Senior Manager, Financial Planning and Operations

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🗽 New York – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $70k - $100k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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Spark Microgrants

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2013

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Social Impact

Spark Microgrants is an organization focused on empowering communities to drive local change and determine their own paths out of poverty. They provide communities with the opportunity and tools to improve their own lives through innovative approaches and community driven development. Headquartered in New York, they work with various communities, emphasizing the capability of people to lead and govern themselves with adequate resources and support. Their mission includes developing strong, self-reliant communities through partnerships and impactful programs.

📋 Description

• Model the cost of new projects, programs, and partnerships and build repeatable tools for external-facing budgets • Own financial processes for donor budgets, including templates, guidelines, metrics, and analysis • Collaborate with program and functional teams on financial analysis and future scenarios • Lead financial due diligence responses and maintain donor-facing policies and practices • Forecast quarterly, annual, and long-term revenue and cash flows and model alternative scenarios • Track forecasted revenues, cash flows, and donor restrictions • Execute the annual budget process with global support functions • Provide reporting and analysis for monthly Budget vs Actual and quarterly forecasting processes • Model innovation opportunities and provide budgeting, reporting, and analysis for pilot projects • Support new processes and systems for new workstreams and hand-off of expanding programs • Provide financial support for Social Return on Investment calculations and resource-allocation metrics • Design and build organization-wide financial reporting models • Optimize Netsuite reporting tools and use AI responsibly to improve finance-team efficiency • Prepare financial status and forecast materials for the Executive Committee, Board, and Board Finance Committee • Implement financial processes, reporting, templates, and budgets for new grants and projects • Implement enterprise risk tracking and action registers • Coordinate insurance policies and other risk mitigations • Ensure appropriate funds are available in each region with Country Finance Managers and the Head of Finance • Lead global policies and procedures related to risk management, treasury, and legal • Lead operations dashboards, metrics, and global procedures • Coordinate US financial operations, procurement, and regulatory compliance • Lead strategic Finance and Operations projects and cross-functional initiatives • Report directly to the CFO and collaborate with senior leadership and the fundraising team

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field • 5–10+ years of progressively responsible experience in financial analysis, budgeting, and reporting • Experience designing and creating value-added reporting for internal and external stakeholders • Experience implementing financial tools and improving the timeliness, accuracy, and usefulness of financial information • Experience with nonprofit programs, grants finance, and donor budgets highly desirable • Netsuite experience • Google Workspace proficiency • Business intelligence tools proficiency • Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills • Strong analytical and judgment skills • Excellent execution skills • Ability to adopt new technology and use AI effectively in day-to-day work • Ability to translate financial concepts for non-financial audiences • Strategic thinking and ability to support organizational growth and change • Solutions-oriented and proactive approach • Detail orientation and ability to create high-level summarized analysis • Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, multi-country environment • Commitment to Spark’s mission and values • Willingness to travel to Africa periodically • Availability for US East Coast time schedules and crossover time zones with Africa • MBA or professional accounting certification (CPA or equivalent) desirable, not required

🏖️ Benefits

• 100% employer-paid health insurance premiums for employees • 50% health insurance coverage for dependents • 401(k) plan with a 3% employer contribution • Generous paid leave • Professional development stipend • Three months probation period with learning and performance objectives