Senior Finance Manager

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Regular Full-Time 100% Management Oakland, CA, US

23 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Reports To: Chief Financial Officer

Department: Finance

Location: Oakland, CA

Schedule: Monday through Friday

Travel: Local travel may be required

Employee Status: Regular, Full-Time, Exempt

Union: N/A

Supervises: 1-2 assigned staff

Two weeks of paid vacation a year, sick time, 14 holidays, up to five floating holidays based on employee status, medical and dental benefits on the first of the month following 30 days of employment, life insurance policy at no cost to employee (with the option of increasing policy amount), flexible spending account for medical and dependent care costs, commuter benefits, 403(b) with employer match, and other benefits.

We foster a joyful workplace and offer opportunities for professional development and growth.

The Unity Council is a non-profit Social Equity Development Corporation with an over 60-year history in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. Our mission is to promote social equity and improve quality of life by building vibrant communities where everyone can work, learn, and thrive.

Our programs aim to provide the community with the tools, knowledge, and resources to transform their lives and ultimately achieve their long-term educational, career, and financial goals. These holistic programs and services reach more than 10,000 individuals and families annually in five languages. Programs include early childhood education, youth mentorship and leadership development, employment services, career readiness training, housing and financial stability, senior citizen services, affordable housing and neighborhood development, and arts and cultural events.

Our work expands beyond the Fruitvale district and now reaches across Oakland and into Contra Costa County. The Unity Council employs a diverse workforce of more than 300 people who reflect the linguistic, cultural, and ethnic identity of the communities we serve.

Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Senior Finance Manager is a key contributor in the Finance Department. Managing a broad range of responsibilities with finance focus areas including review acquisitions financial pro forma models prepared by Real Estate Development; banking, debt management, budgeting, accounting, and compliance reporting for asset properties, post‑acquisition properties, and enterprise entities.

The Senior Finance Manager works closely with Real Estate Development (RED) and Property Management (PM) to ensure timely and accurate financial case scenario analysis and forecasting, grants and contracts alignment, expenditures to funding alignment, and reporting to inform business decisions from a finance perspective.

This position requires advanced experience working with complex acquisition, financing, and enterprise business models and operations, automated accounting and banking systems, property management, financial systems, and data mapping and analytics systems. This position is responsible for managing significant financial functions including the Asset Finance Unit (AF) and post‑acquisition accounting operations, and real estate related finance and accounting operations. In collaboration with the Chief Financial Officer, this position will assist senior leadership with developing financial KPIs and cost projections for new initiatives and strategic decisions.

The ideal candidate would be collaborative, adaptable, proactively seeks process improvement and automation opportunities, embraces an approach of continuity of operations through knowledge sharing and documentation, and thrives in achieving strict deadlines on a consistent basis.

The duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Oversee financial, accounting including mapping and alignment with organizational accounting structures, budgeting, contracting, cost…