The Senior Financial Analyst, People and Nature will help develop, track, and analyze budgets and fundraising proposals; organize and present financial data for reporting and decision-making; and execute financial processes for the Climate Resilient Water Systems workstream of the People and Nature team. This position organizes data, completes financial reports, reviews grants, contracts and subawards, performs financial analysis and projections, reconciles variances, and identifies and resolves any issues. The Senior Financial Analyst will pursue continuous improvement in reporting and processes used to monitor budgets and present moderately complex financial data for decision-making to both financial and non-financial audiences.

The Senior Financial Analyst will report to the Senior Finance Director, People and Nature and will be a member of the Mission Finance team within the Enterprise Operations Department, partnering with other Mission Finance staff and staff of the Finance and Development Departments. Working in EDF’s matrixed environment, the Senior Financial Analyst will ensure the production of timely, accurate, and insightful financial information for various stakeholders.

Location: This is a remote position with a preference for candidates in Central or Mountain Time Zones.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute financial planning and reporting activities as well as lead day-to-day financial processes, including expense reclasses, invoicing, contract financial review, ensuring correct coding of expenses, and as needed updating forecasts on behalf of the People and Nature’s Climate Resilient Water Systems workstream.
• Produce timely month-end reports of actual vs. budget results, ensuring accuracy and completeness and investigating, analyzing, and explaining variances from budget for income and expense line items.
• Identify issues in budget management and work with workstream staff to correct.
• Prepare and facilitate fundraising proposal budgets and donor financial reports on awarded revenue.
• Prepare budgets and financial reports for various stakeholders, including Mission staff, internal management, finance staff, and senior operations leads.
• Manage one or more grants, including government grants, and their funds, as applicable.
• Collaborate with project, Finance, and Mission Operations staff on producing monthly forecasting, the development of annual budgets, and grant proposals and reports.
• Assist in the development of department and workstream annual budget submissions.
• Participate in departmental meetings and trainings with both Enterprise Operations and People and Nature’s Climate Resilient Water Systems workstream.
• 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.
• Perform additional relevant responsibilities as assigned.