Senior Finance Director

Organization Summary

United Way of Utah County has served children and families for more than 60 years. We partner with businesses, individuals, government entities, and other nonprofits to help children succeed, strengthen youth mental and emotional health, and support families' financial stability.

Position Summary

The Senior Finance Director owns financial planning, forecasting, management analysis, and finance-function leadership. This role turns reliable accounting records into forecasts, scenarios, and recommendations for leadership and the Board. The Finance Manager owns accounting operations and financial statement preparation; the Senior Finance Director reviews those outputs and uses them for planning and decisions rather than routinely performing transaction or close work.

Primary Responsibilities

• Own short- and long-term cash-flow forecasting and year-end revenue, expense, and operating projections.
• Develop conservative, expected, and optimistic scenarios; update assumptions as fundraising, grant, and spending conditions change.
• Lead the annual budgeting process, set assumptions and timelines, and recommend the final organizational budget to leadership.
• Determine how much revenue the organization needs to raise and by when, considering operating needs, cash timing, restrictions, and reserve goals.
• Define how restricted funds, committed costs, cash balances, and unrestricted spendable resources are presented for decision-making.
• Analyze organization-level trends, material variances, unusual results, and emerging financial risks; present recommendations and options.
• Own finance content for leadership and Board reporting, using financial statements and schedules prepared by the Finance Manager.
• Set the framework for grant financial oversight, including risk thresholds, forecasting expectations, and reporting standards.
• Partner with fundraising, grants, and program leaders on revenue assumptions, grant risks, resource allocation, and financial implications of decisions.
• Supervise the Finance Manager; establish expectations for close timing, reporting quality, documentation, and escalation.
• Approve finance policies, internal-control design, role assignments, and material workflow or system changes.
• Assess the completeness, accuracy, and reasonableness of financial information without reperforming routine accounting work.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in financial planning, analysis, budgeting, or nonprofit finance.
• Strong understanding of nonprofit revenue, restricted funds, grants, cash flow, and financial statements.
• Demonstrated ability to create forecasts, models, and financial scenarios and translate them into recommendations.
• Ability to identify inconsistencies and risks and exercise sound judgment about materiality and detail.
• Strong spreadsheet and financial-modeling skills.
• Clear communication with non-finance staff, organizational leaders, and governing boards.
• Experience improving financial systems, controls, and processes and supervising finance staff.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Benefits: United Way of Utah County is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This is a full-time, 40 hour position—compensation depends on experience. Benefits include medical and dental insurance, paid holidays, sick leave and vacation, 401(k), life and disability insurance, and flex spending plan.

How to Apply: Please email cover letter & resume to Michaelann Gardner at michaelanng@unitedwayuc.org

Pay: $70,000.00 - $85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Work Location: In person

Benefits:

Salary : $70,000 - $85,000