Director, Accounting & Finance - Tides Center

About Tides  

Tides is a nonprofit and philanthropic organization committed to advancing social justice. We work across the social sector to shift power to communities of color and other groups historically denied power.  

Centering equity and justice in everything we do, we collaborate in deep partnership with movement leaders, nonprofits, donors, foundations, and corporations to amplify the impact of their work by providing services like fiscal sponsorship, donor advised funds, grant making, and a variety of innovative solutions. Learn more at tides.org.

About the Role 

Tides Finance team is seeking a Director, Finance & Accounting, to provide leadership and management in support of the work of Tides Center. Tides Center offers fiscal sponsorship to more than 130 partner projects of varying sizes including resources that provide operational efficiencies, cost savings, and compliance support, along with connections to our network of leaders.

Qualified candidates will have demonstrated success providing effective and efficient financial services, developing and optimizing teams, leading organizational change and a wholistic view of the auditing and the 990 processes. This role will be responsible for accurate and timely accounting and financial reporting for a volume of approximately $200m in annual activity.

As a senior leader, the Director, Accounting & Finance is responsible for completing duties and responsibilities while embracing and exhibiting Tides core competencies:  

• Leading Results: Strategic planning, Change leadership, Driving outcomes
• Leading People: Trusting relationships, Team leadership, Decision making, Developing teammates
• Leading Self: Self-awareness, JEDI practice, Continuous learning, Project management 

What you will Do 

Strategic Leadership (30%)

• Collaborate with cross-functional leadership teams to align Tides Center finance and accounting to the vision for our fiscally sponsored projects and to Tides’ organizational goals. 
• Develop financial strategies and accounting infrastructure to drive operating excellence and sustainable growth, including pricing models, technology-enabled automation, and robust user-friendly knowledge management systems.  
• Ensure the Tides Center finance and accounting approach stewards Tides impact goal.
• Ensure all finance and accounting teams establish strong relationships with internal and external partners and develop a deep understanding of their needs. 
• Align Tides Center financial and accounting operations to a rigorous compliance approach by ensuring that effective internal controls are in place and consistently applied. 
• Lead restructuring initiatives of people, processes, and technology to align with strategic organizational goals and objectives. 

Operations (30%)

• Ensure partner and project satisfaction for timely, accurate, effective, and easily accessible financial and accounting resources, information, and solutions to Tides fiscally sponsored projects, collaborating with partner team leadership.  
• Ensure the teams prepare and present financial statements and related reports, including performance dashboards, balance sheets, income statements, cash-flow reports, budgets, and variance analysis, and forecast models to external and internal management and project partners. 
• Develop and maintain financial and accounting management policies and procedures that align with Tides’ mission and are in compliance with applicable accounting standards and best practices with respect to accounting for non-profits. 
• Ensure daily financial and accounting functions performed in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), company policy and all applicable regulatory requirements and legal rules and regulations for nonprofit operations designated as IRS 501(C)(3). Ensure consistent accounting treatment of all transactions and timely, accurate reporting to budget managers, management, and partners. 
• Identify and implement improvements to existing processes, systems, and operational policies and practices that facilitate efficient/improved operations and financial management of the organization. 
• Ensure the development and maintenance of a robust knowledge management function to facilitate the exchange of financial and accounting information needed by all constituents. 
• Develop and implement a comprehensive financial and accounting