We take action against the companies and industries driving deforestation and climate change.
Finance Manager
Location
California
Posted
2 days ago
Salary
$95K - $105K / year
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Finance Manager
Rainforest Action Network
• Support organizational budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes in collaboration with the CFO and department leaders. • Partner with program teams to develop annual program and departmental budgets, monitor expenditures, and track financial performance against plans. • Prepare monthly budget-to-actual reports, variance analyses, and financial forecasts to support informed decision-making by leadership team and program staff. • Manage financial administration for foundation, government, and international donor grants, including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and restricted fund tracking. • Partner with Development and Program teams to prepare proposal budgets, monitor donor requirements, and ensure required documentation is complete. • Review spending, cost allowability, and compliance with approved budgets, donor rules, reporting deadlines, and organizational policies. • Prepare donor fund requests, manage partner disbursements, and support timely financial reporting, audits, and funder inquiries. • Support monthly and year-end close processes, including journal entries, reconciliations, and review of financial transactions. • Serve as a trusted financial partner to program leaders and non-finance staff, helping colleagues understand financial information and make data-informed decisions. • Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting tools, and workflows to increase efficiency, transparency, and usability across the organization.
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field with 5–7+ years of nonprofit finance or accounting experience, preferably in a grant-funded environment.
- Experience managing foundation, government, and international donor grants in a multi-donor funding environment (e.g., USAID, EU, UN agencies, or other bilateral or multilateral funders).
- Familiarity with donor compliance, financial reporting, cost allowability, and audit requirements for government or international funding.
- Demonstrated experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and analysis, and translating financial information into actionable insights for organizational leaders.
- Experience serving as a collaborative business partner to programmatic and non-finance staff, with the ability to communicate complex financial concepts clearly and build strong cross-functional relationships.
- Experience with financial accounting systems and general ledger software; Intacct or similar nonprofit accounting systems, Blackbaud, Expensify, Questica preferred.
- Advanced Excel required.
- Experience preparing program, departmental, and grant budgets, including indirect cost methodologies, shared cost allocations, and restricted funding management.
- Strong financial analysis, accounting, and problem-solving skills, with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to balance multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
- Experience leveraging technology and financial systems to improve reporting, streamline processes, and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of finance operations; experience with Intacct or comparable nonprofit accounting systems strongly preferred.
- Commitment to RAN’s mission and values.
Benefits
- RAN-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for the staff person and their partner/family
- Retirement plan with a 3% employer contribution
- Four weeks PTO (increases to five weeks after two years)
- Paid winter break
- Generous paid holidays
- Flexible work schedule
- 12-week paid sabbatical after every 5 years of service
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