Senior Financial Analyst, Mission Finance

Overall Function

The Senior Financial Analyst, Ag Water & Food will help develop, track, and analyze budgets and fundraising proposals; organize and present financial data for reporting and decision-making; and execute financial processes for the team and their workstreams. This position organizes data, completes financial reports, reviews grants, contracts and subawards, performs financial analysis and projections, reconciles variances, and identifies and resolves any issues. The Senior Financial Analyst will pursue continuous improvement in reporting and processes used to monitor budgets and present moderately complex financial data for decision-making to both financial and non-financial audiences.

The Senior Financial Analyst will report to the Senior Manager, Mission Finance and will be a member of the Mission Finance team within the Enterprise Operations team, partnering with other Mission Finance staff and staff of the Finance and Development teams. Working in EDF’s matrixed environment, the Senior Financial Analyst will ensure the production of timely, accurate, and insightful financial information for various stakeholders.

Duration : This is a two-year fixed-term contract position with full benefits and the possibility of extension.

Location : This is a remote position in the U.S. with a preference for candidates in the EST time zone.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute financial planning, reporting activities, and day-to-day financial processes, including expense reclasses, invoicing, contract financial review, and as needed, updating forecasts on behalf of the Ag Water & Food team and relevant Mission workstreams.
• Submit purchase orders and invoices and ensure the proper coding of expense items for management approval, in collaboration with Operations Coordinators.
• Produce timely month-end reports of actual vs. budget results, ensuring accuracy and completeness and identifying, investigating, analyzing, and explaining variances from budget for income and expense line items.
• Participate in advancing EDF’s organizational effectiveness and culture goals, so people from all backgrounds and experiences feel connected, included and empowered to address environmental and organizational challenges in ways that align with EDF values
• Identify issues in budget management and work with team staff to correct.
• Update salary allocations in budget system to reflect correct funding sources and make adjustments as necessary to budget and actuals.
• Prepare and facilitate fundraising proposal budgets and donor financial reports on awarded revenue.
• Prepare budgets and financial reports for various stakeholders, including Mission staff, internal management, finance staff, and senior operations leads.
• Manage one or more grants, including government grants, and their funds, as applicable.
• Assist in the development of team and workstream annual budget submissions.
• Participate in departmental meetings and trainings with both Enterprise Operations, and other teams.
• Additional relevant responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

We offer a strong total rewards package encompassing competitive salary, robust benefits, and professional development opportunities consistent with a modern global organization. We take into account factors such as candidate experience, skills, training, internal team equity and local norms.

Please note that pay ranges are country specific. As a result, the stated currency is not meant be converted into any other currency.

80,000 - 88,000 USD