Finance Operations Specialist

The Kresge Foundation - Troy, MI; Troy (MI); Hybrid; USD 70,945 - 86,710; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision and life insurance

Paid time off

Half day Fridays

401k and 401k matching

Tuition reimbursement

Life, accident and disability insurance

Job summary

The Kresge Foundation is seeking a Finance Operations Specialist located in Troy, Michigan. The role focuses on managing financial processes and working collaboratively across teams to ensure accurate transactions and internal controls. The position offers a hybrid work schedule, with standard in-office days on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Compensation begins at $78,828 per year, with individual offers based on experience. Employees enjoy a range of benefits including health insurance, paid time off, and a 401k matching plan.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing financial processes and controls.
• Ability to identify and implement financial process improvements.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage key financial processes across the Foundation.
• Ensure efficient internal controls and accurate financial transactions.
• Identify opportunities for process automation or outsourcing.

Skills

Financial processes management

Cross-functional collaboration

Internal controls

Process improvement identification

Automation opportunities

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field

Job description

The Finance Operations Specialist is responsible for managing key financial processes across the Kresge Foundation. This role works cross functionally with Foundation colleagues, suppliers, and the finance team in ensuring efficient internal controls and accurate financial transactions. This position is also responsible for identifying financial process improvements and opportunities to automate or outsource various processes.

The Kresge Foundation is one of the top 20 private philanthropic foundations in the United States and the only one focused exclusively on expanding opportunities for people with low income in American cities. With an endowment of approximately $4 billion and a staff of over 100 employees, the foundation deploys grants and social investments across arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services and community development. The foundation’s state-of-the-art headquarters maintains an array of energy-efficient, water-conserving and health-promoting systems. The foundation also operates an office in Detroit’s Midtown district.

Compensation: This position is full-time. The starting salary for this position begins at $78,828.00 per year. Individual offers will be based on the candidate's years of experience and our practice of upholding salary equity within the foundation.

The application deadline for this position is Midnight EST on January 7, 2024.

The Kresge Foundation COVID-19 Vaccination Policy requires all employees to be “up to date” on the COVID-19 vaccination. The Foundation defines “up to date” as having received two primary doses of the Pfizer-BioNtech or Moderna vaccine or one primary dose of the J&J vaccine and any booster dose(s) when eligible. Proof of vaccination must be provided prior to the first day of employment. If you believe you need a disability or religious accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act regarding the vaccination policy, you are responsible for requesting an accommodation prior to your first day of employment by notifying Human Resources. Employment will be contingent upon the outcome of the accommodation review process.

This position is located in Troy, Michigan and currently has a hybrid schedule. Tuesday and Wednesday are the standard in-office days, however, there may be times when you will have to adjust the days based on work needs.

This position requires occasional travel for foundation activities, events and professional development activities.

Some of the benefits include:

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance
• Paid time off
• Half day Fridays
• 401k and 401k matching
• Tuition reimbursement
• Life, accident and disability insurance

Kresge is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and strongly encourages applications from people of color, persons with disabilities, women, and LGBTQ+ applicants. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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