Director, Finance & Operations at Harvard Hillel

Responsibilities

• Annual Planning & Financial Management
• Accounting, Banking, Benefits, Insurances, Payroll : accountability for ensuring an annual cycle, with relevant systems, tracking, and reporting designed and implemented to record and reflect on the overall fiscal health of the organization.
• Lead annual cycle of audited financial statements and filings : engage with external providers to oversee and actively manage the timely scheduling and delivery of an annual audit; delivery of a 990, and to meet an annual schedule of filing obligations.
• Annual Insurances : engage with a broker and others to manage insurance obligations for this 501(c)(3) organization.
• Board of Directors Operations
• Support committee development, structures, and governance principles and processes to ensure the organization's ByLaws support and drive compliance and governance decision-making in relation to financial risk.
• Fiscal Sponsorships Management
• In close coordination with the Dir

Benefits

Additional Information

Director, Finance & Operations Harvard Hillel Location: On Site, Harvard Hillel | Cambridge, MA Employment Status: Exempt salaried staff member Reporting: Jason Rubenstein, Executive Director Salary Range: $100,000 - $120,000 Role Overview The mission of Harvard Hillel is to be a Jewish home, both physical and virtual, on the Harvard University campus. Harvard Hillel welcomes all students to experience the variety of Jewish identity, tradition, practice, values, culture, and community and to inspire and enable connections on campus and beyond. Harvard Hillel students find meaningful connections and friendship while engaging in unique opportunities to make Jewish thought and culture integral in the life of the University. The Director, Finance & Administration (Director) reports to the Harvard Hillel executive director who has been in the role less than two years. As a team, you will engage effectively with internal and external constituent groups around operational excellence at Harvard Hillel. The Director will move easily between strategic decision-making, governance requirements, and the everyday tactical coordination and planning that brings operational priorities to fruition. The Director serves as an empathetic and collaborative leader and coach, where operational excellence and a positive engagement around organizational culture is as important as rigorous monitoring of systems and process. The Director's role will ensure effective and consistent financial integrity and compliance of this 501(c)(3) institution. Working closely with the executive director, chief of staff, and other stakeholders, the Director will oversee the planning, coordination, and tracking of institutional annual goals against budget. The Director will serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to the executive director and staff on organizational priorities, strategic goal setting, and effective project coordination in relation to designing and meeting budget goals. Key to the success of the Director's role is to add capacity to the executive director to support the transformation of the institution and its future. In year one, the Director will actively engage with colleagues and outsourced providers to modernize financial budgeting systems, tracking and reporting. Over time, a successful Director in this role will help reshape Harvard Hillel-its building and its operations, to move the organization forward. Anticipated accountabilities are outlined below. The Director will be expected to actively surface and collaboratively projects to design and address anomalies to ensure work moves forward effectively and efficiently.

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