Associate Director of Finance and Grants

About iMentor

iMentor builds mentoring relationships that empower students in low-income communities to graduate high school, succeed in college, and achieve their ambitions. Students work with their mentors one-on-one, in-person and online, to develop strong personal relationships, nurture a college aspiration, navigate the college application process, and build critical skills that lead to college success. In New York City, iMentor partners with public schools to ensure every student in the schools receives a mentor. iMentor also provides its curriculum, technology, and best practices to help nonprofits run effective programs in the iMentor model. Since 1999, iMentor has connected 11,000 students with mentors. This year, iMentor is serving 2,400 mentor-mentee pairs in New York City and 2,000 more nationwide. iMentor has been recognized through funding by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Lumina Foundation, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, and the Robin Hood Foundation, and is a subgrantee of the federal Social Innovation Fund.

iMentor is one of the nation's most innovative and quickly growing mentoring organizations.As a team, we are mission-focused, results-oriented, passionate and fun, and were recently named one of the Best Nonprofits to Work For by Opportunity Knocks and The Nonprofit Times.

Position Overview

iMentor is seeking an Associate Director of Finance and Grants to work across departments to ensure organizational financial sustainability and management by supporting fundraising and development efforts. Reporting to the Director of Finance, the Associate Director of Finance and Grants will be responsible for preparing budgets, budget narratives and other supporting financial documentation for all grant proposals, conducting analysis and submitting financial grant reports, preparing and presenting monthly financial snapshots and variance analysis to each department, and creating, implementing and managing financial policies, procedures and financial compliance throughout the organization. The Associate Director of Finance and Grants will also be responsible for leading monthly conversations with Senior Leadership Team members to better manage finances and use of resources within each department.

The ideal candidate will have experience in nonprofit grant reporting and accounting. S/he will be a savvy communicator who is excellent at managing though influence and simplifying complex data for a lay audience. Candidates must demonstrate superior attention to detail and organizational skills, as well as the ability to meet deadlines while juggling multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Manage all financial elements of the grant reporting process and submit grant reports
• Prepare budgets and other supporting financial documentation for all grant proposals
• Conduct analysis of monthly financial results, prepare variance analysis by program/department and meet with Senior Leadership Team members to discuss and make recommendations regarding the use of departmental budgets
• Create and implement policies and procedures for best fiscal practices organization wide, and ensure financial compliance with all funding requirements
• Support iMentor organization-wide initiatives, requiring occasional evening and/or weekend events
  
  

Qualifications

• Five years of relevant experience, at least two of those in grant reporting
• Accounting background and training
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; a good listener who can motivate others through influence, manage expectations, have difficult conversations and get buy-in
• Flexible; able to adapt to changing organizational needs and priorities and juggle multiple projects at once while meeting deadlines
• Excellent organizational skills
• Able to anticipate needs and problems before they arise
• Aligned in thought and action with iMentor's values (http://www.imentor.org/values)
• Views differences between individuals (race, gender, age, cultural heritage, physical ability, education and lifestyle) as an asset and demonstrates an appreciation of the diversity within iMentor
• Bachelor's degree required; CPA or MBA preferred
• Experience with Blackbaud's The Financial Edge preferred
• Employment is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory fingerprinting and criminal background check, conducted by the Division of Human Resources at the New York City Department of Education

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary commensurate with experience
• Up to 100% employer funded comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• 18 days paid annual vacation and 13 paid holidays + most iMentor functions closed between Christmas and New Year's Day
• 401K match up to 4%
• Significant opportunities for professional development and growth