Environmental Defense Fund · 5 hours ago
Senior Financial Analyst, OCS
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Responsibilities
Execute financial planning, reporting activities, and day-to-day financial processes, including expense reclasses, invoicing, contract financial review, and as needed, updating forecasts on behalf of the Office of the Chief Scientist team and relevant Mission workstreams.
Submit purchase orders and invoices and ensure the proper coding of expense items for management approval, in collaboration with Operations Coordinators.
Produce timely month-end reports of actual vs. budget results, ensuring accuracy and completeness and identifying, investigating, analyzing, and explaining variances from budget for income and expense line items.
Participate in advancing EDF’s diversity, equity, and inclusion goals in which people from all backgrounds and experiences feel connected, included, and empowered to address the environmental and organizational challenges in alignment with EDF’s values.
Identify issues in budget management and work with team staff to correct.
Coach, manage, and support a financial analyst, as applicable.
Prepare and facilitate fundraising proposal budgets and donor financial reports on awarded revenue.
Prepare budgets and financial reports for various stakeholders, including Mission staff, internal management, finance staff, and senior operations leads.
Manage one or more grants, including government grants, and their funds, as applicable.
Assist in the development of team and workstream annual budget submissions.
Participate in departmental meetings and trainings with both Enterprise Operations, and other teams.
Additional relevant responsibilities as assigned.
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Required
4+ years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration, Finance, or Accounting, or related field required. An advanced degree may substitute for 2 years of experience.
Proven knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, and reporting
Demonstrated familiarity of GAAP and thorough understanding of non-profit accounting principles and grants management
Ability to perform financial analysis and to create insight from a large-scale general ledger.
Expertise in MS Office Suite, especially Excel, including advanced proficiency in developing formulas, pivot tables, charts and spreadsheets that clearly present data to facilitate decision-making by management.
Detail-oriented with the ability to spot trends and ensure accuracy.
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and diplomatic skills with the ability to effectively liaise with colleagues, particularly communicating financial information to a broad audience with differing needs.
Solid organizational and problem-solving skills with the ability to multitask and be flexible under pressure with changing priorities and perform well in a fast-paced team environment.
Self-motivated with the ability to work productively and independently as well as collaboratively with a team.
Demonstrated self-awareness, cultural competency and inclusivity, and ability to work with colleagues and stakeholders across diverse cultures and backgrounds.
Preferred
Experience reporting to government grants, foundations, and private donors
Experience with NetSuite or other forecasting/budgeting reporting SAAS
Finance, grants, government funding, or fund accounting experience in a non-profit organization
Benefits
Full benefits
Robust benefits
Professional development opportunities
Company
Environmental Defense Fund
Environmental Defense Fund provides solutions for environmental problems.
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2023 (11)
2022 (17)
2021 (11)
2020 (6)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$10.95MKey Investors
Bezos Earth FundAlfred P. Sloan Foundation
2023-06-30Grant· $9.7M
2013-01-01Grant· $1.25M
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