Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization seeking a Director Disaster Finance Response to lead its Domestic Disaster Finance Response Team. The role oversees financial infrastructure, purchasing processes, financial controls, planning, forecasting, reporting, technology improvements, and support for domestic disaster relief operations.
Responsibilities
- Review financial data analysis related to operations, business performance, opportunities, investments, etc
- Direct financial analysis projects, forecasting, and statistical studies
- Ensure that all reports and disclosures comply with applicable governmental regulations, professional standards, and organizational policies
- Direct employees engaged in the preparation and distribution of periodic financial statements
- Support domestic disaster with agile and quick purchasing and financial tools/systems while ensuring strong financial controls
- Lead team in applying newer technologies for continuous improvement in efficiency and effectiveness
- Ensure the more expensive domestic disaster relief operations are well-supported by the finance department for the response phase of the disaster and facilitate transition to next phase
- Establish operating policies and procedures that affect departments and subordinate sections and work units
- Interpret company-wide policies and procedures
- Develop budgets, schedules, and performance standards for the Disaster Finance Response team as well as support domestic disaster purchasing tools and, very importantly, financial controls
- Partner with Disaster Cycle Services to create budgets for the response phase of disaster relief operations and then proactively analyze and report on spend against those budgets and forecast the final response cost usually on an at least weekly schedule
- Must travel to and participate in meetings and conferences throughout the Red Cross system (estimated 1-2 weeks per year)
- Will be required to travel to occasional meetings (approximately one to two weeks per year) and must be available to travel and deploy to at least one large disaster relief operation for an additional two weeks each year
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field required
- Minimum 7 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required
- 5 years of management experience
- Demonstrated proficiency in planning and overseeing analytical programs and tactical activities including purchasing tools and controls
- Ability to determine client and customer requirements and translate requirements into organizational plans
- Exercise sound judgement in complex situations with competing interests
- Apply financial acumen to all initiatives
- Adapt to constantly changing situations with flexible and creative approaches
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
- Proficiency in use of Personal Computer, word-processing, spreadsheet applications (specifically Excel), and database applications when applicable
- Ability to work on a team
- Three to four weeks travel per year
- Must travel to and participate in meetings and conferences throughout the Red Cross system (estimated 1-2 weeks per year)
- Will be required to travel to occasional meetings (approximately one to two weeks per year) and must be available to travel and deploy to at least one large disaster relief operation for an additional two weeks each year
- This is a very fast paced position that will often require working during non-standard hours at no-notice due to disasters
- Combination of candidate's education and general experience satisfies requirements so long as the total years equate to description's minimum education and general experience years combined (Management experience cannot be substituted)
- Employee must be able to travel by air, train, or vehicle for long distances
- During disaster deployments, employee must be able to thrive in agile environments with long work hours and uncomfortable sleeping situations including shelters with cots
- CPA and MBA may be preferred
- Experience with Microsoft Power Query, Power BI, and Python or similar systems are preferred
Benefits
- 100% Remote: Candidates Can Live Anywhere in the US.
- Medical, Dental Vision plans
- Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
- PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure
- Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
- 401K with up to 6% match
- Paid Family Leave
- Employee Assistance
- Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
- Service Awards and recognition
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