Finance Director

Title
Finance Director
Reports to
Chief Finance and Operations Officer
Location

Remote within the United States, with regular schedule overlap with Ecuador and Peru and occasional travel to country offices
Engagement type
Full-time employee, exempt
Language

English required. Working Spanish is a significant advantage.
About Amazon Frontlines

Amazon Frontlines (amazonfrontlines.org) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in the Amazon region of Ecuador. Amazon Frontlines fights the climate crisis by securing indigenous stewardship of the Amazon rainforest. We build power with Indigenous leaders to form a bulwark of resistance throughout the upper Amazon, working together deep in the forest, at our organizing hub in northeastern Ecuador, and in the halls of power worldwide. Our mission is driven by a commitment to environmental conservation and empowering indigenous communities through partnership and sustainable practices.
Position Summary

The role is the organization's senior technical finance professional and its chief accountant: responsible for the books, the financial statements, the annual audit, United States tax and regulatory compliance, treasury, and the quality of every figure the organization reports to its leadership, its Board, and its funders.

The role suits a hands-on finance professional who is comfortable working with a great deal of data and has an eye for detail, and who also enjoys change management and building structural solutions rather than patching gaps.

The Finance Director manages a team that is in consolidation phase, the Finance Manager and the Manager, Grant Finance and Budgeting, with a Staff Accountant reporting through the Finance Manager. The role reports to the Chief Finance and Operations Officer, who holds financial strategy, Board presentation, and the organization's operations, legal, people, and risk portfolios. The Finance Director produces the financial information those responsibilities depend on and is accountable for its accuracy and timeliness. The role leads the finance function; it does not process transactions or run the monthly close.
Scope

- Accounting management, monthly close, and financial statement quality

- Internal controls, financial policy, and delegation of authority

- Annual external audit and audit readiness

- United States tax and regulatory compliance, including Form 990 and state filings

- Treasury, banking, and payment platform administration

- Financial reporting to leadership and to the Board Finance Committee

- Financial oversight of re-granting to partner organizations and of operations in Ecuador and Peru

- Supervision of the finance team and transition of accounting functions in-house

Key Responsibilities

1. Accounting Management and Financial Close

- Oversee the monthly close, account reconciliations, accruals, payroll review, and coding quality, led by the Finance Manager.

- Review and approve monthly financial statements, including net asset classification, restricted fund balances, and material accruals.

- Own the chart of accounts and the class and project structure, including the restructure scheduled for 2027.

- Own the documented methodology for allocating personnel and shared costs across program, management and general, and fundraising functions, and review it annually with the external auditors.

- Ensure the accounting record is maintained to a standard that supports audit without reconstruction.

2. Audit, Tax, and United States Compliance

- Run the annual external audit under the oversight of the Chief Finance and Operations Officer: planning, schedules, fieldwork, the auditor relationship, management responses, and implementation of agreed recommendations.

- Own preparation and review of Form 990 and related schedules, including Schedule F for activities and grantmaking outside the United States.

- Maintain California and multi-state compliance, including Registry of Charities and Fundraisers filing