Budget & Reporting Manager

(EDO) Entertainment Data Oracle, Inc.; Scottsdale (AZ); Presencial; USD 85.000 - 130.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical and dental insurance

401(k) with 4% match

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Descripción de la vacante

Alliance Defending Freedom seeks a Budget and Reporting Manager to lead the annual budgeting cycle, monitor departmental spend, and deliver variance analyses. This role partners with department heads and reports to the VP of Finance, ensuring GAAP compliance and accurate forecasting.

Strong Excel and ERP experience are required. We offer a competitive compensation package and comprehensive benefits, including medical/dental, retirement matching, and substantial PTO, reflecting our commitment to

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 5+ years of accounting/finance experience.
• ERP systems experience (Sage Intacct, NetSuite, etc.).
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Knowledge of GAAP and financial compliance standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to handle confidential information.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the annual budgeting process and coordinate with department heads.
• Track headcount, salary, benefits, and personnel costs.
• Monitor spending vs. budget and deliver variance reports to leadership.
• Maintain budget policies, approvals, and spending controls.
• Provide monthly close support and budget-to-actual dashboards.

Conocimientos

5+ years accounting

Strong communication

Confidential handling

Budget management

Cross-functional

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Herramientas

Sage Intacct

NetSuite

Descripción del empleo

Make a difference with us! At Alliance Defending Freedom, we believe God has brought you here for His purpose—to stand for truth and defend the God-given right to live and speak it. Together, we protect religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights. Review our Statement of Faith to ensure we’re a fit for you.

Team Overview

The Budget and Reporting Manager leads the organization's annual budgeting process and serves as the primary point of contact for department heads on all budget-related matters throughout the year. This role tracks headcount and personnel costs, monitors spending against budget, and delivers periodic variance reporting to leadership. This role reports to the VP of Finance.

Key Responsibilities

Budget Process Management:

• Manage the annual budget cycle through final approval, including timelines, submission, and requirements.
• Consolidate departmental budgets into a unified organizational budget.
• Implement budget policies, approval workflows, and spending controls.

Cross-Team Partnership & Communication:

• Serve as the primary, ongoing point of contact for department managers on all budget-related questions throughout the fiscal year; meeting regularly with department managers to review their budget performance and walk through variances in clear, practical terms.
• Build department managers’ financial confidence and literacy over time, helping them become more self-sufficient in reading and managing their own budgets.
• Partner with Accounting and FP&A teams to ensure alignment between budget, actuals, and forecasts.

Headcount & Personnel Budget Tracking:

• Maintain an up-to-date view of budgeted headcount by department, including salary, benefits, and other position-related costs, to support department managers in workforce planning decisions.
• Track personnel changes as they occur, including new hires, terminations, transfers, and promotions, and update budget and headcount plans to reflect their financial impact.
• Assist department managers in determining available salary budget for new and replacement hires before offers are extended, including guidance on how open positions affect remaining budget capacity. Communicate proactively when personnel-driven changes create budget risk or create newly available capacity.

Variance Management & Reporting:

• Track actual spending against budget on a monthly basis by department and team, and prepare periodic variance reports for leadership.
• Identify, investigate, and document variances, and follow up with department managers to understand drivers.
• Flag emerging budget risks early (overspend trends, underspend that signals delays, etc.).
• Produce recurring internal reporting packages (monthly close support, budget-to-actual reports, dashboards).
• Maintain reporting templates and ensure consistency and accuracy across departments.
• Support the month-end close processes, as they relate to budget reporting.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, or related fields.
• 5+ years of experience in accounting or finance.
• Experience with ERP systems (Sage Intacct, NetSuite, etc.).
• Advance proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Knowledge of GAAP and financial compliance standards.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information clearly.
• Ability to professionally handle confidential information.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience with budget management.

At Alliance Defending Freedom, we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package to support your well-being and growth. While we do not disclose specific salary ranges, our compensation is competitive with top non-profit law firms. Our benefits include 100% covered medical and dental insurance, medical and dependent care reimbursement, paid disability, long-term care, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan with a 4% company match. We prioritize work-life balance with paid time off and 12 paid holidays each year.

Want to Know More About ADF?

Statement of Faith

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.

Doctrinal Distinctives

• We believe in the spiritual unity and equality of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
• We believe that the Lordship of Christ requires us as disciples to seek to conform our actions, thoughts, and desires in obedience to Him.
• We believe God creates each person with an immutable biological sex — male or female — that reflects the image and likeness of God.
• We believe God designed marriage as a unique conjugal relationship joining one man and one woman in a single, exclusive, life-long union, and God intends sexual intimacy only to occur within that relationship.
• We believe God endows all human life with inherent dignity, and it must be respected and protected from conception to natural death.
• We believe that God has endowed all humans with the natural, and inalienable right of religious freedom to believe, pursue truth, and live within ordered liberty such that no civil government may justly infringe upon it.
• We believe that God, through His Son, Jesus Christ, calls all of us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him, knowing that He promises us abundant and eternal life.