Finance Manager, Global Alliance for the Future of Food (Remote)

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Founded in 2019 by Catherine Carrington, Carrington Talent Group has built a reputation for delivering high-quality executive search results that prioritize success for both clients and candidates. We are proud to be managing this search on behalf of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food and look forward to engaging with you throughout the process.

Organization: Global Alliance for the Future of Food

Fiscal sponsor: Panorama Global

Location: Remote
Reports to: Operations Director
Pay Classification: Salaried, Exempt

Please note this is a 0.8 FTE role.

About Us

The Global Alliance for the Future of Food is a strategic alliance of philanthropic foundations working together and with partners to transform global food systems. We leverage our collective resources and networks to catalyze action for food systems transformation grounded in principles of equity, interconnectedness, diversity, health, renewability, inclusion, and resilience. Our work includes three interconnected approaches: Convening & Field Building, Co-Creating Insights, and Collaborating for Action. Through these approaches, we connect funders and diverse partners, generate and share knowledge, and catalyze collaborative action from the local to the global level. The Global Alliance operates through a small, globally distributed Secretariat that is fiscally sponsored by Panorama Global. Our fiscal sponsor serves as our legal and administrative home and is responsible for core accounting, payroll, benefits administration, tax, audit, and regulatory compliance functions.

 

The Role

The Finance Manager is a new role providing oversight and leadership for ensuring that the Global Alliance has the financial information, planning, systems, and reporting needed to effectively deliver on our mission. Reporting to the Operations Director, the Finance Manager will lead the organizational budgeting process; oversee internal financial management and grant tracking; coordinate closely with our fiscal sponsor and Employers of Record; and manage the internal contracting process in close collaboration with our fiscal sponsor.  The Finance Manager’s role will provide program leads with timely, accessible information regarding program budgets and financial commitments.

Because the Global Alliance is fiscally sponsored, this position does not serve as the organization’s accountant, controller, payroll administrator, or legal compliance officer. Those responsibilities sit with our fiscal sponsor and Employers of Record. 

This is a hands-on role requiring nonprofit finance experience, a combination of financial stewardship with sound organizational judgment, and a commitment to building simple, effective administrative processes that enable the organization to focus on advancing the mission.

This role is fully remote, with a 4-day work week.
 

Major Responsibilities

Fiscal Sponsor & Financial Partner Management

• In partnership with the Operations Director, serve as the primary liaisons with our fiscal sponsor on financial matters.
• Review financial reports prepared by the fiscal sponsor to ensure alignment with internal budgets, commitments, and projections.
• Partner with the fiscal sponsor to reconcile internal financial tracking with fiscal sponsor records and maintain a shared, accurate view of the organization’s finances.
• Coordinate with the fiscal sponsor on accounts payable, accounts receivable, contracting, and administrative processes managed by the fiscal sponsor.
• Ensure that the Secretariat understands and follows relevant financial policies and procedures established by the Global Alliance and/or fiscal sponsor

Revenue, Grants & Financial Stewardship

• Maintain a comprehensive overview of organizational revenue (member contributions, partner grants, and other sources).
• Ensure the accurate tracking of funding commitments, payment schedules, grant periods, restrictions, reporting deadlines, and other requirements.
• Support the development of grant proposal and report budgets with the Secretariat and fiscal sponsor.
• Collaborate with the Operations Director to monitor spending against grant budgets and flag potential underspending, overspending, or other issues early.

Contracts & Financial Administration

• Oversee the internal process for consultant and vendor contracts, grants, partnership agreements, and other financial commitments.
• Coordinate with the fiscal sponsor to ensure contracts and payments are processed accurately and efficiently.
• Maintain internal tracking of contracts, grants, payment schedules, deliverables, and renewal or expiration dates.
• Review proposed financial commitments to ensure they are appropriately budgeted and approved before contracts are initiated.

Financial Management, Planning & Analysis

• Working closely with the Director of Operations, lead the development of the annual organizational budget in collaboration with relevant team members.
• Monitor revenue and expenses against budget and provide timely analysis of variances, emerging risks, and opportunities.
• Develop or maintain clear, accessible financial reports and dashboards for senior leadership, staff, the Steering Committee, and members as appropriate.
• Work closely with team leads to develop, monitor, and manage project and initiative budgets.
• Collaborate with our fiscal sponsor to maintain a comprehensive picture of unrestricted and restricted resources and ensure that funding is appropriately reflected in organizational and program budgets.
• Over time, develop and maintain multi-year financial forecasts, revenue projections, and scenario planning to support organizational strategy and long-term sustainability.
• Develop, document, and continuously improve internal policies, processes, workflows, and tools.

 

What You’ll Bring

• 5+ years of progressively responsible experience in nonprofit finance, operations, administration, or a related field; experience with GAAP accounting. 
• 3+ years of experience supporting organizational budgeting and reporting financial reporting (ideally with $5M+ budget), as well as managing restricted grants and grant budgets
• Experience working in or with a fiscally sponsored organization preferred.
• Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple timelines, budgets, and priorities simultaneously.
• Proficiency with Excel and/or Google Sheets and comfort learning and working across financial and organizational technology platforms, including Google Workspace, Slack, CRM systems, project management tools, and video conferencing.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Fluency in English required, strong plus if also fluent in a second language. 
• Demonstrated ability to handle sensitive organizational, financial, and personnel information with excellent judgment and confidentiality.
• Experience working in a remote and/or globally distributed organization strongly preferred.
• Experience with philanthropy, membership organizations, networks, or collaborative organizations is a plus.
• Commitment to the Global Alliance’s mission, values, and guiding principles.
• Ability to participate in meetings across multiple time zones, including Eastern time zone for several meetings a week. 
• Willingness and ability to travel to 1–2 times per year.

What We Offer

• Four weeks of annual vacation, increasing to five weeks after five years of service, prorated based on FTE.
• A minimum of 11 statutory holidays annually, which employees may take at their discretion.
• Paid sick leave, prorated for part-time employees.
• Remote-work support, including a monthly phone/internet stipend and support for home-office equipment.
• Additional benefits and statutory entitlements based on the employee’s location. Leave and applicable benefits will be prorated where appropriate based on location. 

 

To apply, please submit a resume or CV, and answer a few brief application questions. We encourage you to apply right away and before our application deadline of November 16. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 

 

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We do not use AI software to screen applications or to conduct interviews. We recognize the effort, time, and intent that each individual takes to make an application and honor that by reciprocating with our own time, effort, and resources. We will not consider resumes/CVs and applications that we can detect have been written using AI tools.

 

About Panorama Global

A 501(c)(3) organization and public charity based in Seattle, Washington, Panorama is a global leader who believes innovative approaches and catalytic coalitions can solve the most challenging issues. Panorama Global’s goal is to achieve maximum impact by partnering with visionary leaders to co-develop solutions to hard problems.