Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Mighty Earth is a growing global advocacy organization focused on protecting nature and fighting climate change. They are seeking a Vice President of Finance and Operations to lead the finance and operations functions, partner with senior leadership, and ensure the financial health of the organization.
Responsibilities
- Be a strong strategic partner and thought leader to the Leadership team and liaise directly with the Finance & Audit Committee and the Board of Directors
- Oversee cash flow forecasting and management
- Develop and drive a vision for optimizing systems to enhance accuracy, consistency, and efficiency of fiscal operations
- Support the Leadership team to build out Mighty Earth’s international operating model, including setup and maintenance of entities in new countries
- Step in and support human resource responsibilities as needed
- Lead financial and operational planning for the organization, including annual budget development and building out Mighty Earth’s medium to long-term planning capabilities
- Provide the CEO, Board, budget holders, and the wider the organization with accurate and timely financial information, including scenario planning, that enables optimal decision-making
- Oversee and refine fiscal operations, including monthly and year-end close
- Oversee the contracts and grants management process, including supporting leaders to develop budgets, providing access to up-to-date and accurate financial information, and overseeing due diligence, compliance, and reporting
- Train, manage, and mentor our Staff Accountant and Senior Associate, Grants & Finance -
- Oversee trainings for staff in nonprofit financial management, including during roll out of process or system updates in support of successful change management
- Work with the Development Team to produce accurate and timely financial reports to Mighty Earth’s funders to support grant compliance, positive relationship-building with funders, and continued revenue growth
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local requirements; monitor fiscal compliance with funder requirements
- Formulate, recommend, and implement sound fiscal policies, procedures and controls
- Oversee the timely completion of external audits and the IRS Form 990
- Ensure that Mighty Earth is in compliance with international accounting and tax regulations for both a US and UK entity
- With the Chief of Staff, Provide CEO, senior leaders, and Board members with progress reports, insight, and recommendations on Mighty Earth’s operations and Human Resources
- Drive operational initiatives such as Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, security assessment and training, and other trainings we need for grant compliance and best practices
Skills
- At least ten years of finance and accounting experience in a nonprofit setting
- Minimum of five years in a leadership capacity for a finance department, preferably at a nonprofit organization
- Ability to manage complex financial situations
- Effective manager and thought partner with the CEO, Chief of Staff, and the Board of Directors
- Experience driving systems change and process improvement
- Ability to find flexible and creative solutions to enable important and time sensitive work
- Nonprofit finance and accounting knowledge as demonstrated by a thorough understanding of organizational audited financial statements, budgets, monthly reports and projections
- Experience with financial planning, analysis, reporting, and grants management
- Experience working with grants from international sources is a huge plus
- Excitement to work with campaign directors to effectively build plans to drive impact for Nature
- Experience with fund accounting and cloud-based billing and expense management systems
- Experience working in an international context
- Strong problem solving, analytical, and reasoning skills
- Ability to work independently and successfully manage multiple projects with competing deadlines
- Excellent attention to detail
- Interest in protecting the environment and advancing a more just society
- Experience with and a commitment to working with people from a variety of backgrounds, including different ethnic, racial, and socio-economic backgrounds, and the LGBTQ+ community
- Experience working in an advocacy or campaigning setting
- Experience working with colleagues based across the globe
Benefits
- Group health insurance
- Dental benefits
- Unlimited vacation time
- Paid holidays
- 401(k) plan
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