Now is the time to join us and make a difference. Be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives. Here at the American Heart Association, you matter and so does your career.

We are hiring a Sr. Director, Business Accounting Operations, reporting to the Senior Vice President, Executive/Business Operations in our SouthWest (SW) region. In this role, you’ll be responsible for working with leadership and field staff to ensure financial business processes and operations are in alignment with federal and national standards within the six-state region. Work to maintain high fiscal integrity for the region by training staff on policies and procedures, leading internal financial processes and practices. This position will be a partner to the SW leadership team, and field fundraising and mission staff on all issues related to finance to ensure they are able to successfully impact the mission of the organization.

This is a remote position with a location preference within the borders of the SouthWest region states, but not required. The SouthWest region includes six states – Arkansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming.

The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally.

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Responsibilities

Some of the responsibilities include:

• Monitoring the region’s finances, ensuring expenses are submitted in a timely manner and properly coded. Conduct periodic compliance reviews of regional revenue and expenditures. Take necessary steps to resolve questionable transactions. Manage day-to-day relationship with centralized finance staff including review of monthly financial statements. Prepare return on investment and other financial analyses for SVP Corporate Ops and EVP.
• Manage the region’s fundraiser incentive program by preparing and maintaining fundraising staff goals. Prepare all incentive calculations and ensure the proper data is submitted for timely payout. Educate staff on how incentives are calculated and respond to related inquiries. Keep leadership abreast of any issues and provide recommendations.
• Work with regional managers and Sr. Management to create and review monthly departmental budgets. Work with Business Technology (BT), Business Operations and HR to create and review those departmental budgets. Advise regional staff on general ledger codes. Meet with BT and Sr. Director Facilities monthly to review their budget status.
• Review fundraising proposals and donor agreements in Proposal Pro workflow tool and provide feedback to ensure documents are following organizational standards before being released to third parties.
• Create and implement corporate operations/finance/facilities training modules and materials with an initial emphasis on training for new administrative assistants, new home office staff and new managers or participate in the creation of and conduct of these trainings for all regions.

Want to move your resume to the top so that you can become a “Relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives?” Here are some of the requirements:

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 2-5 years successful experience in non-profit accounting, finance or similar experience.
• Proven strength building and leveraging relationships at all levels both internally and externally.
• Effective oral and written communication skills with experience presenting to groups.
• Solid understanding of how to engage and work with staff of all levels within an organization.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build and lead project teams.
• Ability to work well with diverse groups of people around the organization, including senior executives.
• Ability to present ideas and concepts live or via multimedia in a clear and compelling manner.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word.

Compensation & Benefits

The expected pay range will be $62,500 to $83,400. Pay is commensurate with experience; geographic differentials to the pay range may apply. The American Heart Association reserves the right to pay more or less than the posted range.

The American Heart Association invests in its people. Here are the main components of our total rewards package. Visit Rewards & Benefits to see more details.

• Compensation – Our goal is to ensure you have a competitive base salary. That’s why we regularly review the market value of jobs and make adjustments, as needed.
• Performance and Recognition – You are rewarded for achieving success by merit increases and incentive programs, based on the type of position.
• Benefits – We offer a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, along with a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution. As a mark of our commitment to employee well-being, we also offer an employee assistance program, employee wellness program and telemedicine, and medical consultation.
• Professional Development – You can join one of our many Employee Resource Groups (ERG) or be a mentor/mentee in our professional mentoring program. HeartU is the Association’s national online university, with more than 100,000 resources designed to meet your needs and busy schedule.
• Work-Life Harmonization – The Association offers Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees. The number of days will increase based on seniority level. You will also have a total of 12 paid holidays off each year, which includes several days off at the end of the year.
• Tuition Assistance - We support the career development of all employees. This program provides financial assistance to employees who wish to further their education and career in relation to their current duties and responsibilities, or for potential future positions in the organization.

The American Heart Association’s 2024 Goal: Every person deserves the opportunity for a full, healthy life. As champions for health equity, by 2024, the American Heart Association will advance cardiovascular health for all, including identifying and removing barriers to health care access and quality.

At American Heart Association | American Stroke Association, our mission is to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, religion, age, language, sexual orientation, national origin and physical or cognitive abilities. We're committed to ensuring our workforce, workplace culture and mission have a shared impact across a diverse set of backgrounds.

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Location US-TX-Austin

Posted Date 14 hours ago (10/19/2023 4:31 PM)

Requisition ID 2023-11828

Job Category Field Campaigns

Additional Locations Diversity Distribution SouthWest

Position Type Full Time

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