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Financial Coach and Advisor to Fiscally Sponsored Projects

Employer
Movement Strategy Center
Location
California, United States
Salary
Salary Commensurate with experience
Closing date
Apr 22, 2021

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Position Type
Programs, Other Programs
Fields
Other Fields
Employment Type
Full Time

MIIC Project Advisor

Position Overview

Reporting to the Chief Fiscal Sponsored Programs Officer, the primary role of the MIIC Fiscal Sponsor Project Advisor is to advise fiscally-sponsored projects (FSPs) in support of their acceleration and growth. A relational role, the Advisor works with FSP staff leads as well as internal MSC departments to build FSP financial and operational literacy, and enhance their empowerment and organizational management. This position is central to the operationalizing of MSC’s commitment to transformative movement building. The Advisor seeks to understand FSPs’ operations and development goals to inform growth strategies.

The MIIC Project Advisor works in a team with the Operations Manager and the Chief Fiscal Sponsored Programs Officer to provide responsive and effective fiscal sponsorship services. Through collaboration and weekly strategy meetings this team identifies systemic service delivery and capacity building needs as well as growth and impact strategies.

The MIIC Project Advisor:

  • Partners with FSPs to meet organizational growth and impact goals
  • Provides responsive financial and operational literacy and capacity building education
  • Advises on and supports nonprofit business development strategies
  • Manages a dashboard of key performance indicators

The Movement Infrastructure Innovation Center (MIIC)

The purpose of the MIIC is to support transformational movement building. The MIIC’s fiscal sponsorship program is a home to visionaries, social entrepreneurs, initiatives and networks. Our innovative movement infrastructure operationalizes social justice methods, BIPOC-centered projects, local and national organizing, and community-based strategies.

About Movement Strategy Center (MSC)
Founded in 2001, Movement Strategy Center's mission is to cultivate the power necessary to accelerate a just transition from a world of domination, extraction, and violence, where the few live at the expense of the many – to a world of interdependence, liberation and resilience, where the many govern for the benefit of all. MSC centers Black, Indigenous, and people of color intergenerational systems leaders and networks that are committed to transformation and boldly leaning into the future and whose communities are most impacted by extraction, domination, and violence.

MSC understands that transformative movements change the way we think, our structures and systems, the way we live, and even who we are. We recognize that we are whole people, and whole communities, and because the issues and problems we face are interconnected, our systemic solutions and movements must be interconnected as well. The way we achieve our goals and with whom are just as important as our outcomes. We harness our individual and collective strengths from the inside out -- engaging together in transformative practices that generate powerful movements grounded in purpose and deep relationships.

MSC's values and approach are grounded in four elements of transformative movement building: leading with audacious vision and bold purpose; deeply embodying the values at the heart of the vision; building radical and deep connection; and centering that vision, embodiment, and connection to strategically navigate towards the just transition we and our partners seek to achieve.

Core Responsibilities:

Financial (60%)

  • Partner with FSPs to advise on and support nonprofit business development strategies and asset growth
  • Meet with FSPs monthly to review financial reports and health
  • Develop and provide financial education and trainings responsive to FSP needs
  • Provide proactive financial literacy support incl. online systems (Xero, Bill.com)
  • Support FSPs’ development and integration of budget planning
  • Attend weekly finance team meetings in collaboration of service delivery
  • Serve as a MIIC finance department’s liaison to FSPs

Operational (20%)

  • Maintain dashboard of key performance indicators
  • Provide organizational management support and education
  • Identify FSP operational literacy barriers and capacity building needs
  • Proactively support FSP compliance

Team Collaboration (20%)

  • Work collaboratively with other team members to develop, define and implement program strategies to achieve significant and scalable impact toward team goals
  • Identify emerging trends, opportunities and sustainable initiatives that can be brought into the MIIC environment
  • Contribute to MIIC programming, trainings and events
  • Provide data analysis and identify growth opportunities for the MIIC
  • Attend FSP events or activities
  • Represent the MIIC externally in support of business development strategies
  • Network with other FSP intermediaries to learn new or effective practices.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position does not supervise other employees.

Position Type/Expected hours of work

Standard days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m PST. Daily schedule is flexible within the proximity of this time frame, and will be decided in consultation with the supervisor.

Travel

No significant travel expected. Occasional domestic travel may be required for meetings and conferences around the Bay Area and nationally. This position can be performed remotely from anywhere though being based in the San Francisco Bay Area is an advantage.

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience

  • A minimum of 5 years experience working and/or actively volunteering in nonprofit, community-based, advocacy or public sector fields
  • A minimum of 3 years experience in a leadership role managing operations, finance or development for a nonprofit
  • A minimum of 2 years experience in finance and/or accounting, preferably non-profit
  • Experience providing innovative and values-based business development strategies
  • Passionate about building the capacity of individuals, organizations, networks and sectors towards transformational, strategic and sustainable goals
  • Skill in providing capacity building education and trainings
  • Strong tech literacy skills, proficiency in Google Suite including Google Sites and utilizing online work productivity tools
  • Ability to work independently and in teams, while managing multiple projects with competing timelines
  • ast learner and able to integrate new systems collaboratively
  • Ability to work independently and in teams, managing projects with competing timelines
  • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
  • Strong oral and written communication skills; ability to present clearly and effectively
  • Ability and willingness to adapt to systems, processes, and matrix management

Preferred Qualifications

  • Passionate about supporting organizational management and development
  • Value systems-based design, operational excellence and a network-based ecosystem
  • Proactive and data-inspired innovator with strong strategic advising skills
  • Experience tracking permissible lobbying activity for advocacy organizations
  • Proficient in Xero and Bill.com
  • Proficient in Asana and other project management tools

Position Type & Compensation

  • Full-time, 100% FTE exempt position
  • Annual compensation is offered between $80,000 - $90,000
  • MSC’s 100% FTE benefits package includes:
  • 20 days vacation leave per year (requires 90 day waiting period before accrual);
  • 12 standard holidays and 2 personal days per year;
  • 12 sick days per year;
  • 1 week paid MSC family and medical leave after one year of service; an additional week of paid leave for each additional year of service, up to 4 weeks;
  • Medical, vision, dental for employees and dependents (requires 30 day waiting period and a per paycheck employee contribution);
  • 100% employer sponsored basic life, short-term and long-term disability insurance coverage;
  • Access to a 403b retirement plan.
  • Access to FSA and Commuter Benefits.

Movement Strategy Center is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, disability, gender, nationality, ethnicity, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or any other status protected by law. People of color and LGBTQ candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

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