Finance Manager

THE ORGANIZATION: 

TakeAction Minnesota is a power organization, building multiracial, cross-class teams of young people, parents and caregivers, artists and musicians, and tenants in key geographies around the state to win strategic campaigns for care, repair, and stability in our communities and statewide. Founded in 2006, TakeAction Minnesota exists because the challenges we face are bigger than one campaign or election cycle.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Finance Manager is a member of the Operations team and plays a key role in keeping TakeAction Minnesota’s finances accurate, organized, and running smoothly. This role manages financial work for the organization and its fiscally sponsored projects, and serves as a main point of contact between those projects and TakeAction Minnesota. As part of the Operations team, the Finance Manager helps build the systems and infrastructure that strengthen our organizing, support our base-building teams, and enable them to win campaigns. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS —Essential duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following:  

Financial operations & accounting

• Oversee day-to-day accounting operations, including accounts payable, journal entries, and maintenance of financial records

• Lead the monthly close process, including time and expense allocations, reconciliations, adjustments, and reporting

• Ensure accurate financial files and documentation

• Manage processing needed for 1099 reporting

• Monitor organizational cash flow and support for short-term cash planning

• Develop and manage cash projections for fiscally sponsored projects

• Ensure financial data for fiscally sponsored projects is accurate and up to date

• Collaborate with team members to improve financial systems and processes to increase efficiency 

• Develop grant and contract budgets in partnership with program and/or development teams

• Prepare regular financial reports for internal teams and external funders

• Review budget-to-actual reports with program teams on a quarterly basis

• Ensure accurate expense coding and tracking across the organization

• Support financial planning and scenario analysis for leadership decisions

• Lead day-to-day audit preparation process, including organizing documentions, reconciliations, and auditor requests, in partnership with the Finance Director

• Manage day-to-day campaign finance reporting and compliance tasks

• Ensure required filings and reports are completed accurately and on time

• Support compliance with organizational financial policies and legal requirements 

• Escalate issues and work closely with the Finance Director, who provides overall oversight 

• Help staff understand budgets, financial reports, and spending decisions

• Support teams in tracking and managing their budgets and expenses correctly

• Partner with staff across teams to improve financial tracking and reporting systems

• Provide general training and guidance on financial procedures and best practices

Perform other duties as assigned to support organizational and financial operations.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Experience and Qualifications   

• A natural curiosity about people and the ability to build rapport across lines of difference; able to both listen deeply and engage boldly with strangers and volunteers. 

• A demonstrated commitment to economic, racial, and gender justice, and to advancing progressive political change through building power. 

• Willingness to offer ideas, receive feedback, adapt plans, and actively contribute to solutions.

• Some experience—paid, volunteer, or school-based—in community organizing, political campaigns, labor organizing, or other collective action efforts.

• Experience managing day-to-day accounting and financial operations in a nonprofit or multi-entity organization

• Strong understanding of nonprofit budgeting, grant management, and financial reporting

• Experience with month-end close processes, including reconciliations and journal entries

• Ability to manage multiple budgets and track finances across programs or entities

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to financial accuracy and compliance

• Experience preparing financial reports for both internal teams and external funders

• Ability to explain financial information clearly to non-financial staff

• Experience supporting audits and working with external auditors or accountants

• Familiarity with nonprofit financial systems and tools, specifically Sage Intacct 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT   
Work is performed in a standard office environment which requires occasionally lifting such articles as file boxes, camera equipment, or heavier materials with help from others and/or lifting and carrying light objects frequently. A job in this category may require walking or standing to a significant degree or may involve sitting most of the time with long periods of computer work and heavy phone usage. This role may occasionally require working outside typical business hours, including evenings or weekends, especially during peak campaign moments or events. 

SALARY AND BENEFITS

• Salary is commensurate with experience and starts at $75,000. Category: Manager 2

• Full-time employment is defined as working 64 or more hours per pay period. 

• Full health and dental benefits through HealthPartners. TakeAction Minnesota pays 95% of monthly insurance premiums for the employee and their family.

• Vision insurance is optional at no cost to employees.

• Long Term Disability, AD&D, and life insurance provided at no cost to employees.

• 401(k) and Roth 401(K) Retirement plans with up to 4% employer match.

• 3 weeks of vacation accrued in the first year, 2 weeks of sick and safe leave upon hire with another 2 weeks accrued in the first year, 8 paid holidays, and a 1-week summer and 1-week winter office closure.

• Paid leaves including 3rd Year Break (3 weeks + $1,000 stipend), 5-year and 10-year Sabbaticals (8 weeks + $1,000 stipend), Paid Family & Medical Leave, and other leave options.  

• Annual 5% guaranteed pay increase; monthly reimbursements including cell phone and home internet use; annual wellness and professional development stipends.

• This position is NOT a member of the Minnesota Newspaper and Communications Guild. 

• This position reports directly to the Finance Director.

• This position is in our Saint Paul, MN office but will be required to occasionally travel. In response to COVID-19, all employees are resourced to work from home or under a hybrid model as needed.