Foundation Accounting Manager

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center; Baton Rouge (LA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center in Louisiana is seeking a Financial Analyst to provide accounting, budgeting, reporting, and operational support for the Foundation. You will work closely with the Philanthropy Operations Coordinator and Cancer Center Finance to deliver accurate financial reporting and performance insights.

The role focuses on preparing analyses, budgets, and forecasts, producing leadership dashboards, and overseeing gift processing and fund accounting to align with donor intent

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• Three to five years of experience in financial analysis, business analytics, nonprofit administration, healthcare finance, or a related field.
• CPA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepares financial analyses, budgets, and forecasts that inform Foundation fundraising strategy and support financial reporting.
• Produces reports and dashboards that give Foundation leadership and the Board clear, timely visibility into fundraising and financial performance.
• Oversees gift processing, pledge accounting, and reconciliation in partnership with Philanthropy Operations, ensuring accuracy and continuous process improvement.
• Manages and stewards endowed, restricted, and designated funds to ensure gifts are administered in accordance with donor intent and fund accounting standards.
• Supports special initiatives and compliance projects as directed by Foundation leadership.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting & forecasting

Reporting

Nonprofit accounting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field

Job description

Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center is Louisiana’s leading cancer care organization, caring for more patients each year than any other facility in the region. And with strategic hospital and physician partnerships, we are delivering on our mission to improve survivorship and lessen the burden of cancer. Mary Bird Perkins and its partners work together to provide state-of-the-art treatments and unparalleled collaborative, comprehensive cancer services. This culture of innovation helps attract the best cancer minds in the country, from expert physicians and highly specialized scientists to forward-thinking leaders in supportive care and other disciplines. Together, with our hospital and physician partners, we are one-hundred percent focused on cancer care.

Why Join Us?

We are looking for talented and highly-motivated individuals who demonstrate a natural desire to support the meaningful work of community oncologists and the patients we serve.

Job Description

SCOPE:

Provides accounting, financial analysis, reporting, and operational support for Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Foundation. Working closely with the Philanthropy Operations Coordinator and in coordination with Cancer Center Finance, this role ensures accurate financial reporting and reconciliation consistent with standard nonprofit accounting practices and standards, and gives Foundation leadership clear, timely visibility into fundraising and financial performance.

Essential Functions

• Prepares financial analyses, budgets, and forecasts that inform Foundation fundraising strategy and support financial reporting consistent with standard nonprofit accounting practices and standards
• Produces reports and dashboards that give Foundation leadership and the Board clear, timely visibility into fundraising and financial performance
• Oversees gift processing, pledge accounting, and reconciliation in partnership with Philanthropy Operations, ensuring accuracy and continuous process improvement
• Manages and stewards endowed, restricted, and designated funds to ensure gifts are administered in accordance with donor intent and fund accounting standards
• Supports special initiatives and compliance projects as directed by Foundation leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• Three to five years of experience in financial analysis, business analytics, nonprofit administration, healthcare finance, or a related field.
• CPA preferred.