Finance Director

Description

The Organization

The Freedom Center is a new division of the Young Women’s Freedom Center (YWFC) that provides back-end infrastructure for YWFC and fiscal sponsorship for Sister Warriors Freedom Coalition and Beloved Village, organizations working toward a shared political vision aligned with our Freedom Charter.

Founded on 30 years of work to end the criminalization and incarceration of women and trans people of all genders, the Freedom Center offers fiscal sponsorship, operational support, coaching, and training to projects led by systems-impacted people.

Salary Range: $95,000 - $110,000

The Position 

Reporting to the CFO, the Director of Finance will play a key leadership role on a small but mighty finance team. This person will be responsible for full-cycle contracts and grants management, payroll processing, internal reporting, and overseeing the Finance Fellow.

This is a highly collaborative role requiring cross-functional work with the CFO, Executive Directors, Department Directors, and program staff.

Responsibilities:

• Contracts & Grants Management
• Administer the complete life cycle of small and large state government and private grant contracts and subcontracts, including but not limited to managing grant financial reporting, monitoring the budget and spending status of assigned grants
• Collaborate with program staff to prepare and manage grant budgets including initiating budget revisions or amendments as necessary
• Prepare, complete, submit and ensure accuracy and timeliness of all financial and close-out reports for all grants. Assist with financial oversight and management of grant award funding and communicate with sponsors and funders on questions/issues.
• Develop budgets for new grant proposals, monitor budget vs. actual results for individual grant programs on a monthly basis, and recommend grant budget revisions when needed.
• Track and allocate indirect costs that are allocable to grant programs on a monthly basis, ensuring that all indirect costs allocated to each grant are allowable in accordance with grant provisions.
• Oversee and track all payments to subcontractors for grant funded projects in accordance with budgets and subcontractor agreements.
• Facilitate and participate in all audits related to grant finance and compliance
• Maintain and update filing systems related to contracts and invoices, ensuring that documentation is well organized and easily accessible to relevant stakeholders
• Provide ad hoc and periodic financial reporting on each award and program to program staff to support progress reporting to funding partners; implement process efficiencies and/or automation where possible 
• Create reports and dashboards to provide timely, accurate, and targeted data to organizational leaders, project managers, and the Board.

Financial reporting 

• Prepare monthly financial reports for internal budget owners; 
• Prepare month-end financial reports for Leadership team and the Board of Directors; 
• Prepare financial information & other reports for funders

Payroll

• Review timesheets (bi-weekly)
• Process bi-weekly payroll in Paycom
• Review and prepare employee advance schedules
• Prepare payroll allocation and check reconciliation (bi-weekly)

People management and training

• Oversee, manage, and support the finance fellow
• Help finance team members learn and grow
• Support staff members in better understanding and managing nonprofit finances

Other finance and operations

• Provide ad hoc operational support to the CFO, as needed
• Lead special projects and perform other tasks as assigned by the CFO
• Leverage emerging technologies and critical thinking skills to continually innovate and automate existing methodologies, processes, and reporting
• Support with the development of financial policies and procedures

We strongly encourage candidates who hold marginalized identities and nontraditional professional backgrounds to apply. Freedom Center does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability, or genetic information.

Due to the volume of applications we receive, we’re not able to respond personally to every candidate. We review every submission carefully and will contact those we’d like to interview.

Requirements

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