Senior Finance Director, North America
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Senior Finance Director overseeing financial strategy and management for North America at The Nature Conservancy. Collaborating with leadership on financial planning and resource allocation.
Responsibilities:
- serve as a strategic thought leader and partner for the EVP of North America, Caribbean and Micronesia
- effectively collaborate with divisional and business unit leadership teams across these areas in financial planning and strategic decision-making
- develop and set budgets and monitor expenses, analyzing results and taking corrective actions
- play a key role in important strategic financial and organization-wide initiatives and projects
- work effectively across key regions and business units to integrate strategic conservation and campaign priorities with financial plans
- provide strategic financial planning & analysis support for major conservation projects and programs
- implement strategic, integrated, and collaborative approaches to quarterly forecasting, annual planning & budgeting, and multi-year planning processes
- introduce, improve and implement best practices to ensure consistency and clarity of financial planning, reporting and analysis across finance teams
- communicate effectively in written and verbal form, prepare presentations and reports for senior leaders
- serve as direct supervisor to ten (10) team members and an overall team of over 100 staff
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration and 11 years related work experience
- Organization-wide oversight experience in several major finance areas, such as Accounting, Note Management, Cash Management, Cash/Investment planning, or similar
- Experience conceiving and implementing major strategic initiatives, not just tactical projects
- Experience managing the finances of an organization-wide program, including setting financial goals, analyzing results, and taking corrective actions
- Experience working at a senior level with a demonstrated partnership track record with C-suite and other senior leaders
- Extensive experience supervising remote professional staff of teams of 25 or more and leading across management layers
- Either a) knowledge of not-for-profit accounting principles, practices and regulations OR b) for-profit finance experience in a global, matrixed management structure with experience navigating matrixed leaders and dedicated financial partners for regions/BUs
- Experience with complex accounting/financial issues
- Experience performing complex financial analysis and financial reporting
- Experience leading long-range planning and forecasts
- Experience using complex financial systems and analytical tools
- Experience working with senior management and Board of Directors, or equivalent, on finance-related issues
- Extensive experience with GAAP
Benefits:
- health care benefits
- flexible spending accounts
- 401(k) plan with an 8% employer match
- parental leave
- accrued paid time off
- life insurance
- disability coverage
- employee assistance program
- other life and work well-being benefits




















