DonorsChoose

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Build and maintain a 3-statement financial model for budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, scenario analysis, and net asset impacts
• Independently develop ROI analyses and cost-benefit frameworks that shape prioritization decisions and track the end-to-end lifecycle of initiatives from investment through post-launch impact measurement
• Serve as a strategic partner to senior leaders by providing actionable financial insights, to solve key business challenges and evaluate investments that encourage company growth
• Partner across the organization to evaluate deal economics, optimize margins, and improve efficiency
• Develop executive-ready analyses, dashboards, and Board materials that translate complex financial information into meaningful business insights
• Lead critical FP&A processes, including annual budgeting process, recurring forecasts, month-end reporting, and preparation of financial reporting for senior leadership and Board presentations
• Improve and automate FP&A processes, systems, and reporting as the company scales by using modern tooling (including AI-enabled solutions) to improve speed and accuracy
• Guide senior leaders on resource allocation and strategic decisions, occasionally presenting at leadership meetings and playing a critical role in cross-functional workstreams
• Manage vendor renewal calendars and ensure no material contracts auto-renew without review
• Support the build-out of an internal procurement process, one that establishes a centralized function for spend management, contract reviews, vendor selection, and purchasing process.
• Own mission-critical initiatives such as an updated pricing strategy to optimize our margins

Senior Strategic Finance Manager

Director

• Partner closely with Data Science to co-design and scale DonorsChoose's organizational intelligence capability
• Collaborate on initiatives that uncover patterns, trends, and opportunities within unique classroom dataset
• Lead the organization's approach to impact measurement and learning
• Oversee measurement frameworks focused on student outcomes

Senior Strategic Finance Manager

Senior Director, Research & Insights