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Alameda County Community Food Bank · 2 months ago

Senior Finance and Budget Analyst

Oakland, California, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$52.30/hr - $52.30/hr

5+ years exp

Alameda County Community Food Bank is seeking a Senior Finance and Budget Analyst to manage the fiscal aspects of government contracts and oversee budget processes. This role involves preparing financial reports, analyzing data, and supporting program evaluation to ensure financial integrity and compliance.

Non Profit

Responsibilities

Manage documentation of all government contract files (e.g. MOUs, correspondence, modifications, and data deliverables) and ensure expenditures adherence to grant compliance and interpretation of OMB Circulars and all applicable local, state, and federal regulations, & ACCFB policies and procedures

Lead organization-wide fiscal budget formulation processes, both capital and operating budgets with HAF/CFO being the lead and responsible for communications, decisions and process management

Develop and communicate budget calendar and prepare budget worksheets for departments

Work with department heads to support their budget formulation, may include budget training, researching current year or prior year activity, recommending assumptions based on analysis and strategic plan. Analyze budget requests and explain significant variances

Collaborate with Finance leadership to develop, support and implement strategic plan aligned organizational reporting structure and consolidations

Consolidate department requests into organization level budget reports and analysis

Collaborate with Finance and P&C leadership to prepare and monitor staffing budget with a focus on ensuring that budgeted positions and vacancies are being managed appropriately

Support Finance and Administration division leaders with their budgets and provide timely Budget to Actuals reports with transactional detail to support accurate budget development

Update budgets during fiscal year as needed

Work with CFO to ensure that 5-year model is supported and updated with a focus on assessing key drivers for changes in the model

Work collaboratively with executive leadership to develop and maintain Operating and Finance dashboard

Analyze contributed revenue, agency revenue budget and actuals with departments

Be a trusted resource and support internal staff with data and financial analysis as needed across the organization

Analyze food distribution plans and actuals including food volume, food mix strategy, total costs and cost per pound with operations and programs department

Leverage Jet reports infrastructure to collaborate with Operations, Programs and Development teams to ensure that reports are being maintained and analyzed at a regular cadence

Support program evaluation through analyzing program metrics such as client counts and demographics, meals served and impacts on health against finance and other data

Prepare & reconcile monthly grants receivable schedule to ensure and verify general ledger detail accurately reflects program activity for government contract billing

Prepare monthly budget vs. actual reports and analysis for income statement at team, department, division and organization levels. Prepare and analyze balance sheet and cash flow reports

Prepare the Schedule of Federal Expenditures for the A-133 audit, financial statements and footnotes and support the Food Bank’s annual fiscal audit and other federal agency reviews

Conduct other analysis as needed, may include financial and non-financial data. Historical and projections. Cost-benefit, net present value, lease vs. buy and other financial calculations. Contract and grant analysis

Partner with Accounting Manager and Payroll Administrator on monthly and quarterly financial closes and create updated fiscal year forecasts based on actuals results

Update all financial reports and exhibits to support financial reports provided to the Board Oversight Committee

Present analysis and reports to Leadership Team members as needed

Support accounting function as needed and during interim and final audit cycles

Other duties as assigned

Qualification

Budget managementFinancial analysisGovernment contractsERP systemsAdvanced Excel skillsNonprofit accountingCost accountingCommunication skillsProblem-solving skillsOrganizational skills

Required

Minimum 5+ years finance and/or accounting experience

Demonstrated success working in at least one organization with revenues in excess of $45M. Advanced financial and budget analysis and preparation skills and experience

Advanced analytical and Excel skills and experience. Ability to tailor and present data to variety of audiences

Advanced experience in ERP, accounting systems, databases, cost allocations, budgeting software applications, and financial reporting

Proven ability in managing access to and be responsible for protecting confidential financial information

Critical thinker with highly developed planning, analytical, research and creative resolution skills

Ability to quickly learn and achieve fluency with numerous finance-related systems and processes

Must have excellent organization, time-management, and task-management skills; able to manage competing priorities and remain agile in a constantly changing, deadline-driven environment

Superb judgment; ability to handle confidential information with great sensitivity

Intermediate knowledge of accrual accounting (GAAP) includes depreciation, revenue and expense matching, and inventory

Working knowledge of cost accounting and nonprofit accounting including revenue recognition, donor restrictions and grants

Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to communicate financial and numerical analysis to non-financial staff

Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills; solution-oriented critical thinker

Strong customer service orientation – both organizational, interpersonal. Ability to develop and maintain collaborative professional relationships and work across departments

Excellent organizational skills to ensure maintenance of documentation and filing systems

Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive Food Bank data along with ability to establish credibility, trust and partnership at all levels of an organization

Willingness to maintain technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and regularly reviewing publications

Ability to develop and maintain collaborative and professional relationships

Access to reliable transportation