Senior Director of Finance

Description

OVERVIEW: Education Through Music seeks an entrepreneurial and ambitious Director of Finance to lead the organization's financial strategy during a period of growth. Our ideal candidate is a strategic thinker who understands business development; directs, manages, and oversees the activities in Finance and Legal; and strengthens and manages accounting, bookkeeping, and legal consultants while helping to build an in-house finance team.

Music For All, All For Music

Since 1991, ETM has been advancing educational equity and closing the gap in access to music education for NYC’s most underserved students while building a pipeline of high-quality music teachers to strengthen the profession.

Changing Lives Through the Power of Music

Mission: To positively impact the motivation, achievement, and self-confidence of underserved students by integrating music education into the core curriculum of under-resourced schools.

Vision: To be the leading music education organization whose expert teachers, high-quality curriculum, and sustainable program positively impact schools, student learning, and lives.

Our culture: At Education Through Music, we believe leaders are made, not born. We operate on trust, expecting staff to do their jobs well and continue to grow professionally. We assume the best intentions and give grace whenever needed. Diversity, equity, and inclusion are integral to our culture. Education Through Music is a community; we strive to make everyone—colleagues, students and community —feel supported and seen.

All ETM employees are expected to do the following when performing their respective jobs: 

• Represent the organization in a professional manner, while supporting the mission, vision, and values of the organization
• Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision
• Interact professionally with other employees, vendors, and school stakeholders
• Work effectively as a team contributor on assignments
• Demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias
• Work independently while understanding the necessity for communication and coordinating work efforts with other employees, vendors, and school stakeholders

Requirements

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP & STRATEGY: Percentage of time spent: 80% 

• Oversee development, documentation, and implementation of financial accounting, control and reporting systems, including restricted grant accounting and document retention
• Oversee bookkeeping and accountant consultants to ensure financial viability for the organization via cashflow oversight and management
• Support CEO and department directors in creation of organizational budgets and projections
• Liaise with board treasurer and finance committee; oversee scheduling and coordination of quarterly finance committee meetings
• Oversee annual financial audit
• Oversee monthly reconciliations process & other support as needed
• Act as senior point of contact for financial accounts including banking, credit card, and investment accounts
• Supervise all aspects of the organization’s payroll, the implementation of health insurance, 403(b) retirement plan, and other benefits

GRANTS & COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT:

• Advocate for financial needs through strategic planning
• Develop grant budgets and manage funding allocation to ensure expense coverage and compliance
• Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory standards, and deliver accurate and on-time reports for government funders and auditors
• Ensure compliance with state and federal grant laws and regulations and other relevant regulations; includes timely issuance of audited financial statements and various tax forms
• Submit accurate and timely indirect applications to federal agencies to maximize indirect funding available for each grant; collaborate with program team on reporting out on contracts
• Prepare financial reports to foundations and private funders
• Draft and coordinate development of contract applications and renewals to the NYC Department of Education
• Collaborate with Development Team on grant management and reconciliation of contributions

2. TEAM LEADERSHIP, ADMINISTRATION & OPERATIONS: Percentage of time spent: 20% 

• Proactively