The Financial Analyst will report to the Financial Manager, Mission Finance, collaborate closely with the Sr. Financial Analyst, Healthy Communities, and work with staff across departments to insure the timely and accurate execution of financial activities, including serving as a key resource to generate reports using financial systems. This position will be a member of the Mission Finance team within the Enterprise Operations Department, partnering with other Mission Finance, Finance, and Development staff, as well as the Healthy Communities team and relevant workstreams.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute day-to-day financial processes and support financial planning and reporting activities on behalf of Healthy Communities and relevant workstreams.
• Using accounting system data, assist with monthly forecasting and produce monthly reports of actual vs. budget results; update projections; identify, investigate, analyze, and explain variances at the grant and budget levels for income and expense line items; and make corrections as necessary by submitting journal entries.
• Assist Mission Finance and Mission staff in the development of new budget proposals.
• Assist with other organizational and program-specific financial and operational processes, including resolving queries on accounts payable, revenue projections, reviewing and fixing coding issues, drafting grant financial reports for funders, and other matters.
• Participate in advancing EDF’s diversity, equity, and inclusion goals in which people from all backgrounds and experiences feel connected, included, and empowered to address the environmental and organizational challenges in alignment with EDF’s values.
• Generate helpful reports for mission teams by utilizing relevant financial systems.
• Manage one or more grants which supports the work of Healthy Communities and relevant workstreams, as applicable.
• Communicate financial positions with stakeholders including operations staff, project leads, the CFO, etc.
• Ensure proper set up of new grants in financial systems and monitor grant spending against budget.
• Submit and code program invoices, cross-checking them against service agreements, for submission for payment, as applicable.
• Facilitate contract preparation and communication with consultants, as applicable.
• Coordinate the review, approval and submission process for new service and purchasing agreements, as applicable.
• Participate in team meetings and trainings with Enterprise Operations, Healthy Communities, and relevant teams.
• Participate in financial process improvement initiatives across the organization.
• Perform ad-hoc financial analytics that support decision-making on strategic initiatives.
• Additional relevant responsibilities as assigned.