The Finance Director at Groundwork Northeast Revitalization Group (GWNRG) will oversee organization-wide budget creation, lead research and decision making related to financial strategy for the organization, train program coordinators on developing program budgets, and oversee the monthly expense reporting process. GWNRG is a 501c3 environmental justice organization. We disrupt systems of capitalism, racism, and present-day colonialism and push for local sovereignty over food, land, economy, and cultural celebration. We are unique from many other nonprofits; we are implementing a cooperative leadership model for our organizational structure, and we are explicit in our critique of white supremacy culture. We expect to grow our full time staff from 8 to 12 employees in 2023, and our part time staff from 4 to 10. Our current annual revenue is approximately $1 million; we expect that this will increase by $700,000 in 2023.
Position Responsibilities
Financial Strategy

• Generate financial management reports monthly for the staff and board of directors, with the help of our contracted accountant.
• Track revenues and expenses across the organization throughout the year.
• Track assets and liabilities throughout the year.
• Create forecasts for revenue and expenses, and assets and liabilities.
• Track grant spend-downs.
• Provide guidance to Executive Director and other staff to ensure timely spend-down of grants.
• Make decisions about where to apply unrestricted grant funds; this includes making strategic decisions about which grant will cover eligible program expenses, personnel expenses, operations expenses, and facilities and equipment.
• Create the organization-wide budget with input from the Executive Director, Operations Director, and program staff.
• Review general ledger codes and update as needed.
• Provide guidance to Executive Director and other staff on property, vehicle, and equipment procurement and management. Property includes: vacant lots in residential areas where we install green infrastructure and native plantings; lease or acquisition of an office space. Equipment includes: grocery store equipment such as walk-in freezers, shelving, POS systems; inventory for our tech lending library (currently 40 laptops and hotspots, more anticipated); a 12 passenger van (anticipated purchase this year).
• Research and carry out financial strategies that promote environmental sustainability, collective ownership of land, and borrowing from groups with shared values rather than entities that concentrate wealth among the capitalist class.

Financial and Bookkeeping Operations

• Create, improve, and carry out internal bookkeeping and financial operations systems.
• Track and collect accounts receivable.
• Track and pay accounts payable. Print checks, coordinate signatures, and distribute.
• Ensure accurate reconciliation of bank statements by our contracted accountant.
• Coordinate monthly expense reporting across all staff.

Training and Collaboration

• Improve and create procedures for collaborative budget creation; incorporate most or all staff into a participatory budgeting process.
• Train program coordinators on creating annual budgets specific to their programs.
• Train program coordinators on expense tracking and reporting procedures.
• Train Operations Director and other staff on procedures necessary for Federal grants.
• Attend events carried out by other GWNRG staff approximately 2x/month. This will require work on evenings and weekends.
• Learn and utilize facilitation that promotes cooperative decision-making during staff meetings, and administrative meetings.

Other duties as assigned. Pay and Benefits

• Salary
  • $72,000 annual salary.
  • Position status is exempt.
• Benefits
  • Benefits Include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401k with employer matching, Personal Crisis Case Management
  • Groundwork NRG requires only a $1 pay-in from employees on medical insurance monthly
• Additional Benefits
  • Flexible work hours
  • Option to work remotely 2 days a week as duties allow.

Requirements and Preferences

• Bachelors degree in accounting, financial management, or related field, or 5 years of equivalent professional experience is required.
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    Preferred: Masters degree in accounting, financial management, or related field, or 8 years of equivalent professional experience
• Proficiency in Quickbooks is required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and Powerpoint is required.
• Experience creating and managing budgets for a comparable organization or company is required.

Work Specifications

Primary Location, Groundwork NRG Main Office: 803 Armstrong Avenue, Kansas City, KS 66101 Occasional work at additional office locations in Kansas City, Kansas Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee must lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand and walk, use hands and fingers, and reach with their hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include Close vision, Distance vision and Ability to adjust focus. This position may require evening or weekend activities. Direct Reports None Non-discrimination Statement All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, disability, age, national origin, or ancestry.