Director of Finance & Administration
Salary : $165,845
Job Classification : Full time, Permanent, Exempt
Location : This position is remote, candidates must live and be authorized to work in the U.S.
Reports To : Executive Director
Supervision Responsibilities : This position supervises a team of 1 plus vendors and consultants
Travel Requirements : This position requires approximately 15% domestic and international travel
The Organization: Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism
For over 25 years, Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism (UAF) has funded feminist activists to keep each other and their communities safe while building lasting, resilient movements for justice, equity and liberation. Our holistic, flexible approach enables frontline feminists to respond to real-time threats and opportunities, protect and care for themselves and one another, and sustain and propel solutions to the most critical crises and injustices of our time.
Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism partners with frontline feminist movements to support women, trans and non-binary activists striving to create a more just and equitable world.
Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism provides fast, flexible support to women, trans and non-binary activists so they can respond to unexpected risks and opportunities, protect and care for themselves and one another, and nurture feminist movements that are creating a more just and equitable world. Our mission is to sustain feminist activism worldwide by providing rapid response funding to women, trans, non-binary and LQBTQ frontline activists. Our work supporting feminist movements is made possible due to our team of diverse staff, board members, and advisors who bring to the organization a passion for justice, equality, and inclusion.
We do this work in collaboration with a Sisterhood of Urgent Action Funds around the world. Collaborative, co-equal and geographically distinct, the Urgent Action Fund Sisterhood is the only global consortium of independent funds with a mission to sustain feminist activism worldwide by providing rapid response funding to women, trans and non-binary frontline activists. Today, there are four independent Urgent Action Sister Funds: Urgent Action Fund-Africa, Urgent Action Fund-Latin America & the Caribbean, Urgent Action Fund-Asia and Pacific, and our organization, Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism , which grants in the Middle East, Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Turkey, Central Asia, Russia, Canada and the United States.
The Position: Director of Finance and Administration
UAF seeks an experienced, equity-driven philanthropy leader to serve as Director of Finance and Administration (DFA), a senior role reporting to the Executive Director that works closely with departments across the institution and the global UAF network of Sister Funds. This position oversees a $15 million budget and includes strategic financial oversight and revenue and expense allocation from all grants received; oversees daily wire processing of vendor and grantee payments; provides oversight of biweekly payroll; establishes compliance and internal controls; and manages finance staff and external accounting and investment firms. The DFA will lead high-level budgeting, forecasting, and allocation strategies alongside UAF’s Partnerships and Programs staff, ensuring responsiveness to highly complex regulatory requirements, including numerous European government audits throughout the year. The DFA ensures that financial stewardship and programmatic compliance operate cohesively and efficiently, deploying funds while maintaining streamlined systems and robust risk mitigation practices across all aspects of income tracking, reporting, and investment management. A key member of the Management Team, the DFA plays a critical role in organizational leadership, development, and oversight. The DFA will also supervise the Finance and Administration Officer, and oversee the work of an external accounting firm.
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