Finance Manager

Rainforest Action Network

Finance Manager at Rainforest Action Network responsible for financial planning and grant management. Collaborating with teams to ensure effective budgeting and financial compliance.

Posted 6/25/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $95,000 - $105,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support organizational budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes in collaboration with the CFO and department leaders.
Partner with program teams to develop annual program and departmental budgets, monitor expenditures, and track financial performance against plans.
Prepare monthly budget-to-actual reports, variance analyses, and financial forecasts to support informed decision-making by leadership team and program staff.
Manage financial administration for foundation, government, and international donor grants, including budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and restricted fund tracking.
Partner with Development and Program teams to prepare proposal budgets, monitor donor requirements, and ensure required documentation is complete.
Review spending, cost allowability, and compliance with approved budgets, donor rules, reporting deadlines, and organizational policies.
Prepare donor fund requests, manage partner disbursements, and support timely financial reporting, audits, and funder inquiries.
Support monthly and year-end close processes, including journal entries, reconciliations, and review of financial transactions.
Serve as a trusted financial partner to program leaders and non-finance staff, helping colleagues understand financial information and make data-informed decisions.
Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting tools, and workflows to increase efficiency, transparency, and usability across the organization.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field with 5–7+ years of nonprofit finance or accounting experience, preferably in a grant-funded environment.
Experience managing foundation, government, and international donor grants in a multi-donor funding environment (e.g., USAID, EU, UN agencies, or other bilateral or multilateral funders).
Familiarity with donor compliance, financial reporting, cost allowability, and audit requirements for government or international funding.
Demonstrated experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and analysis, and translating financial information into actionable insights for organizational leaders.
Experience serving as a collaborative business partner to programmatic and non-finance staff, with the ability to communicate complex financial concepts clearly and build strong cross-functional relationships.
Experience with financial accounting systems and general ledger software; Intacct or similar nonprofit accounting systems, Blackbaud, Expensify, Questica preferred.
Advanced Excel required.
Experience preparing program, departmental, and grant budgets, including indirect cost methodologies, shared cost allocations, and restricted funding management.
Strong financial analysis, accounting, and problem-solving skills, with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to balance multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
Experience leveraging technology and financial systems to improve reporting, streamline processes, and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of finance operations; experience with Intacct or comparable nonprofit accounting systems strongly preferred.
Commitment to RAN’s mission and values.

Benefits

Comp & perks

RAN-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for the staff person and their partner/family
Retirement plan with a 3% employer contribution
Four weeks PTO (increases to five weeks after two years)
Paid winter break
Generous paid holidays
Flexible work schedule
12-week paid sabbatical after every 5 years of service

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Hard Skills & Tools

budgetingforecastingfinancial planningfinancial reportingcost allowabilityfinancial analysisgrant managementrestricted funding managementproblem-solvingdata-informed decision making

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationcross-functional relationship buildingattention to detailability to balance multiple prioritiestrustworthinesstranslating financial informationsupporting non-finance staffidentifying process improvement opportunitiesorganizational skills

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in accountingBachelor’s degree in financeBachelor’s degree in business administration