NRDC is seeking a Program Finance Manager to work with the Climate & Clean Energy, Communications, Development, Human Resources and Institutional departments in our NY office. The position will serve as a liaison between finance, development and program staff ensuring accurate and timely information is provided as needed to drive strategic and budgetary decisions.
Areas of Responsibility:
Budget & Planning
- Serves as the liaison and primary point of contact between the Finance & Accounting department and an assigned portfolio of programs and administrative departments for all matters related to budget, expenses, and grants.
- Conducts quarterly meetings with program directors to analyze spending against budget, recommend budget adjustments, and review grant income and spending.
- Supervises a finance administrative associate.
- Assists in the compilation of departmental operating budgets. Understands the budget and income needs for assigned programs.
- Prepares timely and accurate expense reports for Development as required by funders, and partners with program and development staff to ensure restricted funds are used per donor intentions; recommends solutions to spend down complex grants.
- Performs monthly budget to actual analysis and communicates results to finance leadership as needed.
- Assists in periodic budget reforecasts.
- Ensures budgets are input timely and accurately.
- Works with programs and Development to build proposal budgets for funders informed by (and adhering to) the approved program budget.
- Liaises with the Budget Committee on all proposals requiring significant new/non-core expenses.
- Works with programs, Finance & Accounting and Development to allocate grants based on grant requirements and budget needs/income gaps.
- Meets periodically with Program Directors and identified Program staff to review grant income and monitor spending against grants.
- Works with Finance & Accounting and the Grants Management team in Development to maintain and (when needed) amend grant information in the system to improveaccuracy in our grant tracking and financial reporting.
Training
- Designs and conducts new hire financial and budget training geared toward non-financial staff.
- Provides ongoing training and support to staff within assigned portfolio, especially to program assistants, for Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains, Adaptive Insights, Concur, Excel, and other software.
Other
- Creates and maintains Excel expense tracking tools for program assistants.
- Assists on special projects, and performs ad hoc reporting and analysis as assigned.
Educational Background:
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting or related field required; MBA, MPA or related advanced degree preferred.
Skills/Experience:
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to problem solve.
- Federal grants experience a plus.
- Experience with International grants and contracts a plus.
- Minimum 3 years of budgetary planning/management or financial analysis experience preferred.
- Excellent writing skills.
- Organized and detail-oriented.
Job Function:
Organization Info
Listing Stats
Post Date:
Nov 16 2018
Active Until:
Dec 16 2018
Hiring Organization:
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
industry:
Nonprofit