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The Nature Conservancy Director, Finance Resource Center (56368-AZ) in Tucson, Arizona
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RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE
- Leads strategic initiatives in collaboration with senior-level stakeholders to ensure they all align effectively with the organization\'s mission and program goals in accordance with short- and long-term objectives.
- Coordinates activities between multiple high-level interdepartmental projects with enterprise-wide impact without directly managing them. Instead, giving detailed attention to program strategy, project delegation, and program implementation.
- Collaborates with stakeholders to enhance performance around training, communications, and support of finance staff across the organization.
- Works toward meeting strategic priorities by developing and managing plans and strategies. Focuses on long-range strategic priorities.
- Works with fellow leaders to establish and evaluate policies and long-term programs.
- Directs the development and implementation of a strategic, integrated, and collaborative approach across the organization.
- Develops and manages budgets, working within budgets, and negotiating and contracting with vendors.
- Decisions may have a program-wide impact and may bind the organization or organizational unit financially and legally.
- Overall management for administrative and professional staff, oversees day-to-day work.
- Ensures programmatic commitments, TNC policies and procedures, financial standards, and legal requirements are met and managed for ethical compliance.
- Participates in formulating and evaluating broad policies, standards, and processes.
- Reports to senior leadership on functional activities.
\ WE\'RE LOOKING FOR YOU
Are you looking for work you can believe in? At TNC we strive to embody a philosophy of Work that You Can Believe in where you can feel like you are making a difference every day. We\'re looking for someone with strong experience in leading a diverse, multi-disciplinary team.\ \ The ideal candidate should have exceptional communication and collaboration skills and experience designing, organizing, and directing complex projects. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the ongoing mission of conservation by directing and shaping the work of our team!
The ideal candidate will have all or some of the qualifications. If you don\'t have all of them, please apply anyway and tell us about your skills and experience:
- Multi-lingual skills and/or multi-cultural experience appreciated.
- Expert knowledge of current and evolving trends in relevant discipline.
- Extensive management experience, including the ability to motivate, lead, set objectives, and manage the performance of a large multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to foster an environment of creativity and professional growth.
- Experience using high levels of patience, perseverance, and political savvy to manage inclusive processes in a highly decentralized environment.
- Successful experience in developing, directing, and managing multiple projects.
- Superb communication and presentation skills.
- Excellent analytical and quantitative skills.
- Experience with GAAP and not-for-profit accounting principles, practices, and regulations, including government grants accounting and reporting.
- Experience working with information management systems and financial reports.
- Technical expert on complex accounting/financial issues.
- MBA.
- Professional certification as a CPA or CIA, or candidacy for same.
\ WHAT YOU\'LL BRING
- Bachelor\'s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related field and 7 years related work experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience recruiting, supervising, developing staff, and directing teams of professionals.
- Experience conceiving and implementing strategic initiatives.
- Experience designing, implementing, and directing multiple complex projects.
- Experience managing the finances of an organization-wide program, including setting goals, analyzing results, and taking corrective actions.
- Experience working with not-for-profit financial and government grants accounting and reporting.
- Extensive experience with GAAP and not-for-profit accounting principles, practices, and regulations.
\ WHAT WE BRING
Since 1951, TNC has been doing work you can believe in. Through grassroots action, we have grown from a small non-profit into one of the most effective and wide-reaching environmental organizations in the world. Thanks to more than 1 million members, over 400 scientists, and the dedicated efforts of our diverse staff and partners, we impact conservation around the world!
TNC offers competitive and comprehensive benefits packages tailored to the individual countries where we work. These may include health care benefits, retirement benefits, parental leave, paid time off, life insurance, and disability coverage as well as an employee assistance program and other life and w