Director, Finance

Summary

Join the National Safety Council as a Director, Finance and contribute to our mission of saving lives and preventing injuries. This role oversees all FP&A activities, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis. You will lead the day-to-day finance operations, manage the finance team, and support strategic planning initiatives. The position requires strong FP&A expertise, experience with financial systems, and excellent communication skills. This is a remote position offering a competitive salary and benefits package. The ideal candidate will possess a bachelor's degree and 8-10 years of relevant experience (or 12 years of experience in lieu of a degree), with an MBA preferred. The hiring process involves an assessment, followed by two interviews.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and at least 8 to 10 years of relevant experience
• In lieu of education, at least 12 years of relevant experience
• Proficiency in FP&A activities, incl. budgeting, forecasting, and variance reporting
• Ability to partner and collaborate across functions to support the business
• Ability to think strategically
• Ability to work closely with Accounting to develop strategies that enhance Finance and Accounting capabilities
• Experience with financial system implementation and maintenance
• Subject matter expertise in GAAP, including knowledge of financial reporting and specific requirements related to non-profit organizations
• Knowledge and application of financial and internal controls
• Experience with Salesforce.com, Sage Intacct, and Workday Adaptive Planning
• Strong ability to evaluate processes and systems, develop recommendations to improve effectiveness and efficiency, and implement changes
• Senior-level writing and presentation skills

Responsibilities

• Ownership of the NSC annual budgeting process, including scheduling of all budget activities to meet Board deadlines, partnership with the business to support decision making, analysis of financials to provide direction to the business, and development of presentation materials to deliver to senior management and the Board
• Enhance and manage the quarterly forecasting process for the organization
• Engage with Accounting team on variance analysis in understanding progress against expectations. Enhance/Re-define reporting templates to deliver results to senior management and the Board
• Support the annual Strategic Planning activities of the business
• Maintain corporate allocations methodology in conjunction with Accounting to deliver fair, equitable, and consistent allocations to the business
• Utilize available system resources to develop KPI’s and perform data analytics that will deliver intel that drives business decisions
• Support business owners to develop strategic investment analyses that will support decisions through ROI. Utilize analytics to help the business make portfolio-level decisions on investment opportunities
• Support business owners through pricing analysis to ensure new products are properly budgeted
• Support M&A activities
• Ensure that utilization of tools (Adaptive, other) is maximized through training and support for the organization
• Look for opportunities to expand use of tools to enhance productivity
• Explore opportunities (AI, other) to drive efficiencies through automation of transaction-level tasks across Finance and Accounting
• Lead and develop the finance team, providing guidance, performance feedback, and professional development to ensure high-quality financial analysis and reporting

Preferred Qualifications

MBA

Benefits

• At least 20 PTO days accrued 1 st year and 11 paid holidays
• Flexible work arrangements
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
• Flex spending accounts for medical and dependent care
• 403(b) & Roth 403(b)  with employer match up to 6%
• Reimbursable training
• Dress for your day