Senior Advisor, External Reporting & Analytics; P4

Senior Advisor, External Reporting & Analytics (P4) The Role

As the Senior Advisor, External Reporting & Analytics, you'll be integral to our work in helping vulnerable children achieve a brighter future. You will be responsible for managing financial processes to support accurate and timely financial statements, tax preparation, and agency management reporting. You will also be a resource for the Finance Division, providing guidance on policy, procedures and accounting processes, and producing reports and analyses.

Additionally, you will provide accounting and control expertise, develop analytical reporting, and participate in process improvement and transformation initiatives related to financial reporting, audit, and tax compliance.

Hybrid - Washington DC, Fairfield, CT or Lexington, KY office locations

* not inclusive of all role responsibilities. May be subject to change

• Manage financial reporting and tax return preparation processes with external auditors and internally
• Facilitate prepared by client list (PBC) for external audit and prepare, review and analyze financial statements and related schedules
• Review reconciliations for compliance with audit requirements and prepare monthly variance analysis
• Facilitate schedule preparation for tax return process and provide advisory services to the team
• Complete impact assessments and project plans for implementing FASB Accounting Standards Update for Not-for-Profit accounting
• Assist in Single Audit support including schedule of expenditure of federal awards (SEFA).
• Facilitate with counterparts in Save the Children International (SCI) on the Foreign Recipient Audit (FRA) and ensure reconciled

• Prepare, review and update of the functional expense allocation on periodic basis
• Analyze functional expenses, discuss with relevant stakeholders and identify improvement opportunities
• Assist in balance sheet review processes and connect with other stakeholders to address reconciling items
• Collaborate with Financial Analysis and Business Partnering team on restricted funding.
• Prepare, review and update agency SEFA report and facilitate updates necessary to support
• Reconcile agency SEFA report to SCI FRA

• Prepare agency NICRA submittal packets for sharing to USAID, including analytics on changes of rates year over year
• Support the adjustment processes for finalized and provisional rates
• Communicate to various divisions around our NICRA submittal
• Complete modeling and adjust NICRA model as needed for changing environment

• Partner with Finance division on drafting policy, procedures, and improving processes (related to financial reporting and tax compliance).
• Determine accounting treatment for new or unusual transactions, e.g. planned gifts, revenue recognition, leases
• Research accounting and tax requirements, e.g. using IRS or FASB
• Discuss implication to SCUS financial statements of Accounting Standards with KPMG

• Provide reviews of schedules to achieve the above objectives.
• Collaborate with the Advisor, to support proper planning and flow of documents to internal and external stakeholders
• Train, develop, coach, lead, and supervise staff, clearly communicating organization, division and department priorities, and how their work contributes to our mission and supports Save the Children values

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 7 years of relevant experience
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English
• In-depth knowledge and experience of GAAP (financial statements), IRS regulations, and non-profit management
• Demonstrated experience using best practices within industry, knowledge of internal process and/or external advice to improve financial reporting and management support
• Experience in financial management systems
• Experience working…