Osborn for Senate: Deputy Finance Director

Job Post; Nebraska; On-site; USD 67,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Osborn for Senate is hiring a Deputy Finance Director in Nebraska to oversee fundraising operations. The role reports to the Finance Director and requires experience raising money for a federal campaign, strong organization, and strategic outreach.

This full-time, in-person position includes coordinating events, managing staff, and ensuring compliance with FEC regulations. Salary ranges 6,000 to 7,000 USD per month, with moving expenses reimbursed for non-Nebraska candidates.

Qualifications

• Proven experience raising money for a federal campaign.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and self-motivated.
• Strong communication skills, internal and external.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Finance Director in developing and implementing a detailed fundraising plan.
• Tracking weekly, monthly, and quarterly fundraising goals.
• Hiring, training, and overseeing finance team staff, volunteers, and consultants.
• Overseeing daily donation processing, deposits, and data entry.
• Ensuring all campaign fundraising activities comply with FEC regulations.

Skills

Fundraising

Organization

Communication

Campaign finance software

Tools

NGP

ActBlue

Excel

Job description

Osborn for Senate: Deputy Finance Director

LOCATION

NE

SALARY

$6000 - $7000 (Monthly)

HEALTHCARE

Employer-sponsored health insurance offered

COMPANY

Osborn for Senate

DEPARTMENT

Campaign Management

EMPLOYMENT TYPE

Campaign

MINIMUM LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE

Departmental Staff Manager (overseeing staff within a specific department, and/or reporting to a Department Director. Ex: Deputy Data Director, Regional Organizing Director, GOTV Director)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Dan Osborn for U.S. Senate is hiring a Deputy Finance Director to assist in overseeing finance and fundraising operations in what will be one of the closely-watched races in the country. The ideal candidate will have experience raising money for a federal campaign, be highly organized, and bring a creative, strategic approach to grassroots and major donor fundraising. This position reports to the Finance Director.

Responsibilities include:

• Assist the Finance Director in developing and implementing a detailed fundraising plan
• Tracking weekly, monthly, and quarterly fundraising goals
• Organizing and staffing candidate call time, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness
• Drafting fundraising materials, including event invitations, direct mail, and online appeals
• Planning and executing fundraising events, recruiting hosts, and managing finance committees
• Expanding the donor base through strategic research and outreach
• Hiring, training, and overseeing finance team staff, volunteers, and consultants
• Managing the fundraising events calendar and coordinating the candidate's finance schedule
• Tracking, analyzing, and reporting on fundraising performance metrics
• Fostering a high-energy, innovative fundraising culture
• Overseeing daily donation processing, deposits, and data entry
• Ensuring all campaign fundraising activities comply with FEC regulations
• Reviewing and approving FEC reports prior to submission.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience raising money for a federal campaign.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and self-motivated.
• Strong communication skills, both internal and external.
• Proficiency in NGP, ActBlue, Excel, and other campaign finance software.
• Willingness to work a campaign schedule, including some travel and irregular hours.
• Experience managing a statewide campaign finance program;
• Detail-oriented and focused; enthusiastic about politics.

This is a full-time, in-person position in Nebraska that will end when the campaign concludes in November 2026. You will collaborate with colleagues who are based across Nebraska. Campaign hours are expected of any successful candidate.

This is a salaried position that will be compensated between $6,000 - $7,000 per month, based on experience. Moving expenses will be reimbursed for candidates from outside of Nebraska.

Osborn For Senate is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation.