Finance Manager (2 or 3 days per week)

About the role

Between the Lines is seeking a Finance Manager to join the non-hierarchial staff team and take responsibility for the financial aspects of our operations.

This is a hybrid position with a mix of remote and in-person work at our office at 401 Richmond Street West, a restored heritage building turned arts-and-culture hub in downtown Toronto.

This is a part-time position of two or three days (14-21 hours) per week, depending on the right candidate’s preference and capacity. The gross annual salary for this position is $26,369 for two days a week, and $39,553 for three days, with annual cost of living increases. After completing a probationary period, the compensation package includes paid sick days, four weeks’ paid vacation annually (pro-rated), and at 3 days a week only will include health and dental benefits.

Some lifting of heavy boxes and in-person work will be required in this position. Some evening and weekend work is required for collective meetings and events.

You are:

• Passionate about progressive politics and familiar with the types of books we publish and the wider political conversations they are part of;
• Experienced in financial administration work and willing to learn about things you’re not experienced with;
• Good with numbers, able to retrieve financial information with accuracy and make sound decisions with numbers;
• Excited to contribute to the success  of Canada’s oldest independent social movement publisher;
  Experienced in working collaboratively;
• Self-motivated and successful at managing your own labour in a workplace without bosses.

Core Responsibilities with Bookkeeper Support (14 hrs / 2 days per week)

• Participate in the non-hierarchical staff collective which includes weekly meetings.
• Maintain a cashflow forecast and a budget.
• Ensure proper filing, bookkeeping, and audit of Between the Lines’ financial records.
• Supervise a part-time bookkeeper’s work (7 hours per week).
• Work with BTL’s accountant to ensure BTL’s proper relationship to the Canada Revenue Agency and tax matters, including HST claims, Annual Filings (T2, T4, T5) and Ontario Book Publishers Tax Credits.
• Represent BTL with authors, vendors, co-publishers, distributors, universities, rights-holders, agents and other business partners on matters about their payments, royalties, sales figures, agreements, tax forms and other financial questions.
• Maintain an Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable process, collaborating with the bookkeeper and staff to track vendor bills and open customer invoices, and completing payments.
• Maintain an annual Royalties Process, calculate royalty payments, send out payments and statements to authors or co-publishers, file and send T5s to authors.
• Write qualitative financial reporting for staff, the advisory working group, and arts funding agencies.
• Collaborate with the sales manager on sales reports.
• Collaborate with other staff on payroll administration, using existing payroll services to help run payroll and produce T4s or ROEs.

Optional Responsibilities, pending Preference/Capacity (+7 hrs / +1 day per week)

• Perform all bookkeeping duties.
• Occasional selling of books at special events (launches, book fairs and presentations).
• Participation in BTL’s Editorial Committee, which collectively makes decisions on the publishing program.

Required skills & experience

• Experience with financial administration work in some setting that relates to Between the Lines (arts industry, business, and/or non-profit settings).
• Experience with Quickbooks Desktop and Microsoft Excel (including Sorting, Filtering, Pivot Tables, and Macros functions).
• Excellent organization, time management, and planning skills.
• The ability to juggle competing priorities and meet deadlines even if several fall close together.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a demonstrated facility for relationship management.
• Strong critical thinking and analytical skills, attention to detail.

Welcome Assets

• Financial experience in the publishing industry.
• Experience working in non-hierarchical work environments.
• Commitment to the values of Between the Lines.

These requirements are guidelines only. If you don’t satisfy every requirement or meet every qualification listed, but have relevant or transferrable experience that makes you a great fit, we encourage you to apply.

About BTL

Between the Lines is a social movement press founded in 1977. We publish books that expose and challenge oppression in our society. We aim to amplify the struggles of Black, Indigenous, and racialized communities; migrants; women; Queer folks; and working-class people. BTL is proudly left-wing and the books we publish reflect our activist roots and our commitment to social justice struggles.

As a product of New Left radicalism, BTL embodies the cooperative and democratic ideals of its founders. BTL has no boss, no individual owner; we are run by four core staff members and a dedicated volunteer editorial committee. Decisions on what we publish are made by consensus. We publish books not to seek profit, but to archive and promote struggles for a better world, challenge the mainstream, and offer readers new perspectives on critical political issues.

Our press is situated in Tkaronto (Toronto), traditional Wendat, Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee territory subject to the Dish with One Spoon treaty.

How to apply

Please send a cover letter and resume as a single document in PDF format to info@btlbooks.com by May 10, 2026 at midnight. Please include “Finance Manager” in the subject line. Interviews will be conducted over Zoom with an expected start date in mid- to late May.

BTL is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, and particularly welcome applications from individuals from groups underrepresented in the publishing industry.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.