Job Description

Job Location Washington, DC 20017 Position Type Full Time Education Level 4 Year Degree Salary Range $135,000.00 - $150,900.00 Salary/year Job Category Accounting

About the Organization

It is an exciting time at the Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) as we continue to undertake our mission. We know that creating long-term solutions to food security requires more than meals. It requires education, training, and collaboration. We are seeking people with strong ideas and a passion to come together to address the complex interrelated issues of food security, poverty, and equity. We are expanding in multiple ways: providing food for today and addressing the root causes of hunger by partnering with organizations that provide critical services like job training programs, health care and education. Food has the power to transform lives and move everyone forward. Find out how on our website at capitalareafoodbank.org. Let us discuss how food is at the center of everyone's healthy life!

The Capital Area Food Bank (CAFB) is seeking a strategic, technically skilled, and collaborative leader to join its finance team as the Senior Director, Grant Management and Financial Planning. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), this senior position is responsible for two critical functions: overseeing the financial stewardship and compliance of a complex, multi-million-dollar grants portfolio, and leading the organization’s annual and long-term budgeting process.

This role serves as a key financial partner to leadership and staff across the entire organization. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on leader adept at building and improving systems, fostering a culture of financial accountability, and translating complex financial data into actionable insights for diverse audiences. This position will lead a small but skilled team and play a vital role in ensuring CAFB maximizes its resources to fulfill its mission.

Essential Functions:

Grant Management & Compliance – 45%

Leads the financial management and administration for CAFB’s grants portfolio, which includes significant federal funding sourced through state and local entities, as well as foundation, corporate, and individual awards.

• Ensures excellence in award management and strict compliance with all grant terms, conditions, and regulations, particularly for complex government contracts.
• Serves as a primary financial point of contact for government funding agencies, building and maintaining strong working relationships.
• Develops and maintains robust systems for the efficient financial management of grants, including timely recordation of expenses (cash and in-kind), accurate financial reporting, and efficient close-out processes.
• Partners closely with program managers to ensure seamless grant implementation by developing and disseminating clear tools, templates, and guidelines for the entire award lifecycle. This includes establishing standardized processes for grant kick-off meetings, budget monitoring, programmatic and financial reporting, and compliant close-out procedures.
• Manages and mentors a team of two grant management professionals, with the autonomy to structure the team to meet organizational needs.
• Collaborates with the Development team on proposal budgets and financial reporting to private funders.

Budget Management & Strategic Partnership – 35%

In partnership with the CFO, directs the systems, tools, and processes for managing the organization's annual operating budget and long-term financial planning.

• Serves as the primary liaison and financial guide for department leaders throughout the full-cycle budget process, from initial preparation to final negotiations and approval.
• Leads the annual budget process, ensuring a collaborative and transparent approach that aligns with strategic priorities.
• Continuously monitors organizational and departmental budget performance, providing program leaders with actionable insights and analyses to ensure compliance and on-time implementation of grant-funded activities.
• Identifies and analyzes budget variances, helping align resources, address budget gaps, and provides strategic recommendations to the CFO and executive team.

Financial Systems & Process Improvement – 20%

Drives the continuous improvement of budget and grant management systems and processes to increase efficiency and accuracy.

• Evaluates and enhances workflows related to grant and budget management.
• In partnership with the CFO, develops and maintains an organizational budget management system.
• Designs budget templates and financial reporting tools.
• Develops, enhances, and maintains financial dashboards for use by stakeholders across the organization.
• Identifies opportunities for automation and leverages technology to streamline reporting and analysis.
• In partnership with IT and Analytics, leverages technology to deliver dynamic financial scenarios, predictive modeling, and other advanced data use cases to inform improved financial or operational performance.

Qualifications

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required
• A minimum of 10-15 years of progressive professional experience in finance or accounting.
• Significant, direct experience managing the financial and compliance aspects of large, complex, and highly regulated grants, with a strong preference for experience with federal pass-through funding.
• Demonstrated experience managing a full-cycle organizational budget process for an organization of comparable size and complexity ($50+ million annual budget).
• Deep understanding of nonprofit financial management principles and the complexities of managing and blending restricted and unrestricted funding streams.
• Demonstrated experience overseeing compliance with grant terms in an environment subject to federal award regulations (Uniform Guidance).
• Excellent organizational skills, technical aptitude, and a very high level of proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Experience using data visualization and BI tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Looker) connected to data warehouses (e.g., Microsoft Fabric, Google BigQuery, Snowflake) to drive financial analysis and reporting.
• Functional literacy in SQL or similar code-based tools to leverage large datasets and prepare them for analysis and reporting. Candidates do not need to be expert coders, but they must be confident working 'under the hood' in a data environment to extract and structure data and analyses.
• Proven ability to manage and mentor staff.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, high emotional intelligence, and a proven ability to negotiate and collaborate effectively with a diverse group of internal and external stakeholders.

Preferred

Qualifications

• Direct experience using NetSuite (preferably) or a similarly complex ERP system.
• Successful track record in developing and managing a bespoke budget collection and accumulation solution for use across numerous departments within an organization.
• Significant experience developing and delivering technical training programs for non-financial audiences.
• Experience developing or editing automated processes through low-code tools (e.g. Power Automate, Power Apps, macros, etc.).
• Demonstrated interest in other coding languages (Python, JavaScript, etc.), AI, and applying emerging technologies to financial processes.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Strong commitment to social justice and genuine desire to serve the Greater Washington region
• High integrity and moral character, supporting the mission, philosophy, policies, and ideals of the Capital Area Food Bank

Physical Demands/Working Conditions

• Primarily desk-based with occasional travel throughout the Greater Washington area as needed.
• Standard business office setting with fast-paced timelines and mission-driven priorities.

Reporting:

• Reports to Chief Financial Officer

Application Process:

• Interested applicants must submit a cover letter and resume. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Please Note: We do not accept walk-in applications or in-person status updates for any positions. All applicants must apply online. To check the status of your application, please log in to your personal Paycom application account. We kindly ask that applicants do not call to inquire about application status. Our HR team will contact you directly if you are selected for the next step in the hiring process.

Compensation:

• $135,000 to $150,900/annually
  
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Schedule:

• Position is currently hybrid with expectation of 3 days in the DC office, but there may be times when events require up to 4-5 days a week in the office
• Travel to CAFB’s facility in Northern Virginia may be required up to several times a month to meet with staff based there.
• Regular work hours are Monday through Friday from 9am to 5:00pm; occasional nights/weekends to support events may be required.

NOTE: Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

We Offer: At Capital Area Food Bank, we understand that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits including competitive compensation and benefits, free onsite parking, complimentary shuttle to metro, professional development, growth, and volunteer opportunities, fun work in a diverse environment.

EEO Statement:

Capital Area Food Bank welcomes and supports a diverse and inclusive work environment. We are committed to equal employment opportunities (EEO) for all applicants seeking employment and for all our employees. CAFB makes employment decisions based on organizational needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, personal appearance, military status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, political affiliation, educational status, unemployment status, place of residence or business, source of income, reproductive health decision making or any other characteristic protected by law. Additionally, harassment or discrimination based on these characteristics will not be tolerated at CAFB. To perform the essential functions of this position, reasonable accommodations are available to qualified individuals with disabilities.