Finance Manager, Finance; MF

The John

D. and Catherine T. Mac Arthur Foundation supports creative people, effective institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. Mac Arthur is placing a few big bets that truly significant progress is possible on some of the world’s most pressing social challenges, including over-incarceration ,global climate change ,nuclear risk , and significantly increasing financial capital for the social sector .

In addition to the MacArthur Fellows Program , the Foundation continues its historic commitments to the role of journalism in a responsible and responsive democracy, as well as the strength and vitality of our headquarters city,Chicago .

Mac Arthur is one of the nation's largest independent foundations. Organizations supported by the Foundation work in about 50 countries. In addition to Chicago, Mac Arthur has offices in India ,Mexico , and Nigeria .

The Office of Finance is responsible for all accounting, banking, payroll, budget, internal control, tax, audit and financial reporting for the Foundation. The Office is also responsible for maintaining the financial enterprise systems and end user support and training on those systems.

The Finance Manager is an integral part of the Financial Planning and Analysis team within the Office of Finance, who has developed a broad knowledge of practices, rules and regulations applicable to private foundations and the nonprofit field. This position supports the established financial policies and procedures in the conduct of everyday operations and is knowledgeable of Foundation policies and procedures regarding all aspects of accounting and finance.

The Finance Manager assists the Director, Financial Planning and Analysis in the maintenance and support of accounting, budget and financial systems and related processes; creates and maintains ad hoc reporting within the ERP system related to both financial and operational data for use by end users across the Foundation; and supports the accounting operations for Lever for Change, an affiliate entity of the Foundation.

In addition to supporting the financial planning and analysis functions within the Office of Finance, the Finance Manager drives change and provides insight into leveraging existing financial systems to improve current processes related to operational transactions, budgeting, and projections, with active contribution of ideas, opinions, and skills toward the achievement of common goals, and partnership with other knowledgeable experts as to what is best for customers and the Foundation.

He/she utilizes reporting capabilities within the ERP system to analyze data at a large scale, is able to critically review a process and its subcomponents and assess which components should be changed to effectuate improvements in the process to increase efficiency, and recognizes when a process has changed and tests the accuracy of the change.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
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• Create and maintain effective reporting and analysis tools to allow for more informed and strategic decision making, including dashboards and scorecards for executive level users. Utilize ERP system to generate key performance indicators and maintain financial modeling tools.
• Create and maintain departmental and functional dashboards for program and department staff to allow for transparent business processes, comprehensive reporting of financial data, and ease of navigation within ERP system.
• Create and maintain accounting and financial reports within the ERP system to accommodate increased automation of reporting internally within the Office of Finance and externally based on customized needs of end-users across the enterprise.
• Responsible for system administration of budget and financial accounting/ERP applications, including systems configuration, workflow and reporting. The system administrator must possess a comprehensive understanding and working knowledge of the finance applications and be able to use the systems to process financial transactions in compliance with Foundation policies and external regulations.
• Partner with Information Technology to support…