Director of Finance
Director of Finance
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Job Description
Arnold Ventures (AV) is a philanthropy that supports research to understand the root causes of Americas most persistent and pressing problems as well as evidencebased solutions to address them. By focusing on systemic change AV is working to improve the lives of American families strengthen their communities and promote their economic opportunity. Since Laura and John Arnold launched their foundation in 2008 the philanthropy has expanded and AVs focus areas include education criminal justice health infrastructure and public finance advocating for bipartisan policy reforms that will lead to lasting scalable change. The Arnolds became signatories of the Giving Pledge in 2010.
Position Overview
We are seeking a director to coordinate and assist with various finance and budgeting tasks related to external philanthropic efforts. This role will leverage existing partnerships and processes to review budget models at both departmental and grantee levels and perform other necessary analysis and reporting. The position is based in our Houston Texas office and reports to the Vice President of Finance.
Core Responsibilities
- Partner with the VP of Finance to design tools deliver training provide guidance and create templates that support costbenefit analysis of AVs grantmaking and related activities
- Review and assess prospective and active grantees and consultants budgets for reasonableness accuracy and compliance with AVs grant requirements nonprofit laws and industry standards
- Negotiate with grantees and consultants to achieve costefficient budgets
- Ensure complete documentation of all relevant financial and budgetary information for a given project is presented to the AV Board for approval and attend Board meetings as needed
- Identify research organize analyze and track relevant financial information and trends for potential and existing grants consultants and programmatic investments
- Provide support to AV team members and external partners to assess key financial considerations for grantmaking and related activities
- Develop annual programmatic budgets in collaboration with AV team members and assess actuals on a regular basis
- Identify process improvements for the Finance team to support the strategic goals of AV
- Work on various adhoc projects with Finance programmatic and operational teams
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in accounting business or finance
- 10 years of accounting business or finance experience
- Mastery of Excel Word and other standard computer software
- Strong and effective financial managerial and negotiation skills
- Exceptional project management time management and organizational skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
The salary range for this position will be $.
Benefits Overview
AV is committed to providing a robust and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our current benefits package includes 100% paid employee premiums for medical dental vision basic life and short and longterm disability insurance; 20 days of paid time off 16 paid holidays (including a winter break from December 24 to January 1) a hybrid policy that includes four days in office and one flexible day for remote work and a summer schedule with alternating Fridays off beginning on Memorial Day and ending on Labor Day; paid parental leave; a 401k retirement savings plan with an employer match profitshare contribution and immediate vesting; pretax transit benefits; a professional development stipend; a charitable giving stipend; and an employee assistance program.
Our Culture and Core Values
Our culture seeks to inspire and empower our people to innovate and develop bold ideas that will help AV achieve lasting impact. Our culture and the core values that support it should create an environment that spurs our team to think outside the box feel comfortable pushing the boundaries of what is possible and signal confidence in our teams ability to make change happen through our philanthropic efforts. Although not an exhaustive list below youll find examples of AVs work culture.
- We are adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity
- We are intellectually curious openminded objective humble collegial and receptive to feedback
- We are actionoriented with strong selfdirection and selfmotivation skills with the ability to work simultaneously on multiple projects
- We are able to interact confidently and collaboratively with team members and navigate relationships with external experts government leaders advocates and individuals
AVs values reflect who we are as an organization help us accelerate our strategic goals strengthen our resolve anchor us to our mission and guide our decisionmaking. The successful candidate will also demonstrate the following core values that inspire the AV team to make a difference.
- Respect for Ourselves & Others
- Audacious Action
- Collaborative Engagement
- Depth of Thought
- Clear Communication
AV is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace. We are seeking applicants from a variety of backgrounds and with a variety of experiences and perspectives. Candidates who have been impacted by the systems we are seeking to change are strongly encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race color religion national origin age sex gender identity or expression marital status sexual orientation disability military/veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
