Financial Analyst
City Harvest
Who are we?
City Harvest is New York’s first and largest food rescue organization, helping to feed millions of New Yorkers who struggle to put meals on their tables. During our 40 years serving New Yorkers in need, we have rescued more than one billion pounds of fresh, nutritious food and delivered it—free of charge—to hundreds of food pantries, soup kitchens, community partners, and our own Mobile Markets® across the five boroughs. This year, we will rescue and distribute more than 75 million pounds of nutritious food to our neighbors in need. City Harvest works alongside our community partners to boost community capacity, expand nutrition education, and strengthen local food systems. Since our founding in 1982, City Harvest has always been there to feed our city—one day, one meal, one New Yorker at a time. To learn more, please visit cityharvest.org.
We are seeking a dynamic and proactive Financial Analyst to join our team responsible for managing financial operations at City Harvest. City Harvest operates around the clock in a mixed-use building with intricate building equipment. This financial analyst role will be pivotal in maintaining the highest standards of financial management and ensuring the financial health of the organization.
Job Description Summary:
Works under general supervision of Manager, Finance, providing support in financial and administrative aspects of restricted grants, including donor billing and net asset release and documentation. Coordinate the day-to-day workflow of the finance area to support management of donor awards, restricted grants, employee listing and payroll allocation, ensuring timely and accurate internal and external financial and accounting reporting.
Responsibilities:
+ Draft, process and finalize donor financial reports
+ Draft donor financial reports utilizing data from Great Plains, donor reporting templates, and various worksheets needed to calculate the reported information
+ Identify issues and errors that need to be tracked and resolved
+ Ensure compliance with donor reporting requirements
+ Assist in donor audits, by preparing schedules, getting documentation, such as timesheets, and other analysis as requested.
+ Collaborate with Accounting and External Relations team in preparing and sending of invoices, or other communication as appropriate
+ Assist in managing budget software (BERTA), such as updating of reports for budget and reforecast. Coordinate with Finance team issues with BERTA and speak directly with consultant as needed. Assist in training new users of BERTA.
+ Maintain BERTA user permission.
+ Prepare the in-kinds (9s) allocation for submission to Accounting.
+ Enter and maintain staff allocation in ADP for payroll entries. Coordinate with HR in resolving issues related to employee IDs, cost centers in ADP.
+ Contribute to Finance team in preparing for annual budget and reforecast.
+ Work with Finance in maintaining net asset release schedule and work directly with External Relations, Operations to ensure accuracy and completeness of relevant supporting documents.
+ Assist in preparation and maintenance of restricted grants tracker and participate in restricted grants meeting with Operations, Program, Finance and Development departments.
+ Manage Finance site in share point to ensure that all internal final reports, such as Dashboard are posted for users’ reference.
+ Other duties and projects as assigned.
Qualifications:
1. A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, finance, or quantitative field
2. One to three years of work experience
3. Familiarity with general accounting and donor reporting
4. Understanding of Government and other donor rules and regulations in relation to non-profit reporting is preferred
5. Excellent interpersonal skills, including communications skills and ability to function as a team player
6. Advanced computer skills, including advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and experience working with accounting and budget software
7. Excellent quantitative and analytical skills; accuracy and attention to detail
Why work at City Harvest?
At City Harvest, we offer more than a job; we offer a mission-driven career. In addition to contributing to our fight against food insecurity in New York, we provide a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits (including medical, dental, and vision coverage), employer contributions towards premiums, employer-provided life insurance, and a 403(b)-retirement savings plan with matching contributions. Our staff enjoys discounted perks (movie tickets, gym memberships, cellular plans, etc.), generous time-off policies, and ample professional development opportunities.
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