Senior Manager, Industry Specialty Services

BDO USA•New York, NY

About The Position

BDO's Core Purpose is Helping People Thrive Every Day. Our Core Values reflect how we manage our work, our relationships and ourselves. As an employee of the firm, you will live true to our Core Values of people first, being exceptional every day in every way, embracing change, feeling empowered through knowledge, and choosing accountability. Our Core Values are the standards by which we conduct ourselves day in and day out, both internally and externally. BDO is a growth-oriented management consulting practice dedicated to building the capacity of the nonprofit sector. We partner with our nonprofit and philanthropic clients to help them attain operational excellence, ensure financial sustainability and effectively achieve their desired impact. Our collaborative approach includes client input and involvement at each stage of an engagement. As a Senior Manager in BDO’s Industry Specialty practice, you will provide professional services that are sensitive to the needs and values of both nonprofit organizations and funders that support them. You will also have opportunities to develop and refine the services we currently offer. In addition to working with funders as clients, you will work directly with on-the-ground nonprofits to help them build their finance and infrastructure capacity. We recognize how important our work with nonprofits is in ensuring our services for funders are informed by current grantee realities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree, required
Eight or more years of progressive experience performing or overseeing finance, operations, and grants management at a grantmaking organization or professional services firm with grantmaking clients, required
Proven success leading change management initiatives, required
Experience with accounting systems and nonprofit accounting principles, required
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel and Power Point, required
Effective project management skills (on time and on budget delivery)
Possess strong verbal and written communication skills – and effectively lead cross collaboration efforts
Demonstrated creative, critical and strategic thinking in past positions
Ability to travel

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in Philanthropy, Nonprofit, Business, or Public Administration, preferred
Track record of effective facilitation and/or training, preferred
Experience with 501(c)(4) grantmaking or operations, preferred
Experience at nonprofit organizations, preferred

Responsibilities

Leads complex client projects in accordance with the BDO approach to service delivery
Primarily participates in and leads funder engagements such as: Analyzing current processes, systems, and procedures and making recommendations to ensure best practices while keeping abreast of changing regulatory environments
Co-developing critical infrastructure systems and processes including grants management, accounting, investments and operations
Training and coaching staff on finance and infrastructure
Leads and participates in similar nonprofit engagements
Ensures quality of project deliverables
Evaluates performance on client engagements
Develops and maintains current and new client relationships, including relationships with foundations, collaborative partner organizations, and direct service providers
Deepens partnerships with philanthropy-serving organizations (PSOs) and other intermediaries
Co-develops tools and collateral materials for business development purposes
Facilitates and contributes to internal processes to support Grantmaker Advisory’s business development efforts
Actively engages with team to refine the Grantmaker Advisory service development strategy
Identifies opportunities, advocates for new services, and leads their development
Pursues ways to make engagements more efficient and impactful
Maintains ongoing knowledge of key developments and acts as subject matter expert in areas over which interested and experienced
Monitors key performance indicators
Leads efforts to support skill building of colleagues to provide effective infrastructure support to grantmaking organizations
Maintains ongoing knowledge of key developments within the philanthropic sector and act as subject matter expert
Directly supervises colleagues on projects
Participates in recruiting and onboarding activities
Other duties as assigned