Position Summary

Galvanize USA is looking for a Director of Finance to manage core functions across finance and compliance for a multi-entity nonprofit organization. We are looking for someone who takes seriously their commitment to financial health and best practices, while also cultivating empowered leadership across the organization. Currently, we are a fiscally sponsored project, which will require close partnership with our sponsors. In the event that we establish additional and/or independent entities, the Director of Finance will be responsible for designing and building robust financial systems and processes, including identifying and hiring capable team members and consultants. This role may evolve to have supervisory responsibilities.

Responsibilities and Tasks 

• Finance
  • Lead the annual budget planning process
  • Ensure completion of monthly financial reports reconciliation and support month-end and year-end close processes
  • Regularly provide budgetary forecasts, including calculating and analyzing budget variances, advising senior staff on cause, potential impact, and possible solutions
  • Improve systems for disseminating departmental budget updates, in service of increased budget authorization among the leadership team
  • Maintain, oversee, and optimize the organization's financial management tools, vendors, systems, and policies to enforce internal controls, mitigate risk, and enhance the accuracy of reporting
  • Partner with the Development team to track, monitor, and project incoming revenue
  • Support the development of foundation budget proposals (including programmatic budgets), monitoring funding allocation to grants, and grant spenddown 
  • Review and approve the team’s credit card reconciliation reports with an eye towards internal expense policies
• Contract Operations & Vendor Management
  • Collaborate with and direct fiscal sponsor’s financial analysts, and/or outside bookkeepers and other consultants
  • Oversee contract execution and accounts payable processes
• Compliance
  • Manage the financial complexities of multi-entity structures, including proper staff and expense allocation between 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and other entities and maintaining required firewall compliance
  • Stay current on regulatory changes affecting advocacy organizations and implement necessary adjustments to financial processes and reporting
  • Support and reinforce staff trainings and socialization efforts to increase staff’s knowledge and confidence on compliance matters related to financial management, tax status, and election regulations
• Miscellaneous
  • All employees of Hopewell Fund are required to complete timesheets every two weeks.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications, Education, and Experience

• 8-10 years in nonprofit and/or campaign operations 
• Experience working across multiple entities, including 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and 527 organizations
• Experience managing financial operations for dual-entity nonprofit structures
• Experience with budget development and management
• Experience with grant management and multi-funder reporting requirements
• Proficiency in large-scale financial report/accounting software platforms, such as QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, or Xero, as well as Excel and Google Sheets

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Proven detail-oriented management skills, including financial process management and vendor relationship oversight
• Demonstrated ability to manage details, solve problems, and follow through on assignments with minimal direct supervision
• Organizes and plans financial processes while enforcing compliance policies and regulatory requirements
• Engaging approach to organizational financial leadership, ensuring that team members across the organization feel confident, supported, and empowered to make decisions with financial impacts
• Demonstrated ability to be entrusted with sensitive financial information and conduct daily activities with the utmost professionalism and integrity

Valued and Non-Essential Characteristics

• Familiarity with fiscal sponsorship models and/or experience with a fiscal sponsorship transition 
• Direct experience with NGPVAN/EveryAction tools
• Formal education or training in accounting, finance, or compliance.

Compensation & Benefits

The starting salary range for this position is $135,000-143,000. Placement within this band will be determined based on years of prior experience and relevant skills. Galvanize USA also offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes 100% employer-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families. Employees are able to enroll in the 401k retirement plan and are eligible for a 3% automatic contribution and up to a 3% employer match on 401k contributions. Employees are also eligible for pre-tax transportation benefits. Employees will receive 120 hours of vacation time, 80 hours of health leave, up to 2 days of casual leave, and 20 hours of volunteer leave annually. Employees will also receive 13 paid holidays throughout the calendar year. Employees are eligible for 12 weeks of paid family and medical leave after 90 days of employment.

How to Apply

Submit a resume and reply to the custom application questions.  Preference given to applications submitted before April 17.

About Galvanize USA

Galvanize USA is a nonpartisan civic empowerment program for women who want to help build an America that works for everyone - white, Black, and brown. Women who participate in Galvanize USA programming gain confidence, knowledge, and skills to more fully and authentically engage in civic life. We believe in unlocking the power of every woman to advance progress for all. 

The person holding this position will also work part-time for a coordinated project, Galvanize Action, in the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a 501(c)(4) organization, under a resource sharing agreement between the Hopewell Fund and Sixteen Thirty Fund. The responsibilities under that position will be overseen by Sixteen Thirty Fund. Galvanize Action identifies, engages, and moves moderate women in rural, small town, and suburban America to reliably support progress. To learn more visit galvanizeaction.org.

Hiring Statement

Galvanize USA is a project of Hopewell Fund, a 501(c)(3) public charity that incubates new and innovative public-interest projects and grant-making programs. Hopewell Fund is committed to attracting, developing and retaining exceptional people, and to creating a work environment that is dynamic, rewarding and enables each of us to realize our potential. Hopewell Fund’s work environment is safe and open to all employees and partners, respecting the full spectrum of race, color, religious creed, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, political affiliation, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and all other classifications protected by law in the locality and/or state in which you are working. 

E-Verify

Hopewell participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with employees’ Form I-9 information to confirm authorization to work in the United States. Job candidates and  employees authorized to work may not be discriminated against on the basis of national origin or citizenship status.