Finance Director - Los Angeles, CA

Position: Finance Director

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Reports to: CFO

About RI: Relief International (RI) is a leading global change organization and home to teams of humanitarian activist-professionals committed to transforming adversity into renewal for the world’s most vulnerable populations. By partnering with beneficiaries and communities on the front-lines, RI innovatively bridges the gap between immediate relief and long-term community development.

Position Summary: Under the supervision of the Chief Financial Officer and in collaboration with the International Controller, the Finance Manager is responsible for maintaining internal control, overseeing domestic processing and monthly financial reports. He/she will serve as a participant in the global finance team providing leadership and coordination in the administrative, accounting, and budgeting efforts of Relief International.

Position Responsibilities and Duties:

• Work in collaboration with International Controller to ensure all field office activity is uploaded correctly into the Sun accounting system • Maintain internal control and safeguards for receipt of revenue, costs, and program budgets and actual expenditures handled domestically • Oversee the domestic processing of expenditures, revenues, and payroll. Ensure all control and support documents are complete and properly filed • Ensure that all trial balance accounts are current and reconciled to support schedules • Prepare standard monthly financial reports in an accurate and timely manner; monitor progress and changes including the Indirect Cost Rate and keep CFO and International Controller abreast of RI’s financial status • Participate in the development and implementation of SOPs for domestic finance operations • In collaboration with the International Controller, coordinate all audit activity • Participate in the organizational cash flow forecasting by working in partnership with cash management Finance Manager • Work collaboratively with the International controller to collect financial reporting materials for government, corporate, and foundation grants and to assist in the preparation of donor reports • Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal tax and reporting requirements • Supervision of Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivables and Budget Analysis • Management of Finance team, refining of financial systems, provide training to Finance team and prepare RI for audits.

Qualifications & requirements:

This is an extraordinary opportunity for a mature leader with five to ten years of accounting and finance experience, ideally beginning in accounting and audit, followed by experience gathering, evaluating, presenting, and reporting financial information.

He/she will ideally have experience in a complex nonprofit that has multiple programs.

Other qualifications include:

• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and unwavering commitment to RI’s mission; a proactive, hands-on strategic thinker who will own, in partnership with the CFO and the International Controller, the responsibility for finance • Minimum of a BA; CPA and/or MBA preferred • Solid experience coordinating audit activities and managing reporting, budget development, and analysis, accounts payable and receivable, general ledger, payroll, and accounting for investments • A track record in grants management as it relates to compliance and reporting of government, corporate, and foundation grants is essential • Knowledge of accounting and reporting software; Experience with Sun Systems and QuickBooks is favorable • Commitment to recruiting, mentoring, training, and retaining a diverse team; the foresight and ability to delegate accordingly • Keen analytic, organization, and problem solving skills, which allows for • strategic data interpretation vs. simple reporting • Strong interpersonal and communication skills; experience in effectively communicating key data, including presentations • Ability and desire to translate complex financial concepts to individuals at all levels including finance and non-finance managers • Ability to travel overseas as required by direct supervisor • US citizenship or valid US residency/ work permit required

How to apply:

To apply, please submit your resume, three supervisory references and salary history athttp://ch.tbe.taleo.net/CH07/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=RI&cws=1&ri...