Senior Manager, Industry Specialty Services

BDO USA • New York, NY

2h

About The Position

BDO is a growth-oriented management consulting practice dedicated to building the capacity of the nonprofit sector. The firm partners with nonprofit and philanthropic clients to help them attain operational excellence, ensure financial sustainability, and effectively achieve their desired impact. As a Senior Manager in BDO’s Industry Specialty practice, you will provide professional services sensitive to the needs and values of both nonprofit organizations and their funders. This role offers opportunities to develop and refine existing services. In addition to working with funders as clients, you will directly assist on-the-ground nonprofits in building their finance and infrastructure capacity, ensuring services for funders are informed by current grantee realities. The role requires an independent and multi-talented professional with deep experience in philanthropic finance and operations, change management, and a consulting mindset.

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
• Primarily participates in and leads funder engagements such as: Co-developing critical infrastructure systems and processes including grants management, accounting, investments and operations
• Primarily participates in and leads funder engagements such as: 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

Benefits

• flexibility
• opportunities for advancement
• comprehensive compensation
• Total Rewards benefits offerings
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• annual allocation to the ESOP is fully funded by BDO through investments in company stock
• chance to grow their wealth over time as their shares vest and grow in value with the firm’s success, with no employee contributions
• BDO Total Rewards

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees