Senior Director Finance

Tree Trusts mission is to transform lives and landscapes by engaging people to build skills for meaningful careers inspiring people to plant trees and making our community a greener healthier place to live. Our vision is a thriving workforce living on a healthy planet. JOIN US!

The Senior Director of Finance will lead financial strategy financial operations and stewardship across our nonprofit workforce development and urban forestry programs and our landscaping and tree care services social enterprise.

This leadership role ensures strong financial performance supports missionaligned growth strengthens financial systems and provides clear actionable insights to organizational leadership the Board of Directors funders and partners.

Essential Functions:

Financial Strategy & Leadership

• Lead longterm financial strategy for nonprofit programs and our landscaping and tree care services social enterprise.
• Advise the Executive Director and Board on fiscal strategy risk management and business model sustainability.
• Provide financial and operational analysis to guide expansion cost allocation pricing and investment decisions.
• Utilize BI dashboards and analytics tools for insights on unit economics program performance and profitability.
• Lead implementation of ADP Workforce Now and Sage Intacct (or comparable HCM/ERP systems).

Financial Planning & Budget Management

• Oversee annual budgeting and multiyear forecasting processes.
• Manage monthly quarterly and annual financial reporting for leadership the Board and external stakeholders.
• Ensure accurate and compliant costallocation methodologies across all departments.

Accounting Compliance & Controls

• Direct accounting operations including general ledger receivables/payables payroll and revenue recognition.
• Maintain robust internal controls financial policies and compliance frameworks.
• Lead annual external audits and tax filings (Form 990 and associated enterprise filings).
• Ensure compliance with federal state and local requirements for nonprofit and UBIT accounting.

Revenue Management & Grants Administration

• Manage financial components of government workforce development and urban forestry grants philanthropic funding feeforservice work and landscaping and tree care services revenue.
• Prepare budgets for grant proposals; monitor spending restrictions and reporting requirements.
• Oversee invoicing jobcosting margin analysis and forecasting for the landscaping and tree care services social enterprise.

Enterprise Finance & Operational Support

• Partner with enterprise leadership to improve pricing job costing forecasting and profitability analysis.
• Evaluate capital expenditures for vehicles equipment and field operations.
• Analyze financial implications of new lines of business partnerships or expansion opportunities.

Team Leadership & Collaboration

• Lead and develop finance and accounting staff to build a strong serviceoriented finance function.
• Collaborate with program and enterprise teams to improve financial literacy and budget adherence.
• Support the Board Finance and Audit committees with reporting analysis and strategic guidance.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in finance accounting business or related field required; MBA or CPA strongly preferred.
• 812 years of progressive financial leadership ideally in a nonprofit or mixed nonprofitcommercial environment.
• Experience managing diverse revenue streams including grants philanthropic funding feeforservice work and enterprise operations.
• Experience implementing or upgrading financial ERP CRM or jobcosting systems.
• Strong understanding of nonprofit GAAP restricted/unrestricted funds cost allocation and grants management.
• Background in servicebased or fieldbased industries (e.g. landscaping tree care) preferred.
• Proven skills in strategic planning financial modeling and organizational forecasting.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate financial information for multiple audiences.
• Commitment to our mission of workforce development environmental stewardship and community impact.
• Ability to pass criminal background check.

Work Environment: Indoor office environment; occasional visits to outdoor and indoor participant worksites and community locations and events.

Physical demands: Standing or sitting for long periods of time. Significant screen viewing and keyboarding/typing time repetitive movement of hands and fingers. Constantly required to communicate with ability to talk and hear.

This role offers:

• Pay range: $100500 - $122000 depending upon experience.
  
• The opportunity to work with amission driven team at an organizationcelebrating our 50th anniversarytransforming lives and landscapes.
• Excellent benefits packageincludes Vacation Sick 10 paid holidays 401(k) six Health Insurance options Dental Insurance Vision Insurance Life Insurance Voluntary Supplemental Life Insurance Employee Assistance Program Disability and an FSA.
• Hybrid schedule with one work from home day per week after the onboarding period.

Tree Trusts Core Values:

Professional We teach the highest standards and operate with excellence.

Integrity We do the right thing even when it is hard.

Commitment We take initiative and deliver on our promises.

Resilient We adapt to achieve success.

Stewardship We treat people with respect and take care of our resources.

Tree Trust actively seeks to build a staff that reflects the diversity of the population and community it serves and thats why we strongly encourage people of color to apply.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate against any qualified applicant or employee because of their race (inclusive of traits associated with race including but not limited to hair texture and hair styles such as braids locs and twists) color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy citizenship national origin age disability military service veteran status genetic information union membership creed marital status familial status status with regards to public assistance membership in a local human rights commission use of lawful consumable products or any other status protected by applicable law.

If you are unable to submit your resume due to a disability contact to request an accommodation or alternate application process.

Required Experience:

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