Impact Operations Finance & Grants Lead

Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan; Taylor (MI); Presencial; USD 120.000 - 170.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid time off (ETO)

Background check

Descripción de la vacante

Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan is seeking a Lead Operations financial leader to manage budgeting, grant administration, and financial analysis supporting the COO. You will steer food revenue/expense management, allocate resources, and ensure compliance with grant requirements across multiple departments and programs.

The role involves overseeing approximately $15 million in operating expenses and grants, with emphasis on accurate reporting, forecasting, and actionable

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, accounting, nonprofit management, public administration, supply chain, or related field.
• Experience managing budgets, monitoring expenses, and preparing financial or operational analyses and reports.
• Advanced Excel and auditable tracking tools; forecasting, expense allocation, and variance investigation.
• Knowledge of restricted funding and grant administration; cross-department collaboration.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 and familiarity with virtual meeting platforms.

Responsabilidades

• Develop Operations expense assumptions, budgets, and forecasts. Support the COO in developing food revenue and expense assumptions and recommending resource allocations.
• Direct food revenue and expense management and performance against approved budgets.
• Analyze operating and capital spending, variances, and trends; forecast results and provide financial insights and recommendations to the COO.
• Interpret grant requirements and direct Operations spending and expense allocations across grant obligations, collaborating with the Senior Director of Finance.
• Lead Operations post-award administration for food and operational grants, coordinating implementation, documentation, deadlines, performance tracking, and closeout with Finance, Advancement, and programs.
• Provide grant results, narrative support, budgets, and documentation to Advancement and Finance. Own grant tracking and reporting for Food Bank Council of Michigan-funded programs.
• Maintain accurate, auditable budget and grant tools and supporting records. Prepare recurring food revenue, expense, budget, and grant performance reports.
• Support monthly inventory balance review by investigating operational discrepancies and coordinating resolution with Finance and Operations.
• Improve administrative procedures and recommend financial-control changes for approval. Coordinate cross-departmental projects, deliverables, and monthly financial review; the COO reviews this position’s work.
• Protect confidential information, maintain organized records, and support compliance reviews and audits within the assigned scope.
• Model Gleaners' mission, values, accountability, and open cross-departmental communication.
• Scope and Decision Authority Manage financial and administrative functions without direct reports. Scope currently includes approximately $15 million in operating expense and capital budgets and 15-20 federal, State of Michigan, and private grants covering Gleaners' food programs, including individual awards exceeding $2 million.

Conocimientos

Budgets management

Advanced Excel

Forecasting

Grant administration

Cross-department collaboration

MS 365

Virtual meetings

Educación

Bachelor's degree

Herramientas

Microsoft 365

Descripción del empleo

Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan is seeking a Lead Operations financial leader to manage budgeting, grant administration, and financial analysis supporting the COO. You will steer food revenue/expense management, allocate resources, and ensure compliance with grant requirements across multiple departments and programs.

The role involves overseeing approximately $15 million in operating expenses and grants, with emphasis on accurate reporting, forecasting, and actionable