Finance and Operations Lead

Hybrid | Full-Time | Managerial/Director-Track

As part of Women Make Movies’ leadership team, the Finance and Operations Lead is the person who makes finance and the administrative aspects of our nonprofit business processes run smoothly. This person thrives on making things happen – from keeping our finances in tip-top shape, to making sure the office and our technologies are operating effectively and efficiently. The right candidate is detail-oriented, financially-savvy, highly organized, and loves to find new and better systems to support WMM and its team.

If the Finance and Operations Lead succeeds, then WMM and the media makers we support will all succeed. This position is based in the NYC Metro Region with the ability to come to the physical office 2 days a week or as needed.

Women Make Movies is an earned-income-based nonprofit, and the ideal candidate is fluent in both business and nonprofit accounting practices. The Finance and Operations Lead is the person responsible for the ongoing management and sustainability of the organizational fiscal operations . They manage the banking, annual audit, and reconciliations, and they provide financial oversight of WMM’s multi-million-dollar fiscal sponsorship and distribution programs.

The ideal candidate is well-versed in grant administration and reporting — including, but not limited to, donor-advised funds (DAFs) and government and foundation grants — and understands fiscal sponsorship administration. This position is responsible for the budgets for the organization and works with senior management on overall budget and grant reporting. The Finance and Operations Lead supervises the Finance and Administration Coordinator, who handles the bookkeeping functions of the organization, including AP/AR, wires and ACH’s, and credit card management.

The Finance and Operation Lead manages the WMM office and organization of the future. Whether that is in-person, remote, or hybrid, the Finance and Operations Lead manages our infrastructure – office, computers, systems, vendors, tenants, and equipment – and liaises with our IT consultants and vendors to ensure everything is operating smoothly and efficiently. This position also administers employee recruitment; onboarding and offboarding;

payroll processes; benefits administration, including health, fringe benefits, and retirement plans; the intern program; and working with senior management on staff development.

• 5 + years of progressive management-level, financial responsibility in a non-profit organization or a for-profit film organization – women’s or arts organization a plus
• Excellent financial, budgeting, and operations management skills; expertise with Quick Books Online and GAAP for nonprofits
• Experience/knowledge of fiscal sponsorship
• Experience with benefits administration and payroll processes
• Strong process orientation and a desire to always find new and efficient ways to get things done
• Technologically-savvy and experience managing IT infrastructure
  
  Ability to prioritize and problem-solve while handling multiple tasks, supervising, and managing the work of others
• Detail-oriented
• Experience with CRM tools and databases a plus
• Flexibility, professionalism, and a positive attitude
• Sense of humor appreciated
• Commitment to feminism

Women Make Movies prides itself on its generous benefits plans, which include:

• Excellent medical and dental coverage
• Long term disability
• Lucrative retirement plan (with matching and employer contributions, starting after 2 years, and increasing with tenure to up to 12%)
• Good vacation and paid holiday offerings, including community service time off
• Flex-time policy
• Meaningful work at an organization that is elevating the voices of underserved communities

Women Make Movies is an equal opportunity employer and encourages BIPOC, people who identify as LGBTQI, older women, and those with visible and invisible disabilities to apply.