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About the Role
This newly created, highly strategic role is designed to bridge senior financial leadership and operational execution. The Assistant Director will play a pivotal role in advancing budgetary excellence, financial transparency, and contract management across CRF's diverse program portfolio, leading a team of Budget Managers and serving as a key financial partner.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the CFO and Director to embed standardized financial performance metrics (KPIs) into budget creation, reporting, and monitoring processes.
- Co-lead the design and rollout of fiscal dashboards (Excel and/or Power BI) to highlight trends, identify risk, and benchmark performance.
- Translate real-time financial analysis into actionable insights for leadership and program teams.
- Review and approve all budget modifications and new contract submissions prior to Director review to ensure accuracy, consistency, and funder compliance.
- Maintain and update agency-wide cost allocation methodologies.
- Guide Budget Managers in developing clear budget narratives and justifications aligned with programmatic goals.
- Ensure all budgets are mission-aligned yet operationally and contractually rigorous, accurately reflecting the staffing, OTPS, and resource allocations required to deliver program objectives.
- Serve as the liaison between Budget and Accounting teams to streamline monthly closes, accruals, and variance analyses.
- Standardize reconciliation tools to align contract spending with reimbursement timelines, maximizing claimable revenue.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and coaching to Budget Managers.
- Lead internal training initiatives on budgeting systems, financial metrics, and operational compliance (e.g., Passport, SMS, PIP).
- Act as the daily point of contact for budgetary inquiries from Program Directors, Fund Development, and Operations staff.
- Foster a culture of fiscal stewardship, collaboration, and excellence across all budget activities.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience with or strong knowledge of NYC contracting agencies (DHS, HRA, OMH) processes and systems (Passport, SMS, PIP).
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, vlookups, modeling).
- Communication Skills- Ability to distill complex financial data into understandable narratives for non-financial.
- Strong understanding of nonprofit operational structures, shelter/case management workflows, and public grant reporting.
- Excellent analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving skills with meticulous attention to detail.
- Superior written and verbal communication skills, with the proven ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical human service staff.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple project priorities.
- Local travel to CRF shelter facilities throughout New York City may be required for staff training and site support.
- Light lifting and moving of computer hardware/peripherals weighing up to 20 pounds.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Skills
- Financial Metric Alignment
- Dashboard Development
- Budget Oversight
- Budget Planning
- Contract Management
- Accounting Collaboration
- Reconciliation
- Leadership
- Communication
- Team Development
- Microsoft Excel
- Power BI
- Blackbaud Financial Edge
- NYC contracting agencies (DHS, HRA, OMH) processes and systems (Passport, SMS, PIP)
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- Onsite
- Local travel
Experience Level
- Five years of progressive experience in nonprofit budgeting, financial planning, and/or government contracting.
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Public Administration, or a related field required.
Equal Opportunity
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.