Job Overview
Finance Manager, Boston, United States (Hybrid/Remote Options)
Are you an experienced Finance Manager with a profound passion for environmental conservation? Do you thrive in a strategic role where your financial expertise directly supports a mission that protects our planet’s most vital natural resources? The Nature Conservancy (TNC) cordially invites you to join our team in Massachusetts. We’re actively looking for a dynamic financial leader to guide our regional operations and help us achieve ambitious conservation goals. If you’re ready to make a tangible and lasting impact as a Finance Manager, we wholeheartedly encourage you to explore this exceptional opportunity.
What You’ll Achieve with Us as a Finance Manager
You’ll report directly to the State Director, with a dotted line to the Northeast Division Finance Director, and serve as a pivotal member of the Massachusetts Leadership Team. As Finance Manager, you’ll lead crucial financial services for the Massachusetts Business Unit. Specifically, this includes comprehensive financial management, detailed reporting and analysis, and thorough financial data maintenance. You’ll analyze information to drive results, solve complex problems, and consistently act as a strategic partner, advising on resource investment for our conservation objectives. Furthermore, you’ll collaborate closely with our Development team to manage vital funding priorities.
Working hand-in-hand with the State Director, Chapter’s Leadership Team, and program managers, you’ll develop, monitor, manage, and report on the $10.2 million annual operating budget, capital projects, and multi-year sustainability models. Consequently, you’ll manage the Business Unit’s entire budget lifecycle, from leading annual budget development and forecasting future financials to ensuring efficient, clean year-end closings. This is a core responsibility for our next financial manager.
As our Finance Manager, you’ll also ensure stringent financial compliance with TNC policies, legal standards, and regulatory requirements. Indeed, this involves carefully reviewing document accuracy and entering transactions as needed. Therefore, you’ll drive corrective measures and ensure consistency with corporate policies. Occasional travel is, moreover, required for this role.
This position handles highly confidential duties and requires broad, comprehensive knowledge of The Conservancy’s policies. Furthermore, you’ll collaborate closely with Finance, Accounting, Grants, and Operations staff across other chapters, divisions, and even global offices, serving as a key financial leader.
This is a full-time, hybrid position. Ideally, you’ll be located in Massachusetts (with regular, as-needed travel to our Boston office). However, we will definitely consider remote candidates who can commit to regular travel to Massachusetts.
Remote Finance Manager
Why This Finance Manager Role Is For You
Are you looking for work you can genuinely believe in? At TNC, we champion “Work that You Can Believe in,” where you feel like you’re making a profound difference every single day. We’re actively seeking someone with exceptional communication and collaboration skills, plus proven experience in financial data administration, maintenance, and reporting. Your expertise as a financial controller or senior accountant will be highly valued.
This presents an exciting opportunity to contribute significantly to conservation in a strategic finance role. Specifically, your responsibilities will include:
- Distributing and reviewing finance performance reports monthly with budget managers to ensure goal tracking, and developing additional analysis as needed.
- Applying an advanced understanding of TNC finance and Massachusetts strategy to diverse situations to conduct analyses and evaluate results.
- Developing the annual forecasting & budgeting process.
- Presenting financial information to the Board of Trustees as needed.
- Maintaining financial data, including journal entries, adjustments, and cash receipting entries.
- Preparing executive-level financial presentations for senior management.
- Preparing financial models and providing ad-hoc financial analysis.
- Ensuring TNC policies and procedures and financial standards requirements are met.
- Ensuring donor intent compliance. You’ll coordinate closely with fundraising staff for high-level accounting analyses, providing input on campaign tracking, proposals, and strategy. Furthermore, you’ll partner with Development staff to coordinate donor financial reporting and manage private awards.
- With the Director of Operations & Culture, you’ll oversee the chapter’s accounts payable process and approve payables. You’ll work with the Operations Coordinator to allocate expenses and ensure timely payments.
- You’ll oversee the chapter’s contractual agreements and public awards to ensure compliance.
- You’ll provide orientation and training in budgeting, accounting policies and procedures, grants administration, and financial analysis, effectively acting as a resource for staff on all financial issues.
- You may, moreover, supervise one or more administrative or professional staff in this Finance Manager position.
What You’ll Bring to Our Finance Team
We’re looking for candidates with:
- A Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration and 5 years’ related experience, or an equivalent combination.
- Solid experience with accounting principles, practices, and regulations.
- Proven experience recruiting, supervising, and developing staff.
- Expertise with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles).
Salary Information for this Finance Manager Position
The starting pay range for this position in the USA generally falls between $100,500 and $133,000. Importantly, this range exclusively applies to US-based candidates. Actual pay, however, depends on various factors, including location, qualifications, specific skills, and experience. Please note, countries outside the USA will have a different pay range in local currency, not tied to US pay. We will, of course, confirm your geographic location during recruitment.
Who We Are
The Nature Conservancy’s mission is to protect the lands and waters upon which all life depends. As a science-based organization, we develop innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world’s toughest challenges, ultimately aiming to create a world where people and nature thrive. Our Mission grounds us, and our Values, including a Commitment to Diversity and Respect for People, Communities, and Cultures, guide us. For deeper insights into TNC, check out our TNC Talent playlist on YouTube or on Glassdoor.
Our goal is to cultivate an inclusive work environment where all colleagues feel a strong sense of belonging and value their unique contributions. We ultimately achieve our Mission by hiring a diverse workforce that truly reflects our communities. We recognize that people bring unique talents beyond traditional job paths. Therefore, diversity of experience and skills, combined with passion, is key to innovation and inclusion! Please apply – we’d absolutely love to hear from you. As countless TNC staff members frequently say, “you’ll join for our mission, and you’ll stay for our people.”
What We Offer
Since 1951, TNC has consistently delivered work you can believe in. Through grassroots action, we’ve grown from a small non-profit into one of the most effective environmental organizations globally. Thanks to over 1 million members, more than 400 scientists, and the dedicated efforts of our diverse staff and partners, we profoundly impact conservation worldwide!
TNC offers a competitive, comprehensive benefits package. This notably includes health care benefits, flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) plan with an 8% employer match, parental leave, accrued paid time off, life insurance, disability coverage, an employee assistance program, and various other life and work well-being benefits. Learn more about our Benefits and Perks here.
We pride ourselves on offering a flexible work environment that robustly supports our employees’ health and well-being.
The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our commitment to diversity recognizes that diverse backgrounds best advance our conservation mission. Indeed, recruiting and mentoring staff to create an inclusive organization remains a top priority, and we strongly encourage applicants from all cultures, races, colors, religions, sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military, protected veteran status, or other status protected by law.
The successful applicant must meet the requirements of The Nature Conservancy’s background screening process.
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FAQs: Your Finance Manager Questions Answered
Q: Is this position fully remote or hybrid? A: This is primarily a hybrid position with an ideal location in Massachusetts, requiring regular travel to the Boston office. However, we may consider remote candidates who can commit to regular travel to Massachusetts.
Q: What is the typical salary range for this Finance Manager position? A: The starting pay range for this role in the USA is generally between $100,500 and $133,000, depending on location, qualifications, and experience.
Q: What level of financial experience does TNC require? A: We require a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or Business Administration with 5 years of related experience, including expertise in GAAP and accounting principles.
Q: What kind of benefits does TNC offer? A: TNC provides a comprehensive benefits package including health care, 401(k) with an 8% employer match, paid time off, parental leave, and more.
Q: How does TNC support diversity and inclusion? A: TNC actively seeks to cultivate an inclusive work environment and encourages applications from all diverse backgrounds, believing it strongly strengthens our mission.
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