Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis at ProPublica

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The Senior Director, Financial Planning & Analysis (SD, FP&A) will provide best-in-class financial analysis and support for Pro Publica's $65M+ annual budget. Reporting directly to the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, the SD will provide critical financial analysis and planning, financial education, and strategic support to cross-functional partners across the organization. This individual will be responsible for supporting departments and team members with respect to budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, analysis, growth planning, and mission-critical projects.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Own the annual organizational and department operating budget process
• Track and report on performance relative to plan
• Prepare rolling forecast updates
• Conduct departmental budget meetings, discussing projections against actuals to ensure fiscal accountability
• Create Board book materials that showcase grant budgeting and overall financial position

• Build and iterate on complex financial models covering all aspects of Pro Publica's operations to enable effective decision making regarding growth strategy, cost structure, and capital expenditures
• Modeling projects include, but are not limited to:
  • Multi-year budgets and strategic plans
  • Compensation and possible benefits changes, such as healthcare costs and alternative benefit structures
  • Large scale expansion and capital expenditure/depreciation
  • Union scenarios for bargaining
• Establish, track, and monitor key operating metrics used to drive the organization to greater efficiency
• Create ad-hoc analyses to drive organizational strategy, improve efficiency, and maximize impact

• Partner closely with key stakeholders across the organization and drive the FP&A function as a proven center of excellence to support financial discipline and data-based decision making
• Provide critical insights for ongoing high-priority processes including grant budgeting, compensation and total rewards analysis, and union bargaining

• You will report to the Chief Financial and Administrative Officer.
• You will frequently collaborate with the Vice President, Accounting & Controls
  , as well as stakeholders in Development, on grant budgeting and related forecasting. You will also interface frequently with departmental leadership for ongoing departmental budgeting and long term strategic planning.

• Minimum 7 years…