Manager, Financial Planning, Analysis, Budget

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

A cover letter is required for consideration.

This position is currently hybrid with preference for candidates residing in Oregon or SW Washington.

The pay range for this role is $ 80,773 - $ 91,157

Note: Proof of COVID-19 fully vaccination status or exception per OFB policy will be required as a condition of employment.
Out-of-state selected candidates will be required to relocate to the Oregon/SW Washington area within 30 days of their start date.

Who We Are:

Oregon Food Bank (OFB) believes that no one should be hungry. Our mission is to eliminate hunger and its root causes. We believe that food and health are basic human rights for all. We know that hunger is not just an individual experience; it is also a community-wide symptom of systemic barriers to employment, education, housing and health care such as systemic racism, sexism, and cissexism. That's why we work systemically to achieve our mission to end hunger: we foster community connections to help people access nutritious food, and we build community power and strengthen networks of support and the safety net to eliminate the root causes of hunger for good.

We build community power to dismantle systems and policies that drive hunger and poverty.

Oregon Food Bank is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we strongly encourage applications from candidates who can increase the diversity of our organization and strengthen our capacity to eliminate hunger. We believe strongly in the power of lived experience - and we actively seek individuals who have experienced hunger and its root causes to join our team. Our organization is stronger because of the leadership of people who have faced food insecurity in their own lives and/or hail from historically under-represented communities. Learn more about our commitment at oregonfoodbank.org/equity.

Who You Are:

You care deeply about community, about people experiencing hunger and hold them in the center of all that you do. You are committed to apply equity as a process and an outcome of your work to disrupt systemic social patterns that promote hunger such as racism, sexism, and cissexism. You have a strong affinity with OFB's 10 Year Vision and are profoundly excited to achieve this vision for and with our community.

Position Summary:

As the Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis and Budgets, you will contribute to the organization's success through the direction of the Director of Finance, Senior Manager / Manager FP&A and Budgets is responsible for budgeting, financial planning and forecasting, budget versus actual analysis and reporting, preparation of financial presentation materials, variances and trend analysis, financial research regarding revenue and expenses, cash flow projections and reporting, creation of dashboards including key performance indicators (KPIs) for monthly review and accountability reporting, ratio analysis for purposes of validating that account balances and trends are reasonable, financial investments analysis, implementing and maintaining a budgeting and financial planning software, and supervision and direction of the FP&A Budget Analyst.

As the Senior Manager / Manager of FP&A and Budget, you will contribute to Oregon Food Bank's (OFB) success through managing cross-departmental financial data collection and reporting that we use to track outcomes, improve financial operations, report to partners, and measure success. You will analyze financial, inventory, and other data, and use these and other resources to create concise and clear reports and presentations on the past and projections for the future.

You are organized, passionate about data-driven decisions, committed to using data to promote equity and systems change and eager to contribute to a broad and complex department of folks working to end hunger and its root causes. You have the ability to analyze, summarize, and present complex information and solutions to a diverse audience who might or might not have accounting, finance, or budgeting experience.

You will also support the Associate Director of Finance on accounting, audits, month-end close, and the financial operations of OFB. This is an evolving position, so the ideal candidate will bring an entrepreneurial and problem-solving mindset and the drive to review and alter systems to ensure effective use of financial data and systems across the organization.

Primary Responsibilities (Essential Functions):

• Directly supervises the FP&A Budget Analyst, including coaching, professional development, and performance evaluation.
• Aligns financial analysis and reporting with strategic objectives - using OFB's financial data to advance systems change, racial justice, and community leadership.
• Assists the Director of Finance in leading and managing the annual budgeting process.
• Creates and delivers accurate financial reporting and analysis to support organization and departmental budgeting reports. Research and clarify trends and variance drivers.
• Performs analyses and provides the Director of Finance and leadership team with strategic and financial information to support budget management and forecasting, and effective financial resource allocation and decision-making.
• Develops dashboards and key performance indicators to track outcomes against priorities.
• Monitors actuals and forecasts against budget, identifying major risks and drivers.
• Develops and presents business plans and performs financial sustainability analysis of organizations and specific projects.
• Participates in complex projects with significant financial and budget analysis components.
• Oversee and assist with applying analytical techniques to financial data to respond to ad hoc requests from internal departments and various business partners.
• Compiles the financial reporting package for the Director of Finance and Finance Committee.
• Compiles monthly financial projections, dashboards, and reports, including variance analysis.
• Project leads the screening, planning, implementation, and maintenance of a new organization-wide budgeting and financial planning software.
• Performs financial and risk analysis to support investment making and management.
• Develops cash flow projections and analysis, and compile cash flow statements.
• Collaborates with Finance team members and other departments to validate revenue and expenses between the GL and other internal or external systems.
• Assists with month-end close, audit requests, and other recurring/one-time projects as assigned by the Director of Finance or the Associate Director of Finance.

Other related duties as assigned; we know it's impossible to convey every single task or responsibility for the job description. Our hope is that as we work together to fulfill the job responsibilities above as essential job functions, should the primary duties evolve with significant job responsibility changes over time, EPCA will periodically evaluate the updates through the job evaluation and classification review processes.

