We’re looking for a Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Manager to join one of the best firms in the do-gooder business in our Operations, Shared Services Area.
When you come work with us, here’s what you’ll find:
- Work that is meaningful. We only work with clients who are changing the world. And, we say no to clients if we don’t believe in their cause or if we can’t help them.
- Colleagues you can count on. Kind, dedicated, passionate people who bring the smarts, get things done, and help you to do your best, too.
So that’s us. Now about the work:
- The Senior Financial Planning & Analysis Manager is part of our Shared Services Area -- composed of five specializations: finance, operations, people, business strategy, and equity & anti-racism. We ensure M+R is positioned to deliver outstanding services to clients such as Planned Parenthood, American Cancer Society, NRDC, and many more.
- Day-to-day, we focus on legal and regulatory compliance and risk management, benefits administration, human resources and operational policies and procedures, contract processing, and IT tools and security.
Here’s what you’ll be doing in this role:
- Analyze the ongoing financial performance of the firm and its individual lines of business.
- Develop models to assess the economic impact of business decisions, such as those related to staffing, compensation, and hourly client rates.
- Run M+R’s annual budgeting and revenue goal-setting processes, including ongoing budget management.
- Create financial reports and analyses, and make financial recommendations to help the firm make sound business decisions.
- Facilitate meetings related to the financial strategy of the firm and individual Areas.
- Own firmwide financial communications.
- Own M+R’s business planning software, Workday Adaptive Planning, including knowledge of all aspects of the system, data accuracy, and consultant relationship.
Skills and experiences required for this role:
- Minimum of five years of finance-related work, including at least three years of experience in financial planning and analysis.
- Experience using a CPM (Corporate Performance Management) tool to manage budgets and build reports.
- Proficiency using Excel for financial analysis.
- Experience communicating financial concepts, report highlights and recommendations to a broad audience
- Demonstrated experience as a strong cross-functional leader able to build relationships with internal stakeholders and senior management.
- Demonstrated ability to craft meeting agendas to identify project goals and ensure successful outcomes.
- Ability to communicate persuasively in a way that articulates your ideas and conveys your expertise, whether on the phone, in-person, or in writing.
Skills and experiences we expect of all M+R employees:
- Acute attention to detail.
- Ability to prioritize your time to meet deadlines for multiple projects.
- Strong ability to write clearly, concisely, and logically.
- Proven track record to successfully pick up new skills on the job, including learning new technologies.
- Successful experience working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Capability to tackle big projects by breaking them down into smaller pieces.
- Ability to see a problem and propose a solution.
- Drive to seek what can be improved and offer ways to fix any potential roadblocks.
- Understanding of how your words and actions affect others.
- Kindness and consideration for others.
- Experience bringing a lens of inclusivity to all of your interactions with colleagues.
- Passion for the role that your work plays in creating change in the world.
- Drive to work collaboratively - soliciting ideas, seeing each other's perspectives, and always doing what you say you will do.
- Comfort admitting what you don’t know and recognizing that seeking and receiving feedback is part of the learning process.
Skills and experiences that are preferred, but not required:
- Experience with Adaptive, Unanet, and Microsoft Dynamics SL.
- Experience with using formulas in Google Sheets.
- Experience doing financial planning and analysis for a professional services firm.
Salary, benefits, and some perks:
- The salary for this position is $95,000 with eligibility for an approximate $15,300 year-end bonus depending on start date and firmwide performance. As part of M+R’s commitment to compensation equity and transparency, we have a no negotiation policy. Salary negotiations can introduce bias and perpetuate wage inequality. If your years of experience for this position are more than what is required above, we will offer a slightly higher base salary up to $104,500.
- We also offer a generous benefits package, plus some perks:
- Three week’s vacation as well as paid sick and personal days;
- Generous health, dental, and vision benefits;
- 401(k) plan with an employer match and quarterly employer contributions;
- Professional development stipend;
- Flexible Spending Accounts for medical, dependent care, and transit;
- Regular brainstorms where we cook up our most creative ideas;
- All kinds of benefits depending on which office you’re in (once we're back open!). Free lunch once a week. Snack breaks. Cold brew coffee on tap. Records and record players.
- While our physical offices are closed, we offer reimbursements for cell phones and internet, plus a small monthly working-from-home stipend to make your work-at-home life a bit more comfortable.
The fine print:
Due to COVID, our offices are currently closed. Our primary concern is the care and health of our employees, and will not reopen our offices until it is safe to do so. When M+R reopens its offices, this position will work out of one of the following M+R offices:
1101 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC
11 Park Place, New York, NY
262 Washington St, Boston, MA
1611 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA
1275 East 6th St, Los Angeles, CA
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Of course...
M+R is an equal opportunity employer and all applicants will be considered. As a firm we are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace where we learn and work together to change the world. M+R is strengthened by our staff’s diversity, including race and ethnicity, social class, national origin, culture, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, language, and so much more. We strongly encourage folks from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.
About M+R
We are communicators, marketers, fundraisers, and campaigners who unleash the power of people to do good. We work exclusively with nonprofits fighting for a just and sustainable world.