Senior Finance Director – North America

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Act as a strategic advisor and collaborator for the EVP of North America, Caribbean, and Micronesia, concentrating on long-term and annual planning, budgeting, business growth, and financial viability.

• Work alongside divisional and business unit leaders on financial planning and strategic decision-making processes.

• Oversee the finances of the North America Region, including budget management, expense tracking, results evaluation, and implementation of corrective measures.

• Drive strategic financial and organization-wide initiatives, encompassing the execution of operating models, redesign of resource allocation, comprehensive costing, indirect cost recovery, and multi-year financial planning.

• Align conservation and campaign priorities with annual and multi-year financial strategies.

• Provide financial planning and analytical support for significant conservation projects and initiatives.

• Direct quarterly forecasting, annual planning and budgeting, and multi-year planning activities.

• Enhance and implement best practices for financial planning, reporting, and analysis across finance teams.

• Prepare and deliver analyses, recommendations, presentations, and reports for senior leadership.

• Supervise ten direct reports and facilitate the support of an overall finance team comprising more than 100 personnel.

• Report to Finance leadership and the Board of Directors Finance Committee regarding North America operations.

• Represent the Finance Division on organization-wide committees and participate in the Finance Leadership Team.

• Supply financial reports, projections, models, and analyses to the CFO, Executive Leadership Team, and other key stakeholders.

• Analyze financial trends, convey insights, and assist in prioritizing capital allocation and resource investments.

• Ensure adherence to programmatic commitments, policies, procedures, financial standards, and legal obligations.

• Oversee financial policies, procedures, and institutional guidelines.

• Develop, evaluate, and monitor regional, divisional, and business unit budgets, forecasts, and multi-year strategies.

• Aid in negotiations for complex or sensitive agreements and provide financial expertise for special projects.

• Recruit and train finance personnel, uphold confidentiality, and manage competing priorities effectively.

• Travel domestically and/or internationally approximately 10-20% of the time.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration and 11 years of related experience, including at the senior level, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Experience in organization-wide oversight across several major finance domains, such as accounting, note management, cash management, cash/investment planning, or similar fields.

• Proven experience in envisioning and executing major strategic initiatives, such as system integrations, M&A, or similarly significant projects.

• Expertise in managing the finances of organization-wide programs, including setting financial objectives, analyzing outcomes, and initiating corrective actions.

• Senior-level experience collaborating with C-suite executives and other senior leaders.

• Extensive experience supervising remote professional teams of 25 or more and leading across multiple management levels.

• Knowledge of either not-for-profit accounting principles, practices, and regulations, or experience in global, matrixed for-profit finance with a willingness to learn not-for-profit accounting and finance.

• Familiarity with complex accounting and financial issues.

• Experience conducting complex financial analyses and reporting.

• Proven track record in leading long-term planning and forecasting efforts.

• Proficient in utilizing complex financial systems and analytical tools.

• Experience working with senior management and Boards of Directors on finance-related matters.

• Extensive knowledge of GAAP.

• Strong ability to communicate financial analyses and recommendations clearly and persuasively in both written and verbal formats.

• Capability to manage multiple competing priorities and deadlines under pressure while being accountable for results.

• Ability to meet background screening requirements.

• Willingness to travel domestically and/or internationally approximately 10-20% of the time.

• Role must be based in the continental United States or Ontario, Alberta, or Northwest Territories, Canada.

• Desired: CPA or MBA; experience with nonprofit financial and government grants accounting/reporting; budgets of $500M+; Workday; extensive large-team management; project management; multilingual or multicultural experience.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health care benefits

• Flexible spending accounts

• 401(k) plan with an 8% employer match

• Parental leave

• Accrued paid time off

• Life insurance

• Disability coverage

• Employee assistance program

• Other life and work well-being benefits

• Flexible work environment

• Career development

• Flexible schedules