New York, Any
Head of Finance and Operations
Reports to: Director of People and Operations
Location: Remote — all time zones within GMT ± 5 hrs
Climate Catalyst is a new organisation established to secure ambitious national policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, by working with civil society organisations driving change, businesses and investors, and new champions for climate action.
Climate Catalyst is a new international organisation, established to secure new national government policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by working with civil society organisations driving change, businesses and investors, and new champions for climate action.
We are currently seeking a Head of Finance and Operations to work with us in building exceptional organizational processes and standards. You will play a key role in designing and implementing our organizational systems, processes, and financial infrastructure. The ideal candidate has worked with start-ups — either for profit or non-profit — and has experience in both financial management as well as general operational activities.
About The Role
The overall remit of this role is to:
- Support in building and overseeing organizational operations across finance, sytems, and people.
- Build full financial controls and management across monthly reconciliation, annual forecasting and scenario planning, and sub-grant budget management.
- Manage day to day operations with fiscal sponsor and employment service providers.
- Ensure team is properly set up and supported to use remote-first systems in a consistent and effective way.
What You Will Do
Create Foundations for Sound Financial Health
- Design end to end financial processes and systems including internal controls, monthly reconciliation, and internal and external reporting practices
- Create annual and multi-year forecasts, with low, medium and high scenarios, in partnership with the Director of Fundraising
- Consistently review organizational costs and identify areas for efficiencies and cost savings
- Work closely with the Director of National Partnerships and Head of Regrants to create and manage the annual re-granting payment release calendar and manage budget related questions from partners
- Lead on financial reporting to internal and external stakeholders including Leadership Team, Board of Directors and Funders.
Design Systems for Remote-First Teams
- Work with Director of People and Operations to refine the full suite of tools needed for remote first teams and support in implementation and management, to support effective and streamlined organizational operations
- Identify training needs of the team and ensure all team members are set up to use tools effectively and in accordance with policies
- Define policies across finances and software usage as needed
- Audit software and systems on a consistent basis to ensure that they are serving the team and overall needs
Supporting in Building a Culture First Organization
- Support in implementing annual learning cycle
- Support in creating guides and materials on behalf of the Operations Team
- Support in implementing annual organizational engagement surveys
What You Would Bring
- Experience building financial flows and controls for a new organization or initiative — and a set of tools and processes you deploy
- Track record of creating clear and compelling reports to distill financial information for varying audiences
- Experience in developing organizational policies and auditing their success
- Strong understanding of the main workstreams for organizational operations
- Experience in defining objectives, and key results (OKRs) and tracking their progress
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Strong communication skills and high level of fluency in written and spoken English.
How You Work
- Objective focussed and detail oriented
- Eager to collaborate and solve challenges
- Team player and true champion of your colleagues
- Active listener
- Humble, with low ego and ready to roll up your sleeves
- Committed to our values of courage, collaboration, diversity and learning
Additional Information
- Currently, our main working language is English. Fluency in another language is highly valued.
- This position may require travel when and if it is safe to do so.
- If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment tasks or otherwise participating in the interview process, please inform us of that in the relevant application section.
Diversity at Climate Catalyst
Climate Catalyst aims to design inclusive strategies to meet our objectives. We recognise that the only way to deliver on that is to build a diverse team made up of people with varying backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We encourage people from historically marginalised and currently under-represented groups in the climate movement, to apply to work with us.
Climate Catalyst is a project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc. (RPA). RPA is an equal opportunity employer.
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