Hybrid Financial Planning & Analysis Manager na Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps · Portland, Estados Unidos Da América · Hybrid
- Professional
- Escritório em Portland
Finance, Accounting, Compliance Portland, Oregon
Description
About Mercy Corps
Mercy Corps is a leading global organization powered by the belief that a better world is possible. In disaster, in hardship, in more than 40 countries around the world, we partner to put bold solutions into action — helping people triumph over adversity and build stronger communities from within. Now, and for the future.
Position Summary
The Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Manager role offers an exciting opportunity for a motivated, innovation-minded and budget-savvy professional to contribute to Mercy Corps’ finance function and support the next phase of financial analysis in the agency.
The FP&A Manager will provide a valuable contribution to all aspects of agency-level financial reporting, forecasting and budgeting, with a focus on global support teams (“administrative” budget holders) and fundraising teams. Reporting to the Senior Director of Business Partnerships, s/he will also work across the global finance teams to support workstreams that bolster the quality of Mercy Corps’ financial forecast data.
The successful candidate will be proactive, thoughtful and inquisitive, someone who has excellent data management skills but also has a clear vision of, and a passion for, the bigger end goal. Ideally, s/he will be used to working in an international environment and fielding frequent requests for support related to budgets and financial information.
Essential Job Responsibilities
PLANNING AND ANALYSIS
● Manage underlying FP&A data in the Grants List with regular updates and quality checks
● Manage monthly report creation and distribution across MCG, MCE and MCNL budget holders
● Coordinate the quarterly forecast process with global support team (“administrative”) budget holders and the fundraising teams
● Manage FP&A projects to move from an entirely Excel-based system to using more dynamic tools within Mercy Corps’ M365 environment, including Power BI, Power Query and Power Automate
● Collaborate with the Financial Systems teams to extract data in a usable form from across Mercy Corps’ various data platforms
● Make recommendations on procedures, processes, and systems to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of financial data
● Design and deliver guidance, tools and trainings for budget managers on budget management and forecasting
● Provide coverage for Senior Director of Business Partnerships when they are on leave
CROSS-TEAM WORKING
● Build and maintain strong working relationships across the organisation at all levels, with a focus on the global Finance teams and budget holders
● Take an agile approach and provide management and colleagues with timely information and analysis to support decision making and strategic objectives
Supervisory Responsibility
None
Accountability
Reports Directly To: Senior Director of Business Partnerships
Works Directly With:
Ï Finance teams, including Corporate Finance and International Finance
Ï Project Management Office (PMO, under the Chief Operating Officer) and Awards Management Team
Ï Administrative and Fundraising budget holders across the agency
Ï Regional Directors, Regional Deputy Directors Programs/Operations, Regional Finance Managers
Accountability to Participants and Stakeholders
Mercy Corps team members are expected to support all efforts toward accountability, specifically to our program participants, community partners, other stakeholders, and to international standards guiding international relief and development work. We are committed to actively engaging communities as equal partners in the design, monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.
Knowledge and Experience
Budget and Financial Experience:
● Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting or equivalent training and/or experience.
● 3+ years Mercy Corps eexperience including knowledge of Finance processes and budget management responsibilities;
Technical Skills:
● Advanced usage of Microsoft Excel
● Experience with financial report preparation, review and quality control
● Demonstrable analytical skills and ability to manage large amounts of data
● Experience in M365 environment strongly preferred; willingness to learn and adopt new tools is required
● Ability to gain understanding of financial reporting systems; FP&A and accounting (general ledger) software knowledge is a plus
Management Experience:
● Demonstrated experience working effectively cross-departmentally in a matrixed structure is a must, including thinking laterally about downstream needs and impacts and understanding other stakeholders’ points of view
● Project management experience leading to a successful project outcome, preferably across multiple teams
● Ability to talk about financial concepts to non-financially-minded people and help them feel comfortable and supported in managing their budgets
● Ability to maintain sensitive information
Success Factors
● Orientation toward improving processes and an innovation mindset is critical to help move FP&A toward more repeatable, meaningful and sophisticated analysis
● Excellent verbal, analytical, organizational and written skills - able to communicate complex information effectively across the organisation and build effective working relationships with Senior Management.
● Persuasive and professional communication skills (written and oral).
● Proactive, flexible, problem-solving approach and ability to think outside the box
● Ability to prioritise workload and work well under pressure. The postholder will be expected to be flexible to perform the role effectively.
● Commitment to, and a clear empathy with, the organisation's aims and values.
Living Conditions / Environmental Conditions
Travel is not an essential element to this role.
Mercy Corps Team members represent the agency both during and outside of work hours when deployed in a field posting or on a visit/TDY to a field posting. Team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and MC's policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all in-country venues.
Ongoing Learning
In support of our belief that learning organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the communities we serve, we empower all team members to dedicate 5% of their time to learning activities that further their personal and/or professional growth and development
Team Engagement and Effectiveness
Achieving our mission starts with how we build our team and collaborate. By bringing together individuals with a variety of experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives, we strengthen our ability to solve complex challenges and drive innovation. We foster a culture of trust and respect, where every team member is valued for their contributions, empowered to reach their full potential, and motivated to do their best work.
We recognize that building a strong and effective team is an ongoing process, and we remain committed to learning, improving, and growing together.
We recognize that building a strong and effective team is an ongoing process, and we remain committed to learning, improving, and growing together.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Mercy Corps is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected under applicable law.
Safeguarding & Ethics
Mercy Corps is committed to ensuring that all individuals we come into contact with through our work, whether team members, community members, program participants or others, are treated with respect and dignity. We are committed to the core principles regarding prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse laid out by the UN Secretary General and IASC. We will not tolerate child abuse, sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment by or of our team members. As part of our commitment to a safe and inclusive work environment, team members are expected to conduct themselves in a professional manner, respect local laws and customs, and to adhere to Mercy Corps Code of Conduct Policies and values at all times. Team members are required to complete mandatory Code of Conduct elearning courses upon hire and on an annual basis.
As a safeguarding measure, Mercy Corps screens all potential US-Based employees. This is done following the conclusion of recruitment and prior to assuming full employment. Our screening process is designed to be transparent and completed in partnership with new Team Members. You will have the opportunity to disclose any prior convictions at the conclusion of the recruitment process before the check is initiated. We ask that you do not disclose any prior convictions in your application materials or during the recruitment process.
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