Business Administration Manager

Backcountry Journeys; Arkansas; Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading adventure travel company as a Business Administration Manager, responsible for overseeing financial and administrative operations. This remote position requires a detail-oriented leader with a passion for travel, excellent communication skills, and a proven track record in management. Work alongside a dedicated team and enjoy a work-life balance while making a real impact on outdoor photography adventures.

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in outdoor adventure travel industry.
• 4+ years in management & administration.
• Proven leader capable of running daily operations.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily Business & Financial Administration operations.
• Manage staff accountability, financial operations, and compliance.
• Lead onboarding and human resources responsibilities.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Attention to detail

Solution-oriented

Teamwork

Job description

M-F 8 am to 4 pm Mountain Time 928-478-1521

You:
You are a skilled & experienced staff manager in the outdoor adventure travel industry.

You have a proven, solid reputation for completely managing the office, financial & business operations of a high-end adventure travel organization.

You’re extremely detail oriented, organized, and great at juggling deadlines, schedules, people & resources. You are tech savvy with the latest software & have experience juggling a variety of SAAS software platforms.

You are a proven manager – a true leader of people & well practiced at delegating, holding people accountable & you can easily juggle the day-to-day logistics of a complex, tech heavy, remote operation. You are a master of putting out fires & keeping the trains running on time.

In a nutshell: you get things done!

If the above description doesn’t match you EXACTLY this is not the position for you!

However…if that is YOU and if you’re driven to work at a high-level, exciting company sending people across the world on photography adventures….read on!


The Job:
This position is responsible for overseeing the daily Business & Financial Administration operations of Backcountry Journeys. The Business Administration Manager is in charge of managing an overall staff team of approximately 1-2 direct reports currently.

The core function of this position is overseeing many of the critical Financial & Administrative duties at Backcountry Journeys.You will work directly with and report to the Director of Operations.

Having prior experience working for a company running on EOS is HUGE for this role.

A large part of this role is staff accountability as well as internal process creation, financial operations, large payments, payroll, expense management & business compliance with state & federal agencies.

Us:
We’re Backcountry Journeys. We’re a group of outdoor photography nerds that love exploration & adventure. You’ll get to work with a fun, hard-working crew of like-minded, outdoor photographers, travel to exciting destinations around the globe & also spend a good deal of time at home doing what you love. Did we mention this is a remote position? Job done, mission accomplished? Go ski, climb or mountain bike after a hard days work. We are all about work-life-balance at BCJ. We work hard, we play hard!

Our purpose at BCJ is to create & inspire a profound, positive impact on the quality of life for people & wildlife by facilitating unequaled nature photography travel experiences.

If you + the job + us resonates with you give us a call. We’re always looking for GREAT people to join our team.


Core Responsibilities

• Lead, Manage, Accountability
• Trip Profitability
• AR/ AP & Payroll
• Licensing, CUAs, Compliance, Tax
• Account Balances & Receipts
  
• Large Payments
• People/HR (Onboarding)

Skills

• 4+ years experience in the outdoor adventure travel industry
• 4+ years in management & administration
• Proven leader
• The ability to run the daily administrative & financial operations of a growing adventure travel company
• Insane attention to detail and high standards of organizational quality
• Positive, flexible, solution oriented, and excited to work with a diverse team
• Outstanding communication skills (both written and verbal) — you have a knack for offering constructive feedback, effective delegation, and ensuring everyone on your team is on the same page

This is a remote work / home-based position. Please note that all candidates must have the following:

• Reliable Home Office (PC, Printer, Phone etc, etc, etc) with dual monitors
• Reliable, high-speed Wi-Fi connection

Application Instructions:
If you’d like to be considered for this role please submit the application below along with the following.

*Please note that applications without the following will not be reviewed.

• Cover letter and PDF of your resume
• Submit Pre-Employment Assessment from TestGorilla
• A 3-minute video introduction telling us about yourself & why we want to interview you!