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Director, Financial Planning & Analysis 🔥


ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

The Director, Financial Planning & Analysis gathers, organizes, analyzes and advises the organization's leadership on direct revenue forecasts, indirect and fringe budgets and spending projections, and a number of other special projects to advise the leadership on corporate resource management. This position prepares data analysis and reports for senior management and the Board of Directors. The position also provides quality control and oversight of budget estimates and spending projections for completeness and accuracy.

LOGISTICS

Internews has US offices in Arcata, CA, London, UK and Washington, DC which support a hybrid workforce with staff working remotely, fully in-office, or partially remote. This is a remote-based role.

All remote candidates will be considered. However, you must have work authorization in your location that does not require sponsorship from Internews. Additionally, there are locations in which Internews is not able to support fully remote work.

Wherever possible, we work to try to find solutions for international hiring that work for both the company and the candidate. This means that some of the particulars around an offer for a role will be dependent on several factors, and that the benefits and salary structure that apply to a position will ultimately be based upon the candidates location and where the role is hired.

Depending on your location, you may be engaged on an agreement with either Internews US or Internews EU. If hired in the UK, the expected salary range for this role is £63,743 - 70,698 per annum.

This position has an anticipated closing date of 15 November 2021.

OUR COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING A CULTURE OF BELONGING

We are an organization of dynamic, mission-driven individuals who are passionate about our core values and about supporting positive change in the world. We pride ourselves on our commitment to innovation and flexibility. We believe that diverse teams are strong teams and work to support an ethic of belonging, dignity, and justice for all people. Our current team includes a mix of genders, parents and non-parents, and people of multiple races, nationalities, ages, sexual orientations, and socioeconomic backgrounds. We are an EEO employer and encourage candidates of all races, genders, ages, orientations, ethnicities, and national origins to apply, and welcome those with alternative backgrounds and experiences.

DAY-TO-DAY TASKS will include:

Annual Planning

  • Ensures strategy and budget objectives are aligned;
  • Leads process to forecast all direct spending across Internews US and European entities align indirect/overhead resource allocations across US and European legal entities of Internews; and
  • Advises the Vice President and leadership team on direct project spending trends.

Budgeting & Budget Management

  • Oversees the organization's indirect budget development and management, which is the primary responsibility of the Budget Officer supervised by this position;
  • Supports and advises Budget Officer to actively manage and to develop reports on indirect/overhead, fringe, general funds, and other budgets managed as requested by the Vice President and other leadership; and
  • Manage certain types of private funding allocations.

Analysis

  • In consultation with the Vice President for Strategy, Planning & Budget, the Director will design and implement financial planning and analysis strategy for the organization. This will include:
  • Producing and analyzing data on key performance metrics, drawing on financial, operational, productivity, and programmatic datasets.
  • Developing reports to assist organizational leadership in making data-based decisions on resource allocations and other key business decisions.

Reporting

  • Provides budget versus actual reports to leadership for management decisions;
  • Prepares the annual NICRA submissions for USAID;
  • Supports preparation of reports to the Board of Directors as requested by the Chief Operating Officer;
  • Networks with other INGOs to gather and implement good practices on indirect budgeting and resource management, cost allocations, budgeting and planning; and
  • Contributes to competitor analysis on financial strategy

Tool Development

  • Works with program management staff and the Finance & Accounting team to design budgeting tools and workflows to meet program and corporate staff needs;
  • Develops labor planning tools and strategies that create efficient allocations of labor across departments and projects;
  • Participates in financial software implementations; and
  • Other duties as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS WE'RE LOOKING FOR

Required

  • Bachelor's degree and six years of accounting experience; at least two in nonprofit budgeting highly preferred
  • Budgeting and financial reporting and analysis experience - minimum two years
  • Ability and willingness to travel to international locations and adjust to cultural differences
  • Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
  • Good interpersonal and oral and written communication skills to effectively present reports
  • Strong experience with MS Office suite, particularly Excel

Preferred

Note: Candidates who do not have these preferred qualifications, but are interested and willing to learn, are encouraged to apply.

  • Experience working with US and EU government budgets and resource management standards and regulations
  • Advanced degree in accounting, business administration, or related field
  • Working knowledge of OMB Circulars A-133 and A-122
  • Experience in software implementation and design
  • Experience with Unit 4 Business World, Salesforce, and other resource management software

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