Managing Director, Planning, Analysis & Grants Administration

ROLE TITLE: Managing Director, Planning, Analysis & Grants Administration

REPORTS TO: Rohini Vagarali, SMD, Financial Planning and Analysis

APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 18, 2025 at 11:59pm ET

LOCATION: Flexible

WHAT YOU’LL DO

The MD, Financial Planning and Analysis provides financial decision making and strategy support to cost centers throughout Teach For America. This individual acts as the primary point of contact for team leaders and portfolio managers for all needs related to their financial management needs. Key responsibilities include leading cost centers through the budgeting and forecasting processes, managing restricted grants over their full lifecycle, ensuring cost center spending is compliant and aligned with team budgets, and providing in-year reporting and ad hoc analytical support to a portfolio of teams. This person will also support the Finance team’s commitment to racial equity and belonging by ensuring financial decision making is grounded in our commitment to equity, building relationships across lines of difference, and supporting efforts to maximize our impact in the communities in which we operate.

The ideal candidate has the ability to provide thorough and holistic financial analyses to executives throughout the organization while also operating at the tactical level necessary to support all cost center financial needs. The ideal candidate is also skilled at navigating internal structures and systems to support cost centers in achieving their financial management needs by partnering with others throughout the Finance team and Talent and Administration Portfolio. You will be someone who leads well through uncertainty and change and is able to support executive leaders through dynamic planning environments that are responsive to local and enterprise needs. You are also a systems thinker with a strong customer service orientation who is able to understand how to meet diverse needs and perspectives while using the team’s position and expertise to disrupt inequitable systems and decision making within the organization.

WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Act as Finance Business Partner to a portfolio of cost centers, providing financial decision making, strategy, and operational support

• Complete budgeting and forecasting for a set of cost centers, including reporting and analysis supports that maximize impact, manage enterprise resources effectively, and support effective and compliant drawdown of restricted funding

• Develop grant budgets and amendments aligned with cost center strategy and budgets in order to maximize compliance drawdown of restricted funding

• Review cost center spending for compliance with team budgets, enterprise financial policies, and grant requirements including OMB and relevant state …