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The Pew Charitable Trusts · 2 days ago

Senior Associate, Program Planning and Budget

Washington, DC

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$74K/yr - $83K/yr

4+ years exp

The Pew Charitable Trusts is committed to serving as an excellent steward of financial resources, and they are seeking a Senior Associate to support the Manager of Program Planning and Budget. The role involves providing full-service budgeting and financial services to program units, ensuring compliance with policies, and delivering high-quality customer service to management and program staff.

CharityNon ProfitWildlife Conservation

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain a high level of knowledge about Pew’s accounting, finance, budgeting, donor, procurement, and contracting policies, procedures, and practices (e.g. commitment authority, spending authority, expense policies, foreign currency policy, month-end and year-end close processes, financial code/chart of accounts); and remain current as new policies, procedures, and practices are implemented

Work with program staff to monitor spending against budget; explain material budget variances; highlight areas of concern and propose options to address these concerns; and perform analytics to inform timely and accurate decision-making

Create and maintain budget templates; educate program staff as necessary on how to complete budget templates and interpret budget revenue and spending guidance; and ensure the timely and accurate uploading of all budget templates into the appropriate PeopleSoft modules

Work with program staff and Pew’s Philanthropic Partnership Group to develop donor budget proposals, track donor spending (ensuring spending is in compliance with donor agreements) and provide donor financial reports

Deliver high quality customer service to external and internal customers and develop strong relationships with identified customers

Prepare presentations and training to support the implementation/rollout of new/ongoing budget and financial management processes/process improvements

Qualification

Nonprofit accountingBudgetingFinancial analysisERP systemsMS-Excel expertiseCustomer serviceInterpersonal skillsProblem solvingCommunication skillsPresentation skills