Director Disaster Finance Response

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Job Description: Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else – it’s as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world’s largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.

When you choose to be a force for good, you’ll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life’s work with an ongoing mission that’s bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you’re cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.

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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW (Job Overview) The Director Disaster Finance Response will lead the Domestic Disaster Finance Response Team and oversee the financial infrastructure supporting domestic disaster relief operations, including purchasing processes, financial controls, financial planning, and reporting. Initially reporting to the Vice President of Humanitarian Programs Finance, the role will work closely with the Finance Director of Long-Term Recovery and Gray Sky Sustainment. The position is expected to manage three direct reports, including the Financial Response Manager, Financial Reporting Manager, and Financial Infrastructure & Controls Manager, with oversight of a broader team of approximately eight additional staff.

100% Remote: Candidates Can Live Anywhere in the US.

1. Review financial data analysis related to operations, business performance, opportunities, investments, etc. 2. Direct financial analysis projects, forecasting, and statistical studies. 3. Ensure that all reports and disclosures comply with applicable governmental regulations, professional standards, and organizational policies. 4. Direct employees engaged in the preparation and distribution of periodic financial statements. 5. Support domestic disaster with agile and quick purchasing and financial tools/systems while ensuring strong financial controls. 6. Lead team in applying newer technologies for continuous improvement in efficiency and effectiveness.    7. Ensure the more expensive domestic disaster relief operations are well-supported by the finance department for the response phase of the disaster and facilitate transition to next phase.

Scope Establish operating policies and procedures that affect departments and subordinate sections and work units.  Interpret company-wide policies and procedures.  Develop budgets, schedules, and performance standards for the Disaster Finance Response team as well as support domestic disaster purchasing tools and, very importantly, financial controls. Partner with Disaster Cycle Services to create budgets for the response phase of disaster relief operations and then proactively analyze and report on spend against those budgets and forecast the final response cost usually on an at least weekly schedule.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED (Minimum Qualifications):   Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field required.  CPA and MBA may be preferred.  Experience: Minimum 7 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required*. Management Experience: 5 years of management experience. Skills & Abilities: Demonstrated proficiency in planning and overseeing analytical programs and tactical activities including purchasing tools and controls.  Ability to determine client and customer requirements and translate requirements into organizational plans, exercise sound judgement in complex situations with competing interests, apply financial acumen to all initiatives, and adapt to constantly changing situations with flexible and creative approaches.  Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.  Proficiency in use of Personal Computer, word-processing, spreadsheet applications (specifically Excel), and database applications when applicable.  Experience with Microsoft Power Query, Power BI, and Python or similar systems are preferred.  Ability to work on a team.

Travel: Three to four weeks travel per year: • Must travel to and participate in meetings and conferences throughout the Red Cross system (estimated 1-2 weeks per year).

• Will be required to travel to occasional meetings (approximately one to two weeks per year) and must be available to travel and deploy to at least one large disaster relief operation for an additional two weeks each year.  .

This is a very fast paced position that will often require working during non-standard hours at no-notice due to disasters.     *Combination of candidate’s education and general experience satisfies requirements so long as the total years equate to description’s minimum education and general experience years combined (Management experience cannot be substituted).

PAY INFORMATION: The salary range $120,000-155.000/yr Note that American Red Cross salaries are aligned to the specific geographic location in which the work is primarily performed. Other factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. This role is not eligible for relocation assistance. This position will be posted for a minimum of 5-days.

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