Company description

The National Young Farmers Coalition (Young Farmers) represents, mobilizes, and engages young farmers to ensure their success. Since our founding in 2010, we have grown our grassroots network to over 200,000 individuals and partner organizations. We give young farmers tools to become leaders in their communities, building an effective political voice at the local, state, and national level. Together, we tackle the most critical structural and economic barriers that prevent motivated young people from starting and growing successful farm businesses—including access to affordable farmland, student debt, climate change, healthcare, racial inequities, and more. We have won historic investments in beginning farmer training, outreach to farmers of color, and farmland conservation. Our advocacy for a USDA Farm Service Agency microloan resulted in a loan program in every county that has served more than 30,000 farmers.

Job description

Young Farmers is hiring for a Finance Director with broad finance experience including accounting, gathering and evaluating financial information, and making recommendations to the Senior Leadership. The ideal candidate will have experience managing the finance function of a nonprofit organization (accounting, budgeting, controls, and reporting) and know how to manage the evolution of these functions within a growing organization. They can think strategically about the business model of a nonprofit organization and demonstrate creativity to refine the everyday processes that make an organization work. They prioritize clarity and accuracy in all their communications, can translate financial reports into understandable narratives for a variety of stakeholders, and understand how to support organizational leadership by orienting financial reports around key insights and actionable decisions.  They can anticipate questions and are prepared with compelling arguments backed with detailed financial analysis. 

 

Young Farmers seeks to build a culture of financial transparency and shared budget ownership. The Finance Director will play a key role in developing processes, trainings, and tools that foster this culture and allow staff to effectively contribute to the collaborative budgeting and budget management process.  

 

Responsibilities

 

Financial Management (45%)

 

Project & Program Strategy (10%)

 

Development (10%)

Staff Management (15%)

 

Leadership Team (5%)
 

Other (5%)

General Staff Responsibilities (10%)
 

Qualifications

 

This could be the right position for you, if you have:

 

• 5+ years of progressively responsible financial leadership roles, including management experience in complex nonprofit organization with proven experience in managing an annual budget of $5-10 Million;
• 2+ years in supervising other accounting staff;
• Demonstrated accounting skills;
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, plus two to four years of relevant industry experience in nonprofits;
• Experience helping a growing organization build finance systems, expertise, and controls over time;
• An ability to translate financial reports into understandable narratives for a variety of stakeholders;
• Deep experience with developing and managing grant budgets, government contracts, and other restricted revenues; strong understanding of nonprofit revenue classification
• Expertise in cash flow oversight (strategic planning, analysis, forecasting);
• Experience partnering with staff, leadership, and an active board;
• Expertise in Excel, QuickBooks and institutional financial management platforms
• A passion and commitment to Young Farmers mission and vision, and enthusiasm for implementing organization’s racial equity practices. 
• Experience supporting internal auditing and organizational reporting efforts. 
• Detail oriented
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects
• Self-starter that checks in and collaborates

 

The ideal candidate may also have:

 

• CPA certification preferred
• Experience working in a fully remote environment.
• Experience working on a farm or ranch and/or rooted in the agricultural community.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills

 

A Note to Potential Candidates: Studies have shown that women, trans, non-binary folks, and BIPOC are less likely to apply for jobs unless they believe they meet every single one of the qualifications as described in a job description. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization, and we are most interested in finding the best candidate for the job. That candidate may be one who comes from a background less traditional to our field of work, and that's okay. We would strongly encourage you to apply, even if you don't believe you meet every one of the qualifications described.
 

*The job post is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing every activity, duty or responsibility that is required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change slightly or be added depending on the needs of the organization. Click the application link for a more detailed list of responsibilities and job details. 

 

 

Compensation

this position is: salaried, more than 100k

Location

job can be done remotely

Application instructions

Deadline

July 26, 2024