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About the Role

The Finance Manager plays a highly collaborative role at the intersection of mission and operations, helping ensure that RAN has the financial insight, systems, and resources needed to sustain and grow its impact. This individual translates financial information into meaningful insights, helping teams understand performance, make informed decisions, and align resources with strategic priorities. Their work will directly contribute to RAN's ability to respond to emerging opportunities, steward resources responsibly, and sustain bold campaigns for environmental and social justice around the world.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Support CFO in the preparation of financial reports and analyses.
• 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.
• Partner closely with the Assistant Controller to ensure the accurate recording of revenues, expenses, allocations, and grant activity.
• Support monthly and year-end close processes, including journal entries, reconciliations, and review of financial transactions.
• Assist with annual audit preparation and the compilation of schedules and supporting documentation.
• Contribute to maintaining strong internal controls, financial policies, and procedures that safeguard organizational assets and support compliance.
• 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.
• Leverage technology, automation, and financial systems to strengthen reporting capabilities, reduce administrative burden, and enhance the overall effectiveness of the finance function.
• Contribute to building a culture of financial stewardship, continuous learning, and collaboration that supports RAN's mission and long-term sustainability.

Requirements

• 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.

Skills

• Financial Planning
• Budgeting
• Forecasting
• Financial Analysis
• Grant Management
• Donor Reporting
• Accounting
• Financial Stewardship
• Process Improvement
• Technology Leverage
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Problem-Solving
• Attention to Detail
• Excel

Location

• Remote (US-based)

Work Type

• Full-time
• Remote
• Flexible work schedule

Experience Level

• 5-7+ years of nonprofit finance or accounting experience

Education Level

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or related field

Salary/Compensations

• $95,000-$105,000 USD

Benefits

• RAN-paid health, dental, and vision insurance for the staff person and their partner/family
• Retirement plan with a 3% employer contribution
• RAN-paid additional coverages
• 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

About the Company

• For more than 40 years, Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has campaigned to preserve forests, protect the climate, and uphold human rights by challenging corporate power and systemic injustice through research, education, partnerships, peaceful direct action, grassroots organizing, strategic campaigns, and communications.
• RAN is committed to working with Indigenous and frontline communities impacted directly.
• In partnership with allies from around the world, RAN challenges corporations to stop destructive operations, respect human rights, and adopt policies that reduce their contributions to climate change.
• RAN strives to integrate values of equity and fairness into our work, which includes bringing an intentional racial justice and cultural equity analysis to our programmatic work and organizational structure.
• We strive to create an internal culture built on mutual trust, collaboration, and respect where all staff feel supported, valued, and heard.
• RAN values diversity in race, class, gender, culture, and religion, and implements programs internally to ensure that staff, board, and activists understand and adopt anti-oppression principles.

Equal Opportunity

• RAN is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing all people with equal access to employment and volunteer opportunities.
• If you need assistance with accommodations during our interview or employment processes, please indicate that in your cover letter.
• We encourage applicants of color and from other historically excluded identities to apply for this position.