payroll information is accurate and submitted on time.

• Manage billing, receivables, and related internal financial processes.

• Maintain organized HR records, employee documentation, and administrative workflows.

• Support staffing processes and HR administration.

• Maintain accurate documentation and systems to support organizational compliance.

• Prepare and organize financial information required by the organization’s external CPA.

• Provide accurate budgeting inputs and support the budgeting process.

• Help ensure financial and administrative records remain organized and audit-ready.

• Assist leadership with occasional financial modeling and scenario planning.

• Develop effective workflows that accommodate changing priorities and varying levels of activity throughout the workday.

• Partner collaboratively with leadership on financial, HR, and administrative priorities.

Qualifications

• Strong bookkeeping, financial administration, HR administration, or related business operations experience.

• Excellent organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail and accuracy.

• Experience with payroll, billing, receivables, budgeting inputs, and financial documentation.

• Experience maintaining confidential HR, personnel, and financial records.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and administrative workflows independently.

• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with leadership, staff, and outside professional partners.

• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment where interruptions and changing priorities are part of the workday.

• Ability to maintain reliable, accurate, organized, and audit-ready systems.

• Experience working in a nonprofit environment is a plus.

• Genuine interest in contributing to the success of a mission-driven nonprofit organization.