Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. NEXT Recruitment & Consulting is seeking a Finance Director for the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA), a leader in mountain bike advocacy. The role involves overseeing all accounting and financial reporting functions, ensuring compliance and financial health, while also mentoring a small team.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the CEO on financial strategy and provide sound financial analysis and recommendations
- Lead the annual organizational budgeting process in alignment with strategic and operational goals
- Develop, track, and refine financial reporting, dashboards, and automations
- Evaluate and improve financial systems and tools to enhance efficiency and scalability
- Supervise a small staff
- Demonstrate empathy for the diverse challenges across departments and functions within the organization
- Oversee all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems, ensuring compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and relevant regulatory requirements
- Manage the full-cycle, timely, and accurate month-end and year-end close processes, including journal entries, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation (e.g., Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Activities, and Statement of Cash Flows)
- Maintain a comprehensive system of accounting records and an organized filing system for all accounting documents
- Analyze financial data and present monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports accurately and in a timely manner to senior leadership and the Board
- Generate and distribute detailed department-level financial reports to budget managers, providing actionable insights into spending, performance, and budget adherence
- Serve as the primary liaison with external auditors, managing the annual financial statement and Single Audit processes, including assembling documentation, preparing schedules, and coordinating with staff
- Ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal tax filings and reporting requirements, including preparation of the annual Form 990
- Oversee all financial, program, and grants accounting to ensure expenditures align with grant and program budgets
- Manage restricted fund accounting to ensure all incoming grants and donor funds are properly recorded, classified, and used according to donor intent and FASB/IRS guidelines
- Lead the annual budgeting and planning process, administer the approved financial plan, and conduct variance analysis comparing actual results to budget
- Prepare timely and accurate financial reports for government, corporate, and foundation grants
- Oversee financial systems and software integration projects, ensuring efficient data flow and integrity across platforms
- Maintain a robust system of internal controls and fiscal policies to mitigate risk and ensure compliance
- Demonstrate expertise in QuickBooks Online (QBO)
- Process or oversee payroll and related tax filings; experience with ADP preferred
- Manage expense reporting and reimbursement processes; experience with Expensify preferred
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
- 5+ years of progressively responsible accounting experience, including significant time in a Controller or Assistant Controller role, preferably in the nonprofit sector
- Expert knowledge of nonprofit accounting principles, fund accounting, and compliance requirements (e.g., GAAP, IRS regulations)
- Proven experience supervising and mentoring accounting staff
- Advanced proficiency with accounting software, particularly QuickBooks Online (QBO)
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret strategic data
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency in Excel and standard office software
- Experience with ADP payroll and Expensify (or similar expense management systems)
- Experience working with complex charts of accounts
- Experience with accounting functions within CRM donor databases and project management software
- Experience managing credit card processing and merchant services systems
Benefits
- Remote flexibility
- Generous paid holidays
- Sick time
- Unlimited PTO
- Medical, dental, vision
- Life and long-term disability insurance
- A 401(k) retirement plan is offered, along with an employer match
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