THE TEAM    

Make-A-Wish America is the national headquarters for our organization, providing resources and support for our Chapters around the country. The Finance Team is focused on supporting our chapters through a shared financial services model, providing chapters with financial processing, reporting, and tax filings. They also maintain the financial health of the national office through budgeting, monthly reporting, accounting, reconciliations, and payables.  

THE ROLE   

The Director, Financial Planning and Analysis manages all aspects of internal management reporting, financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and results analysis. This role develops timely, comprehensive, and clear messaging of financial results to explain our story and drive actions to move results. This position partners closely with functional leaders and manages the build-up of all financial plans including Budget, Forecasts and Multi-Year Strategies. Working closely with the CFO, the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis will develop financial projections to support the Organization’s strategic plans.  

Where You Come In 

As the Director, Financial Planning and Analysis you will:    

• Drive a robust annual budgeting process for the Make-A-Wish national office, including target setting, model/template creation, partnership with key constituents and formalization of final budget reviews. 
• Responsible for National and Enterprise financial reporting and present financial data to AFC committee and Board reviews. Drives preparation of Monthly/Quarterly ELT and Board deck. Review income statements, balance sheets and cash flows to assist with trend analysis and identification of operational risks and/or opportunities. 
• Partner with all National business functions. Collect, interpret, and model retrospective and prospective data to assist in business direction and decision-making. 
• Development and management of long-range financial planning models to run in parallel to the strategic planning cadence. 
• Play key role in development and implementation of the financial planning tool for the enterprise. 
• Own financial forecast process, including partnering with all functions to develop variance analyses and forward-looking driver-based outlooks, as well as creating forecast rollup, review, and approval processes. 
• Provides support and build business cases on key decisions for headcount investments and resource deployment. 
• Lead and manage member(s) of the FP&A team. Sets priorities, remove obstacles for delivering on objectives, and ensures team is focused on providing value-added support that helps deliver strong financial performance. 
• Lead and own holistic financial reporting strategy and execution, including monthly performance reporting, dashboard creation, and action-oriented communication to departments. 
• Execute on various other analytic projects as assigned to provide decision support for key trends in performance. 
• Play a role in financial project assessment as part of our project management intake process. 
• Partner with key functions to help co-create driver-based ROI and cost-benefit assessments. 

What You’ll Need  

• Bachelor’s Degree Required with an emphasis in Finance or Business / MBA Preferred 
• CFA Certification highly preferred
• 5+ years of demonstrated success in an FP&A role that includes forecasting, planning, and analysis 
•  Experience in accounting and/or in a non-profit environment 
•  Experience with NetSuite financial application 
•  Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel and PowerBI
•  Ability to package key analyses and reporting components and to communicate to key partners in an easy to understand but action-oriented manner 
•  Demonstrated ability to translate financial data into dynamic analysis 
• High standards of accuracy and precision with strong organizational skills
• Articulate, with excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Supervisory and management experience, to include performance management
• Position may require travel to organizational conferences and events. 

WHAT WE OFFER 

BENEFITS 

• Comprehensive benefit package, effective day 1: Medical, Vision*, Dental*, Wellness
• Competitive compensation with annual incentive potential    
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account Options    
• Health Reimbursement Account fully funded by Make-A-Wish 
• Short Term Disability*, Long Term Disability* and Life Insurance 
• Additional Insurance Plans: Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance through Figo 
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with 5% match after one year of service
• Eligibility for student loan forgiveness through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program   
• The organization will send a laptop, 24” monitor, and a docking station/adaptor to new hires 

TIME OFF 

• Up to 15 PTO days 
• 10 Sick Days 
• 11 Paid Holidays 
• 2 Volunteer Days after one year of service 
• 2 Personal Days accrued annually   
• Maternity Leave      

ALSO... 

• Employee Awards and Recognition Programs    
• Individual and Leadership Development     
• Discounts and special offers for theme parks, events, hotels, concerts, and movie tickets   

*Monthly premiums paid for the employee for vision, dental, and short/long term disability. 

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Vision 

Make-A-Wish is committed to championing diversity, equity and inclusion, fostering an organization that is accessible and welcoming. In turn, we are uniting communities to help make more wishes possible.

• Our mission is most effectively fulfilled through a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion as core values and practice.
• It is only through our mosaic of different cultures, perspectives and experiences that we can grant life-changing wishes to every eligible child.
• As the world’s largest wish-granting organization we stand against racism and intolerance and are committed to representation and acceptance, creating a sense of belonging, and practicing fairness in creating opportunities for our wish families, volunteers and staff. 
• Diversity: Diversity at Make-A-Wish is about recognizing and valuing our differences as well as focusing on our shared meaning and humanity.​ Diversity is the collection of unique attributes both visible and invisible, traits, and characteristics that make up individuals. They include race, gender, abilities, values, beliefs, experiences, backgrounds, preferences, behaviors, socioeconomic status, physical appearance, age, sexual orientation/identity, and more.
• Equity: Equity at Make-A-Wish is ensuring all Wish Kids, families, and volunteers and our stakeholders, regardless of background, receive the resources and support to ensure highly impactful outcomes.
• Inclusion: Inclusion at Make-A-Wish is creating an environment where Make-A-Wish Kids and families, colleagues, volunteers, and stakeholders feel they are welcomed, respected, and valued, and those feelings are both real & perceived.
• Belonging: Belonging at Make-A-Wish describes the experience of being accepted, included, and respected by those around you.  You have a sense of community and connection with others and feel that your full potential is engaged in the Make-A-Wish mission.

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