Overview

OVERVIEW:

Reporting to the Director of Corporate Development, the Manager, FP&A (New York, NY or Boston, MA) will play a critical role in informing strategic and financial decision-making within Year Up. You will regularly partner with Regional Finance Directors and the National Finance team to support Year Up’s Direct Service and National departments. You will serve as a key contributor to Year Up’s annual budgeting and monthly forecast processes and you will provide analytical and strategic support on other key FP&A deliverables. In addition to producing timely and accurate financial reporting to monitor progress and ensure predictability, you will also conduct ad hoc analyses into organizational trends and overall financial impact, with an eye for elevating the quality of overall decision-making within the organization.

As a successful candidate, you already have a solid understanding of financial principles and financial systems and you are looking to apply your skill set within an evolving and dynamic non-profit. You are detail-orientated and naturally analytical – you excel at demonstrating logical thinking when gathering, analyzing, and presenting financial reporting and analysis. You feel empowered to raise and address systems-related questions and you feel empowered to seek out improvements to existing financial process. You are adept at prioritizing your workload and you can effectively navigate time-sensitive and competing requests. You approach your responsibilities to your teammates and cross-functional partners with a service mindset.

In keeping with Year Up’s values, the Manager of Financial Planning and will also have the opportunity to interact with students as a mentor, group facilitator, and advocate, participating in building a positive educational environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Financial Analysis & Reporting

  • Provide analytical and strategic support on key FP&A deliverables (e.g., annual budgeting, monthly forecast, and quarterly board meeting preparation)
  • Prepare and present variance analyses identifying historical trends and major drivers
  • Conduct ad hoc analyses into organizational trends and overall financial impact related to student admissions, pricing, staffing and other operational variables
  • Develop and maintain KPI reporting to track key metrics and organizational performance

Systems Management

  • Maintain Adaptive functionality and data integrity through accurate tracking of GL codes, site and department levels, and other dimensions
  • Partner with our Controller to support standard monthly imports from NetSuite and ADP to Adaptive
  • Partner with IT to manage Adaptive integrations (both current and future) with other internal systems including NetSuite, Workday, ADP, Tableau and Salesforce

Process Management

  • Support internal Finance stakeholders in accordance with FP&A calendar to ensure timely delivery of key finance deliverables and reporting
  • Facilitate improvements to existing FP&A reporting, processes, and methodologies to align with the changing needs of the organizations

Site Team/Learning Community Member

  • Serve as a coach/mentor for a small number of current students
  • Join and sometimes facilitate weekly group sessions with students

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • At least 3 years’ experience in accounting, finance and/or FP&A; ideally including prior experience with for-profit or non-profit enterprise organizations
  • Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; ability to summarize detailed analyses into executive-level presentations
  • Prior experience supporting annual budgeting and forecast processes, and preparing ad hoc analysis
  • Working knowledge of GAAP accounting and financial principles
  • Experience with Adaptive, Workday, ADP, Salesforce and NetSuite, or another general ledger accounting system preferred
  • Exceptionally organized, demonstrated resourcefulness and initiative with a “can do” attitude
  • Excellent at workload prioritization, resource management, and project management
  • Intellectually curious and comfortable working both independently and collaboratively
  • A passion for working with young adults, an unshakable belief in their potential, and a strong commitment to the mission of Year Up
  • Understanding of the Opportunity Divide and its drivers
  • Commitment and desire to better understand diversity, equity and inclusion
ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION:

Year Up is a national 501(c)3 workforce development organization committed to ensuring equitable access to economic opportunity, education, and justice for all young adults-no matter their background, income, or zip code. Employers face a growing need for talent while millions of talented young adults lack access to meaningful careers. These inequities only further perpetuate the opportunity gap that exists in our country-a gap that Year Up is determined and positioned to close through three interconnected strategies: providing targeted skills training and connections to livable-wage employment for students and alumni; empowering others to serve and support young adults; and changing systems that perpetuate the opportunity gap. Year Up’s intensive training program utilizes a high expectations, high support model where students learn in-demand technical and professional skills and apply them during a corporate internship. Year Up has directly served more than 35,000 young adults since its founding in 2000. Year Up’s nationwide presence includes Arizona, Bay Area, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Greater Atlanta, Greater Boston, Greater Philadelphia, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, the National Capital Region, New York City/Jersey City, Pittsburgh, Puget Sound, Rhode Island, South Florida, Tampa Bay, and Wilmington.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY:

Year Up actively engages individuals from all backgrounds. We are committed to embracing diversity within our organization because we firmly believe that diverse employee teams help us to achieve our best organizational outcomes and provide the most effective support to our young adults as we work to close the Opportunity Divide. We are deeply dedicated to creating and maintaining an inclusive and supportive work environment. Learn more about our commitment to diversity: http://www.yearup.org/about-us/careers/commitment-to-diversity/

As an equal opportunity employer, Year Up is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified individuals and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information or characteristics, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

TO APPLY:

Please submit a thoughtful cover letter and resume through our website.

Note that applications without a cover letter will not be considered. We respectfully request no phone calls.

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