• Organizational level responsibilities of exempt employees include:
  
  • To be an ambassador and a leader for OFB's vision and mission, a cross-departmental collaborator, and an active contributor to building a movement to end hunger for good. Provides leadership and examples professional communication and behaviors to OFB standards.
  • In consultation and coordination with the supervisor, actively contribute to:
    
    • cross-departmental efforts
    • work culture activities and programming
    • advisory and consultative groups such as the compensation committee, affinity groups, Equity Ambassadors, Equity Think Tank meetings, among others
    • plan and engage in professional development activities that strengthen your capacity for your specific role as well as your capacity to contribute and advance organizational goals, OFB's vision and mission.

Skills and Experience:

• Deep passion for eliminating hunger and its root causes.
• 4-6 years' technical knowledge and experience in budgeting and financial planning and analysis with demonstrated experience using graphs, infographics, PowerPoint, and other methods to summarize, visualize, and effectively communicate financial information and data.
• Robust business analytical, quantitative, and modeling skills for a broad variety of business models and transaction types.
• Strong analytical skills to review, analyze and report financial data to organizational standards and for regulatory compliance.
• Proficient in computer skills and familiarity with software and applications including Microsoft Suite (including advanced Excel for financial modeling and pivot tables), Google Suite, Sage Intacct, Dynamics Great Plains, and other budgeting and financial accounting software; ability to quickly master new software and online tools.
• Strong project management skills and ability to work on multiple projects with attention to detail; meet deadlines, ability to handle interruptions, and produce timely, accurate work.
• Ability to communicate sophisticated financial concepts to partners with a diverse set of backgrounds, including leadership, program staff, grantees, and other foundation operational resources.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills that are appropriately right sized to relevant audiences. A proven ability to communicate and resolve issues effectively.
• Strong relationship management skills; a collaborative spirit, open communication skills, and an eagerness to learn. Success working with individuals at all levels of an organization.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically, take initiative, and to maintain confidentiality. Organizational level skills and experience for exempt employees include:
• Disposition and willingness to innovate, problem solve, test, fail and adjust.
• Experience in modeling intercultural competence and demonstrated commitment to equity, inclusion and social justice.
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically, take initiative, and to maintain confidentiality.
• Project coordination and organization skills; ability to manage multiple projects with attention to detail; meet deadlines, ability to handle interruptions, and produce timely, accurate work.
• Self - directed, meets benchmarks and checks assumptions about results and end goals. Ability to work independently and as part of a team; provides role clarity, shows willingness to support others to build momentum and share success, comfortable working in an office environment and offsite.
• Ability to thrive in a creative, responsive, and fast-paced culture.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A degree in accounting or finance; prior work experience with US GAAP.
• Nonprofit budgeting, accounting, and financial planning and analysis experience.
• Financial and accounting experience in food banking business, including inventory, fundraising, donations, government and private grants.
• Previous supervision and management of employees, including performance management and professional development and training responsibilities. Organizational level preferred qualifications of exempt employees include:
  
  • Multilingual skills at a minimum professional level of proficiency or greater in English and any additional language/s, defined as being able to speak the languages with sufficient structural accuracy and vocabulary to participate effectively in most formal and informal conversations on practical and professional topics.
  • Multicultural skills of adaptation and integration are strongly preferred.
    
    • Adaptation is defined as the capacity to communicate and interact with people of multiple cultures, backgrounds, and styles by incorporating and adapting to the world view and perspectives of others.
    • Integration is defined as being able to move in and out of one's worldview and help others understand different cultures, backgrounds, and styles to promote diversity and inclusion.
  • Commitment to continued professional development to strengthen capacity to work through an equity lens for equity and racial justice.
  • Strong capacity to consider multiple perspectives, to pivot to respond to emerging needs and lead through organizational changes.
  • Personal living/lived experience of hunger and/or systemic inequity/oppression.

The Fine Print:

Work environment:

Work is performed in an office environment while sitting in meetings or at a computer screen for extended periods inside and outside of Oregon Food Bank and will use computers and phones extensively.

May work outside of general working hours of 8:00 - 5:00 p.m., such as evenings and weekends, and occasional travel out of town may occur.

This role requires travel/personal vehicle use /work outside normal hours.

Work may require to lift, move and carry objects from 20 to 40 pounds, such as boxes containing office and other supplies. Crouching, bending, kneeling and reaching when filing. Accommodations may be available upon request.

Background Check:

This position requires a criminal background check. Criminal background checks may be required for the following reasons:

• Insurance requirement
• Third party contractual requirement/s
• Job duties requirements include unsupervised administration of cash or other liquid assets.

A criminal record unrelated to theft, assault, or sexual violence may not make you ineligible to work at Oregon Food Bank. We actively support all our staff in developing relevant skills and capacities to improve job retention and advancement.

1. Exempt classification refers to employees who earn a salary rather than an hourly rate for the work they do instead of the number of hours they take to complete the task. Exempt employees are not eligible for overtime pay or minimum wage. They; 1) Supervise two or more full-time employees or four part-time employees regularly; 2) Are responsible for managing at least part of a business; 3) Play an important role in the job status of other employees, including hiring and delegating tasks; or 1) Perform office or non-manual work directly related to the business operations or management of an organization and its customers; and 2) Exercise independent judgment and discretion over important business decisions.