Senior Analyst, FPA

Background:

Over the past 80 years, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has developed unparalleled expertise in responding to emergencies and helping uprooted communities to rebuild. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster.

The IRC is on the ground in more than 40 countries, providing emergency relief, relocating refugees and rebuilding lives in the wake of disaster. Through offices in cities across the United States, the IRC also helps refugees and other immigrants resettle in the U.S. and become self-sufficient. The IRC is committed to a culture of bold leadership, innovation in all aspects of our work, creative partnerships and, most crucially, accountability to those we serve.

If you like a challenge and are strategic-minded and creative, join our team!

Job Overview:

The Finance Manager, FP&A for Global Operations functions will report to the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, Global operations. We are looking for a financial professional who has experience in budget development and management and can serve as a strategic finance partner. This role will require strong interpersonal skills and organization, as the team collaborates heavily across finance, HR, IT, public fundraising, strategy and other department teams.

Major Responsibilities:

• Crafting strategies to optimize assigned department’s budgets and spending
• Providing financial analysis, reports, and strategic feedback to facilitate high-level decision-making by functional and FP&A management
• Oversee spending patterns and implementing measures to promote adherence to budgets and ensuring assigned departments are maintaining budget methodologies to ensure good financial standing of organization
• Coordinate data and understand business requirements to build and maintain templates and models to enable budget and forecast processes
• Ensure partnership between the FP&A and assigned client group in developing annual budget and forecast process
• Generate and analyze monthly actuals reports for assigned departments and identify risks and opportunities
• Identify and implement opportunities to use IRC’s financial data and systems to improve modeling, reporting and analytics capabilities
• Support the continued development and implementation of software and systems that enable FP&A delivery
• Train new financial, program and operations management staff on IRC’s budget policies, processes and financial systems
• Provide ad hoc finance decision support on critical initiatives, including the development of business cases for new projects or funding areas

Job Requirements:

Work Experience:

• Approximately 3-6 years of working experience in budgeting, finance, data analytics, or equivalent
• Minimum 2 years working as a business partner for an operations function, such as HR, IT, strategy, or other

Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:

• Advanced skills with Microsoft Excel and all MS Office applications
• Ability to manage large data sets and think strategically to generate and communicate insight from data and analyses
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and diplomatic skills: the ability to collaborate closely with colleagues in a diverse multi-cultural environment and explain sophisticated financial concepts to people without financial background

Preferred experience & skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Business Administration, Finance, Data Analytics, or equivalent
• Ability to apply creative problem-solving
• Experience with cloud-based planning tools, data visualization tools such as PowerBI and ERP systems is desirable

Working Environment:

• Standard office working environment
• This role may require working remotely full or part time, and part time remote employees may be required to share workspace

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way -Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Equality, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and implements policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.