The Finance Manager provides specialized finance/accounting-related services to Global Strategy teams, colleagues, and partners around the world. This position provides financial management, reporting, and transactional services to coordinate and support the needs and activities of the Resilient Watersheds, Freshwater, Fisheries and Aquaculture teams, in accordance with TNC policies, procedures, and best practices in organizational, donor, and project management requirements. This position requires high-level discretion, the ability to assess issues, advise on best practices, make autonomous decisions, respond to complex questions, and know when to escalate issues to management. A strong sense of customer services is essential. This position is part of the Provide Food and Water Operations, Finance & People team. There is a strong preference for this position to be based in Arlington, VA. Other locations may be negotiable.

The Finance Manager provides private awards management and general financial, accounting and information management services for global conservation teammates and leaders. This includes collaborating on proposals, coordinating the development of budgets and forecasts, tracking and analyzing actuals and variances, maintaining and supporting accounting activities and system processes, preparing reports for staff and donors, coordinating payables, contracts, subawards and other agreements, and ensuring that best practices and organizational policies and commitments are met, accurately and timely. They will provide a high level of expertise in private grant management and reporting and will be a primary point of contact for complex grants across multiple business units within the Conservancy. They will provide financial guidance and assistance to Conservation Managers related to proposals, grants, reporting and budget management and respond to complex employee/management questions and problems based on advanced knowledge of the subject area. They will expeditiously and courteously respond to or route various inquiries from internal and external customers. The duties of the Finance Manager may expand to support additional aspects of global programs, as requested.

• Works toward meeting the strategic priorities of the program by developing and coordinating tactics for approved plans and completing day-to-day tasks.
• Prepares financial reports for program staff, donors and manages the overall finances of initiatives in coordination with the Project Manager.
• Generates and analyzes monthly financial reports and data from the general ledger and other ad hoc financial reports, such as Labor Distribution Reports, monthly contract reports, and tracks spending rates.
• Ensures proper coding of expenses and that invoices are submitted and paid.
• May review financial reports of award sub-grantees.
• In collaboration with the project manager, responsible for costing grant proposals, annual budget preparation, award management, monitoring, and reporting.