2025-205 Budget Manager

ABOUT OCEAN CONSERVANCY

Ocean Conservancy works to protect the ocean from today’s greatest global challenges. Together with our partners, we create evidence-based solutions for a healthy ocean and the wildlife and communities that depend on it.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Budget Manager position is responsible for financial management of specific cost centers assigned within conservation programs. Within the assigned portfolio, the Budget Manager will manage the life cycle of compliance with restricted grants, matching funds, and unrestricted funding. The position will work across multiple cost centers as needed, to manage financial reporting and analysis, program and project budgets, revenue recognition, cost proposals, and lead financial system documentation (using Sylogist). This position ensures compliance with donor and OC policies regarding the use of funds. This position is the primary financial liaison with program staff, and will direct efforts to attain alignment across executive, program and development staff related to financial information.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Financial management and analysis
• Ensure compliance with OC policies and procedures and donor requirements.
• Review program spending monthly to ensure allowability of costs.
• Ensures the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is updated with all proposals, amendments, and reporting requirements.
• Budget Management for assigned cost centers.
• Prepare revenue recognition for assigned cost centers.
• Assist with audit preparation.
• Generate project and program financial reports for internal and external parties.
• Assist with monthly budget reforecasting to ensure revenue allocations and expense budgets reflect current information and are accurate forecasts of projected expense.
• Manage staff allocations for assigned cost centers.
• Perform financial tracking and modeling.
• Create spenddown plans.
• Advise on grant extensions as needed.
• Advise Operations and Development when issuing sub-grants and sub-contracts financed by program funds.
• Research & respond to program staff inquiries regarding internal financial statements.
• Oversee Development and Program staff in preparing grant proposal budgets.
• Oversee the grant reporting process.
• Support integration of complex revenue streams into annualized program budgets during the work planning process
• Lead coordination across programs and departments related to complex budget planning, execution and reporting.
• Track progress on programs with restricted funds.
• Support the planning, preparation, and review of annual program budgets.
• Assist Development and Program staff with budget re-projections.
• Assist in any ad hoc reporting as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting or the equivalent in experience
• Requires 4 or more years of recent relevant experience in nonprofit budget management, including management of complex revenue streams.
• Knowledge of Federal compliance requirements
• Experience with software enabled budgeting a plus.
• Experience working with program staff to translate workplans into budgets.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams.
• Strong attention to detail, solid written and oral communication skills, and deadline oriented
• Fluency in English; other languages a plus
• Demonstrated cultural competency and interpersonal communication skills that enable working with individuals in a wide range of roles across the organization.
• Customer-service focused, with strong collaboration skills and a high degree of emotional intelligence.

COMPENSATION

Ocean Conservancy is committed to equity in its pay practices and posts expected salary ranges for each of its positions. Compensation will be commensurate with the candidate’s specialty skills, years of experience, geographic location and unique background. The expected salary range is $72,035 to $105,878. We would welcome the opportunity to connect with potential candidates whose salary requirements may be outside of the expected range.

TO APPLY

If you think you’d be a great fit for the job and are interested in joining Ocean Conservancy’s team, please apply here. Please include a resume and cover letter in one file on your application.

HYBRID WORK ENVIRONMENT

Ocean Conservancy embraces a hybrid work environment, which allows our staff the flexibility to work virtually and in-person while building strong connections across the institution.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Ocean Conservancy provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

We encourage applicants who have a diverse level and range of relevant skills and experiences to apply. A 100% match is not required. We want to support employees’ career growth and in return, our employees help Ocean Conservancy grow into a stronger, more inclusive organization.

If you are a person with a disability and need help applying, please contact us at [email protected].