Finance Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Assist in the organizational budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities alongside the CFO and department leaders.

• Collaborate with program teams to formulate annual program and departmental budgets, oversee expenditures, and evaluate financial performance against established plans.

• Generate monthly budget-to-actual reports, conduct variance analyses, and prepare financial forecasts to aid the leadership team and program staff in making informed decisions.

• Oversee financial administration for grants from foundations, government, and international donors, which includes budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and tracking of restricted funds.

• Work with Development and Program teams to create proposal budgets, monitor donor requirements, and ensure that all necessary documentation is complete.

• Evaluate spending, cost allowability, and compliance with approved budgets, donor regulations, reporting deadlines, and organizational policies.

• Prepare requests for donor funds, manage partner disbursements, and facilitate timely financial reporting, audits, and inquiries from funders.

• Assist in monthly and year-end closing activities, which involve journal entries, reconciliations, and reviewing financial transactions.

• Act as a trusted financial partner to program leaders and non-financial staff, aiding colleagues in understanding financial information and making data-driven decisions.

• Discover opportunities to enhance financial processes, reporting tools, and workflows to boost efficiency, transparency, and usability across the organization.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field, along with 5–7+ years of finance or accounting experience within the nonprofit sector, particularly in grant-funded settings.

• Proven experience managing grants from foundations, government, and international donors in a multi-donor funding landscape (e.g., USAID, EU, UN agencies, or other bilateral or multilateral funders).

• Understanding of donor compliance, financial reporting, cost allowability, and audit requirements associated with government or international funding.

• Proven track record in budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and analysis, and translating financial data into actionable insights for organizational leaders.

• Experience as a collaborative business partner to programmatic and non-financial staff, with the capability to clearly communicate complex financial concepts and foster strong cross-functional relationships.

• Familiarity with financial accounting systems and general ledger software; experience with Intacct or similar nonprofit accounting systems, Blackbaud, Expensify, and Questica is preferred.

• Advanced proficiency in Excel is required.

• Background in preparing program, departmental, and grant budgets, including indirect cost methodologies, shared cost allocations, and management of restricted funding.

• Strong financial analysis, accounting, and problem-solving abilities, with a keen attention to detail and the capacity to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience in utilizing technology and financial systems to enhance reporting, streamline processes, and boost the efficiency and effectiveness of finance operations; familiarity with Intacct or comparable nonprofit accounting systems is highly desirable.

• A commitment to the mission and values of RAN.

🏝️ Benefits

• RAN covers health, dental, and vision insurance for the employee and their partner/family.

• Retirement plan featuring a 3% employer contribution.

• Four weeks of paid time off (PTO), which increases to five weeks after two years of service.

• Paid winter break.

• Generous paid holidays.

• Flexible work schedule.

• A 12-week paid sabbatical following every five years of service.