Finance Manager

Reports to: Executive Director

Hours and Status: Exempt, 0.5 - 0.75 FTE

Annual Salary: $57,500 - $62,500

Location: Santa Fe / Albuquerque, NM area (minimum 2 days per week in Santa Fe office required)

Position Summary:

WildEarth Guardians is seeking a Finance Manager to oversee all aspects of the organization’s day-to-day accounting, financial record-keeping, and financial reporting. The Finance Manager will also lead audit and IRS reporting preparation and support budgeting, liability insurance procurement, and other financial administration tasks. In addition, the Finance Manager is a thought partner to the Executive Director and People & Operations Director, and will work closely with the organization’s budget owners, the Board of Directors, development team, and program leads. This role is key in formulating and implementing robust financial controls, providing real-time financial data to key organizational decisionmakers, and ensuring compliance with legal mandates and best accounting practices.

The new Finance Manager will be expected to lead a software transition from Sage Intacct to Quickbooks at some point in 2026, working closely with People & Operations and Development.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Accounting Operations: Manage daily accounting functions, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll allocation, general ledger entries, and monthly reconciliations. Track organizational credit card purchases and manage cardholders. Review and reconcile bank and investment statements while optimizing bank relationships.
• Financial Reporting and Analysis: Prepare and distribute timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements, including program-specific data, narrative analysis, and recommendations, for leadership, the Finance Committee, and the Board.
• Budgeting and Forecasting: Support the annual budgeting process and lead ongoing budget monitoring, including variance analysis and cash flow forecasting, to ensure resources are allocated effectively.
• Vendor and Contract Management: Manages contracts (including issuance of 1099s), office lease agreements, and liability insurance policies while supporting the broader team in procurement and vendor management.
• Grant Finance Reporting: Supports development team with financial information, budgets, and expense tracking related to restricted grants.
• Audit and Compliance: Coordinate and lead the annual independent audit process and 990 tax return preparation, serving as the primary liaison with external auditors and maintaining strong internal controls and safeguards to ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Ensure timely completion of state charitable registrations in coordination with the development team.
• Systems and Policies: Update, implement, and maintain necessary business policies, forms, and accounting practices. Optimize financial systems and software for improved efficiency, strong financial controls, and compliance. Assists staff with using financial systems and processes and fosters financial literacy across the organization.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field - or equivalent experience that can be substituted for a degree
• Experience and in-depth understanding of non-profit or cost accounting bookkeeping and financial management
• Understanding of GAAP and familiarity with audit process
• Strong proficiency with accounting software, including Quickbooks and Sage Intacct
• Proficiency with Excel and the Google Suite, and savvy with using technology and computer programs
• Highly organized and accurate with careful attention to detail
• Collaborates effectively with cross-functional teams to support organizational objectives
• Clear communicator with the ability to create informational materials and translate financial concepts for colleagues without finance backgrounds
• Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills
• Demonstrates integrity, credibility, and discretion in handling sensitive or private information
• A deep commitment to protecting and restoring the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the American West

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPA or equivalent certification is welcome but not required

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Compensation & Benefits

WildEarth Guardians offers a friendly and flexible, team-based environment with an excellent benefits package. Benefits include full health, vision, dental, life, and disability coverage, a 403(b) retirement plan with a 3% match, paid and unpaid health and family leave, a sabbatical policy, sick leave, three weeks paid vacation to start, and fourteen holidays including your birthday. Salary is negotiable based on experience.

ADA Statement

WildEarth Guardians is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, WildEarth Guardians will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact us.

Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Statement

WildEarth Guardians is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, class, sex, gender, sexual orientation, disability, family/marital status, religion or other protected classes. We encourage applications from persons of color, women and LGBTQ+ candidates.

Studies have shown that women, non-binary people, and Black, Indigenous, and other people of color are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet all of the qualifications listed. Guardians will consider lived experience and transferable skills as qualifying unless an item is labeled as required. We are most interested in finding the best candidates for the job. If you think you’d be a great fit for this position, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet 100% of the qualifications.

About WildEarth Guardians

WildEarth Guardians’ mission is to protect and restore the wildlife, wild places, wild rivers, and health of the American West. Headquartered in Santa Fe, NM, the organization has several remote staff throughout the West and has established offices in Missoula, MT, Boise, ID, Portland, OR, and Tucson, AZ. Guardians has a 33-year history of securing environmental protections that safeguard endangered species and other wildlife, advance pioneering supply-side climate policy, restore living rivers, and protect public lands. We do this by pursuing innovative and sustained legal campaigns, advancing bold and creative policy and legislative solutions at both the state and federal levels, and mobilizing grassroots and grasstops constituencies.