Finance Manager

Reporting to the Executive Director (ED), the Senior Accountant will improve, build, and manage effective and streamlined administrative & financial systems for SURVIVORS. The Senior Accountant will be responsible for all finance, accounting, and related reporting activities.

• Oversee all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with appropriate GAAP standards and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain internal control and safeguards for receipt of revenue, costs, and program budgets and actual expenditures.
• Coordinate all audit activity.
• Regularly analyze financial data and present financial reports in an accurate and timely manner; clearly communicate monthly, annual, and ad hoc financial reports, monitor progress and changes and keep senior leadership abreast of SURVIVORS’ financial status.
• Drive the annual budgeting and planning process; administer and review all financial plans and compare to actual results with a view to identify, explain, and remediate variances as appropriate.
• Support the ED in engaging the board’s audit and finance committees around issues and trends in financial operating models and delivery.
• Oversee all financial, project/program, and grants accounting; ensure that expenditures are consistently aligned with grant and program budgets throughout the grant/fund period; collate financial reporting materials for government, corporate, and foundation grants.
• Manage organizational cash flow forecasting, assess the financial efficacy of program operations and establish finance and administrative systems to support program operations.
• Manage/coordinate certain Human Resource functions and other back-office activities.
• Serve as a business partner to the ED on the organization’s financial, budgeting, and administrative processes—including HR, payroll, and benefits functions—with a drive to continuously develop and improve and automate internal systems.

• At least five years of professional experience in finance and accounting, preferably in an NGO environment.
• Experience creating and driving the analytic framework for planning and managing organizational change.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting or related field.
• Excellent skills in QBO, MS Excel, MS Word, and various online operational software tools (i.e., ).
• Strong knowledge of GAAP principles and financial reporting standards; strong understanding of month-end and year-end closing processes.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy in financial data entry and analysis; strong organizational and time-management skills; ability to track and report on goals.
• Excellent people skills, with experience collaborating in a multidisciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team.
• Experience working with or owning payroll and/or Human Resources.
• Solid experience coordinating audit activities and managing reporting, budget development and analysis, accounts payable and receivable, general ledger, payroll, and accounting for investments.
• Grants management as it relates to expense allocation tracking and compliance & reporting of government, corporate and foundation grants.
• Technology savvy with experience selecting and overseeing software implementations and managing relationships with software vendors.
• Strong analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills which allow for strategic data interpretation versus simple reporting.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; experience in effectively communicating key data, including presentations to senior management, board, or other outside partners.
• A commitment to SURVIVORS’ mission.