Position Background:
The Chesapeake Bay Trust, a non-profit grantmaking organization, seeks a Finance Manager for our Annapolis, MD, location to play a key role, both direct work and supervisory, in all operational accounting and financial activities of the organization. This newly created position will be responsible for organization-wide accounting, budgeting, invoicing, financial reporting, developing and tracking key accounting and some finance metrics, maintaining and enhancing internal controls, and implementing accounting and reporting policies for GASB, GASS, and IRS compliance. The person in the position performs a wide variety of tasks both strategic and tactical and has some individual task responsibilities in addition to having supervisory duties. This role reports to the Vice President of Finance and Administration and has two direct reports and provides some work oversight to two others. This is a hybrid position that requires at least one day per week in the office, and the others may be remote.
This person will be a key member of a high-energy, collaborative team of 30+ professionals who work diligently to advance the Trust’s mission and daily consider the Trust’s core values of grantee focus, accountability and transparency, inclusiveness, collaboration, and innovation. This is a full-time, salaried position (40 hours per week), newly created to support the organization’s growth.
Established in 1985, the Chesapeake Bay Trust uses grantmaking as a method to promote community-based participation in the restoration and protection of the natural resources of Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay region. In the past fifteen years, the Trust has doubled its grant-making five times through new revenue from a wide range of partners, with current annual grant-making of approximately $25 million+. The Trust currently allocates these grant funds through 350-400 awards per year to entities who apply through open, competitive calls for proposals as well as programs such as the Chesapeake Conservation and Climate Corps.
Specific Responsibilities:
Qualifications and Skills:
Salary and Benefits: $90,000-$100,000 with an excellent benefits package and opportunities for related professional development.
Application Instructions and Deadline:
The position will remain open until filled. Please submit your resume and cover letter. In your cover letter, please address your ability, based on your skills and experience, to accomplish the specific duties of the position as outlined above. Your cover letter is the most important piece of your application: In your cover letter, please address your ability to accomplish the duties of the position as listed above. Please do not simply list your previous experience. Your cover letter should describe what makes you a strong match specifically for this position, and why this position is a match for you.
The Chesapeake Bay Trust provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disability in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. We encourage applications from people of color. Applicants must be permanently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The Trust does not participate in programs that require sponsorship for work visas.
Position Background:
The Chesapeake Bay Trust, a non-profit grantmaking organization, seeks a Finance Manager for our Annapolis, MD, location to play a key role, both direct work and supervisory, in all operational accounting and financial…
Excellent benefits package and opportunities for related professional development
Excellent benefits package and opportunities for related professional development
The position will remain open until filled. Please submit your resume and cover letter. In your
cover letter, please address your ability, based on your skills and experience,
to accomplish the specific duties of the position as outlined above. Your cover letter is the most important piece of your application: In your cover letter, please address your ability to accomplish the duties of the position as listed above. Please do not simply list your previous experience. Your cover letter should describe what makes you a strong match specifically for this position, and why this position is a match for you.
The position will remain open until filled. Please submit your resume and cover letter. In your
cover letter, please address your ability, based on your skills and experience,
to…