Senior Associate, Growth Operations

NextGenEnergyJobs; Atlanta, Northern (GA, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

NextGenEnergyJobs is seeking a results-driven operations professional to join the finance and growth teams in Atlanta. You will own monthly reporting, assist budget forecasting, and ensure accurate expense coding and reconciliations.

With 4+ years in finance/ops, you will navigate Workday, Divvy, and Excel while exploring AI-enabled improvements. This role emphasizes cross-team collaboration and process optimization in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in business/finance operations or related coordination roles.
• Hands-on with Workday or comparable ERP/procurement system.
• Strong attention to detail with budgets, coding and reconciliations.
• Clear, organized communication across finance and growth teams.
• Proficient with Excel; interest in AI/automation to improve work.
• Experience supporting marketing, sales or go-to-market teams.
• Familiarity with Divvy or similar corporate cards.
• Exposure to process improvement, automation, or AI tools.
• Bachelor's degree in business/finance/accounting or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly reporting — compile Growth budget actuals and spend visibility reports.
• Support forecasting — gather inputs for budget forecasting and maintain the Growth budget tracker.
• Review expense allocations — check coding, corrections, and reconcile cost center coding, flagging discrepancies.
• Reconcile travel — review travel expenses and prepare weekly travel reports for finance and AP.
• Coordinate the reporting calendar — keep the monthly calendar on track for budget meetings.
• Approve and process in Workday — approve travel expenses, requisitions under $1,000 and invoices under $1,000.
• Coordinate vendor onboarding — collect W-9s and vendor contact details.
• Manage corporate cards — issue and reconcile Divvy cards and receipts.
• Guide requisition processing — support expense coding and workflow in Workday.
• Events and Special Programs — assist planning/logistics for team and client events.
• Project Coordination – assist with special projects and multi-channel programs.
• Welcome New Hires — send email communications and introductions to teams.
• Training & Integration Communication — share onboarding information for new teammates.
• Spot automation opportunities — identify routine tasks for automation.
• Build AI-enabled workflows — design AI-enabled workflows to improve accuracy.
• Document as you go — capture and standardize processes for handoff and automation.

Skills

Attention to detail

Cross-functional coordination

Experience with budgets and reconcili-

Excel proficiency

AI and automation interest

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, or related field

Tools

Workday

Divvy

Excel

Hubpot

ClickUp

Trello

Brandfolder

Co-Pilot

Job description

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Key Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly reporting — compile Growth budget actuals and spend visibility reports on a set cadence.
• Support forecasting — gather inputs for budget forecasting and maintain the Growth budget tracker.
• Review expense allocations — check coding, process corrections, and reconcile cost center coding, flagging discrepancies for review.
• Reconcile travel — review travel expenses and prepare weekly travel reports for the finance and accounts payable teams.
• Coordinate the reporting calendar — keep the monthly reporting calendar on track and prepare materials for budget meetings with regional and Industry Growth Leaders (IGLs).
• Approve and process in Workday — approve travel expenses, submit requisitions for purchases and for invoices over $1,000, and process invoices under $1,000.
• Coordinate vendor onboarding — collect W-9s, gather vendor contact details, and set up suppliers with Accounts Payable.
• Manage corporate cards — issue and manage Divvy cards, and collect and reconcile receipts against transactions.
• Guide requisition processing — support expense coding and help team members move requisitions through Workday correctly.
• Events and Special Programs — assist with planning and logistics for key team & client events and programs, in office or virtual, working with vendors on catering, venue selection, and related details.
• Project Coordination – assist with special projects and multi-channel programs (e.g. Aprio Alumni Program, Anniversary Celebrations, Specialty Programs & Events, etc.)
• Welcome New Hires — send email communications, make introductions to relevant team members.
• T raining & Integration Communication – share orientation and required training information with incoming team members (e.g. Hubpot, ClickUp, Trello, Brandfolder, Co-Pilot, etc.)
• Spot automation opportunities — identify routine, repeatable tasks that are good candidates for automation.
• Build AI-enabled workflows — partner with the team to design and test AI-enabled and automated workflows that help improve accuracy and reduce manual effort across business operations.
• Document as you go — capture and standardize processes so they can be handed off and, over time, automated.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in business operations, finance operations, procurement, accounts payable, or a related coordination role.
• Hands-on experience with Workday, or a comparable enterprise resource planning (ERP) or procurement system.
• Strong attention to detail and comfort working with budgets, expense coding, and reconciliations.
• Clear, organized communication and the ability to coordinate across finance, accounts payable, and Growth team members.
• Proficiency with Excel and a genuine interest in using AI and automation to improve everyday work.
• Experience supporting a marketing, sales, or go-to-market team.
• Familiarity with Divvy, or a comparable corporate card and spend-management platform.
• Exposure to process improvement, workflow automation, or AI-enabled tools.
• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, or a related field, or equivalent experience.