Vice President, Finance & Operations

• Provide strategic direction and hands-on leadership to the executive team, Finance, Technology, and HR teams, as well as all staff, fostering a culture of continuous learning, quality service, collaboration, and innovation

• As needed, partner with teams across the organization to create and steward new policies and practices that fuel growth, impact, and equity

• Coach and mentor a diverse team of professionals, promoting professional growth through guidance, support, and planned development activities.

• Lead FinOps team in setting and achieving annual goals including budgeting, monitoring performance through regular feedback and performance evaluations

• Partner with the Director of Finance to lead the entire organization’s annual budget development process; coordinate with budget managers and the Executive team throughout the year on budget revisions, forecasting and senior level planning

• Advise and support the Finance team on banking and investment operations and strategy

• Support the Finance team in implementing daily accounting functions, including AR/AP, payroll, financial reporting and monthly close process, as well as the annual audit

• Collaborate with fundraising team to ensure financial sustainability, as well as assist on grant proposals, budgets and financial reports

• Communicate organization’s quarterly financial results and annual audited financial statements to executive team, Board Finance Committee and full Board of Directors, as well as funders and other key stakeholders

• Incorporate holistic programmatic and operational knowledge to innovate, streamline and improve processes

• Oversee the design, development, and integration of smart, scalable programs, policies, systems, and procedures for a distributed workforce that supports the employee lifecycle and the desired culture of Echoing Green while ensuring legal and regulatory compliance

• Work with PEO to remain current on legislation and regulatory rulings impacting payroll and benefits as a multi-state employer; review and renew benefits enrollment

• In collaboration with outside counsel, handle all compliance matters, including workplace harassment prevention training, involuntary terminations, investigations, health & safety, and ensure compliance with federal, state and local legal requirements

• Partner with HR to define compensation strategy, audit for internal equity, identify and communicate on-monetary rewards

• Oversee the development and implementation of organizational operational protocols to enhance efficiency and effectiveness, while building a fellow-focused culture of inclusivity, collaboration and equity

• Serve as lead on facilities management and workplace planning; plan and execute all aspects of office move (2024) with project manager support

• Manage risk and legal/compliance, including proactive risk management, insurance and all contracts

• Work closely with teams across the organization to provide support reviewing, negotiating, and approving general vendor contracts; lead development and implementation of vendor contract templates, where appropriate

• Oversee the deployment of office technology, supporting the onboarding, access, training and adoption of shared systems and practices by all staff

• Collaborate with the Director of Technology on vendor management, IT and cyber and other security by investing in values-aligned, dependable partners and infrastructure

• Consistently update business continuity and disaster recovery plans to minimize disruption to business operations in emergency situations or data loss

• Liaise with the Knowledge team to ensure that system capabilities support EG’s ability to deliver and evaluate its programming

Requirements

• At least 10 years of progressive leadership experience in financial management, operations management, and/or technology-related roles in the nonprofit sector

• Global-minded perspective to adeptly work across multicultural contexts and in service to an international network of fellows, organizational partners, leaders and staff

• Excellent leadership and management skills, with a track record of building and developing high-performing teams of functional experts; skilled in managing a distributed and layered team

• Hands-on experience in finance, banking, and investing. Fluency in GAAP requirements, audit, budget and resource development, accounting software

• Experience effectively building organizational processes and systems that have resulted in organizational sustainability and success

• Experience working with an IT team or consultants to explore and implement technology solutions to improve operations

• Evidence of building structure, iterating and making lasting change to improve processes or programs; they have driven innovation while navigating existing policies, procedures and interdependencies

• Strong alignment with EG’s

• and vision and deeply committed thought and action with EG’s values

• Motivated to seek out diverse perspectives and adept at applying an intersectional lens to leadership to ensure equity across policies and services to consultants, vendors, partners, stakeholders, and staff

• Inclined to coach, mentor, give and receive feedback, help set priorities, and create an inclusive, fair, and engaging team culture and climate

• Inherently aware of the human experience of change in organizations, and able to incorporate this into thought partnership and projects, from concept to implementation

• An effective communicator, able to translate financial concepts to colleagues with and without a background in finance and able to translate the nuances of nonprofit management to private sector leaders

• Consistently able to make excellent decisions through a combination of data analysis, judgment and experience; ability to anticipate future consequences and trends and incorporate them into the organizational plan

• A bold collaborator with strong relationship-building and stakeholder management skills who can effectively influence and engage colleagues at all levels and across lines of difference; Someone who can listen, process and reconcile needs and demands, and who is comfortable with saying no and building consensus

• A big-picture thinker who can take a systems view, while also bringing a willingness to “get in the weeds” to troubleshoot and, at times, provide front-line customer service to colleagues across the organization

Benefits

• Best-in-class health insurance which covers medical, and 100% dental and vision needs

• Up to 27 days off per year, plus 9 paid holidays and 10 days off for winter break

• 16 weeks of paid parental leave

• 12 weeks paid personal sick leave

• Monthly well-being stipend of $100/month

• Monthly wireless stipend of $100/month

• Professional development stipend of 350 per fiscal year to support employees’ learnings around racial equity

• 403(b)-retirement savings plan with an employer match up to 7% of annual salary after first year

Those of us who work at Echoing Green have a front row seat to the brightest leaders with the most innovative ideas driving social progress across the world. We are fired up to be their partners, their advocates, and their biggest champions.