Associate, Financial Planning & Analysis

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. • New York, NY

1d • $60,000 - $70,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization. We use law, science, and the support of 3.1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. NRDC was founded in 1970 and our people helped write some of America's bedrock environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act and many of the implementing regulations. Today, our team of more than 700 lawyers, scientists, economists, policy advocates, communications experts, and others work across the United States and the globe from our offices in Beijing; Bozeman, Montana; Chicago; New Delhi; New York; San Francisco; Santa Monica; and Washington, D.C.
NRDC is seeking an Associate, Financial Planning and Analysis to work with the Finance team in our NY office.
The Financial Planning and Analysis Team is part of the Accounting and Finance Department, which reports to the Chief Financial Officer. The team is responsible for i) the development of annual budgets and multi-year forecasts to support strategic decision making and resource allocation across the organization for both NRDC (c3) and NRDC Action Fund (c4) and ii) the enhancement of NRDC’s existing financial management framework, processes, and tools to meet the organization’s evolving needs. In addition, the team provides ongoing reporting and analysis of NRDC’s operating results to the Executive team and the Board of Trustees, and monitors and manages budget variances, liquidity position, and cash flows.
In addition to financial management functional expertise, the ideal candidate should have change management experience, a continuous improvement mindset, and a stakeholder engagement, solution-driven orientation to help drive NRDC’s increasing focus on more strategic, data-driven decision-making, risk management and predictive analysis and the alignment of resource allocation with strategic priorities.
The position you are applying for is part of the bargaining unit represented by The Washington Baltimore News Guild (WBNG / The Newsguild-CWA Local 32035).

Requirements

• BA/BS degree required. Advance degree in business related discipline, CPA, CMA, or CFA a plus
• 0-2 years of finance experience
• Possess strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task and meet deadlines
• Ability to sort/mine large sets of data from multiple data sources to identify trends/variances
• Attention to detail is critical
• Autonomous self-starter with the ability to exercise independent judgment
• Ability to work in cross-team environment; exceptional communication and customer service skills, plus demonstrate ability to perform in a team environment with excellent interpersonal and problem-solving skills
• Proficient in the use of financial management software to include spreadsheets and databases, required. Exposure to Adaptive, Great Plains and Power BI dashboards is a plus
• Able to adapt to changes, including operational processes and new vendor platforms
• Demonstrates a genuine commitment to diversity and an appreciation for different perspectives, experiences, and traditions; passionate about being part of a team culture that reflects equity, diversity, and inclusion in action
• Commitment to NRDC’s mission, values, and DEI principles

Nice To Haves

• Non-profit experience is a plus.
• Working knowledge of the Adaptive and Great Plains software is desirable.
• Exposure to Adaptive, Great Plains and Power BI dashboards is a plus

Responsibilities

• Support the annual budget process and forecasting including preparation and collection of budgets and forecast templates for use by budget owners and organizing financial information and inputs into financial systems
• Maintain approved budget adjustments and reforecast information in the financial systems; ensure that changes flow to end user systems and are timely and accurate
• Prepare and disseminate timely and accurate annual budgets to functional budget owners
• Assist with the production of the monthly and quarterly financial performance and budget reports.
• Monitor and report on occupancy and salary variances; work with HR to resolve headcount budget discrepancies and ensure relevant FTE updates are reflected across finance systems.
• Support analyses of historical budget data and help with providing trend analyses
• Prepare routine journal entries for reclass process
• Maintain, capture, and track budget committee requests, decisions, and supporting documentation throughout the year
• Ensure relevant impact to budgets are captured end to end across financial systems
• Field ad-hoc requests and inquiries from Finance team and Finance stakeholders
• Support with variety of other ad hoc analysis and organization reporting
• Update and document changes to standard operating procedures and system processes within FP&A
• Support the Finance team on key process improvement and enhancement initiatives led by senior Finance leadership.

Benefits

• We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a supportive working environment.
• Salary is based on a nonprofit scale and is commensurate with skills and experience.
• Internal equity will be reviewed and considered to determine a final offer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level