Financial Analyst

Title: Financial Analyst

Department: Finance

Status: Exempt

Reports To: Senior Vice President, Finance

Positions Reporting to This Position: None

Location: Washington, DC Metropolitan Area

Union Position: Yes

Job Classification Level: D

Salary Range (depending on experience): $68,884-$84,079

General Description:

LCV believes our earth is worth fighting for because everyone has a right to clean air, water, and a safe, healthy community. To ensure those rights are protected, we help people use their power to shape policy, hold politicians and polluters accountable, and influence elections.

For more than 50 years, LCV has grown into a potent political force for protecting our planet and everyone who inhabits it. We have built a powerful national movement with 30 state affiliates, and grassroots and community organizing programs across the country.

LCV is hiring a Financial Analyst to join our Finance Department and provide financial leadership and support to LCV’s programs and offices around the country. The Financial Analyst plays a critical role in linking financial and programmatic data to provide better access and insights for team members to drive critical decisions with the latest, most accurate information. The Financial Analyst will monitor and analyze financial data to inform risk mitigation and provide timely, thoughtful financial insight to aid program management decisions. This role will work cross-departmentally with program leads and development operations staff in preparing grant reports, assisting in preparing and monitoring various budgets and automating systems for efficiency. The ideal candidate is an excellent communicator with advanced analytical and Excel abilities who can work across teams in a dynamic, complex financial structure.

Responsibilities:

• Play a key role in the budgeting process, including monitoring budget-to-actual expenses, long-term planning, forecasting trends and implementing financial tools.
• Support the annual planning process and the recurring forecast process.
• Coordinate the operating budgets for organization’s departments including forecasting and tracking results.
• Prepare grant reports, budgets, and support the automation of financial systems.
• Partner with individual departments to research accounting inquiries.
• Create and deliver monthly financial reports that will provide timely and accurate insight of financial operations.
• Work with the cross-departmental compliance team and external compliance vendor in ensuring accuracy and completeness of revenue and disbursements reported.
• Collaborate with teams across LCV for ongoing process improvements.
• Facilitate staff and organization trainings on accounting software and processes.
• Provide financial expertise, critical thinking, and customer service to staff outside the Finance department, ensuring they understand respective financial reports, budgeting or other financial processes related to their work.
• Facilitate, track and ensure progress on department’s racial justice and equity goals, including the vendor survey, and updating the finance manual.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Finance or Data Analytics.
• Work Experience: 4 years budgeting/finance or data analytics experience.
• Skills: Required - Familiarity with all aspects of accounting, including GAAP. Ability to manage large data sets; advanced skills with Microsoft Excel and all MS Office applications; Ability to generate and communicate insight from data and analyses. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to create and explain financial reports to non-finance staff. Ability to effectively liaise with colleagues across teams; solid organizational skills; strong attention to detail. Ability to be flexible and apply creative problem-solving skills. Ability to work quickly to meet tight deadlines and handle multiple projects at once. Preferred - Basic knowledge of Abila, Concur, or other accounting systems.
• Cultural Competence: Demonstrated awareness of one’s own cultural identity, views about difference, and the ability to learn and build on varying cultural and community norms. Commitment to equity and inclusion as organizational practice and culture. Understands how environmental issues intersect with racism, economic and social inequality in the U.S. and has a passion for working to dismantle these systems.
• Working Conditions: This job operates in a professional office environment, and routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, and audiovisual systems. This position is largely sedentary, often standing or sitting for prolonged periods. This position is based in Washington, DC. Applicants need to be located in and legally authorized to work in the United States. Please note that most LCV staff are currently working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

To Apply: Send cover letter and resume to hr@lcv.org with “Financial Analyst” in the subject line by August 30, 2021. No phone calls please.

LCV is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a racially just, equitable and inclusive workplace.

https://www.lcv.org/careers/lcv-job-openings/financial-analyst/