Portfolio Manager Fellow

The Fund for the City of New York seeks a Portfolio Manager Fellow in its Partner Project Program for a one-year fellowship opportunity.

The Partner Project Program provides comprehensive administrative, operational and financial management support to over 100 nonprofit partners with a broad range of missions. The Portfolio Manager Fellow will assist the Portfolio Management team with financial analysis and data analysis and provide analytical support.

Qualifications

The successful candidate must be flexible, dedicated and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Qualifications include:

• Either currently in a graduate program or a recent (within 2 years) graduate from an undergraduate or graduate program.
• Related work experience in nonprofit organizations or government agencies is a plus.
• Knowledge of financial management and budgeting tools.
• Proficient in Excel, including the ability to use formulas and create new templates.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to write clearly.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain relationships.
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and also independently.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to establish priorities and manage multiple demands and projects.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Knowledge of grants management and/or government contracting processes is a plus.
• Knowledge of Salesforce and Tableau is a plus.

This position requires the candidate to be in the office at least three times a week, with the potential for more often if work policies change.

Salary Range for this position is $50,000 - $55,000, depending on past education and experience.

Fund for the City of New York:

The Fund for the City of New York (www.fcny.org) was established by the Ford Foundation in 1968 with the mandate to improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers. For over five decades, in partnership with government agencies, nonprofit institutions and foundations, the Fund has developed and helped to implement innovations in policy, programs, practices and technology in order to advance the functioning of government and nonprofit organizations in New York City and beyond.

The Fund seeks out, adapts, applies and assesses ways to enable government and nonprofit agencies to achieve excellence through its core programs - Cash Flow Loans, Partner Project Program, the Sloan Public Service Awards, the Sloan Awards for Excellence in Teaching Science and Mathematics and the Community Planning Fellowship.