Director, Financial Planning and Analysis

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Job Summary

About NYRR

New York Road Runners was founded in 1958 when a small group of passionate runners vowed to bring running to the people and has grown from a local running club to the world’s premier community running organization.  NYRR’s mission is to empower everyone, of all ages and abilities—beginners and competitive athletes, the young and the elderly, adult professionals, and underserved schoolchildren—to improve their health and well-being through the power of running and fitness.

 NYRR’s races, community events, instruction and training resources, and youth programs give hundreds of thousands of people each year the motivation, know-how, and opportunity to start running and keep running for life. NYRR’s premier event, the famed TCS New York City Marathon, attracts the world’s top pro runners and committed amateurs alike while also raising millions of dollars annually for charity and driving economic impact for the city.  But NYRR is equally committed to the runners of tomorrow, passionately providing youth fitness programs that educate and inspire more than 100,000 kids in underserved communities in New York City, all 50 states, and around the world.

 Headquartered in New York City, NYRR implements a unique nonprofit model that teams contributed and earned income to make all its efforts possible.  To learn more, please visit www.nyrr.org.  

 New York Road Runners is an Equal Opportunity Employer

 About the Department

The Finance Department’s mission is focused on partnering with NYRR operating functions to drive optimal decision making and operating performance by providing accounting direction, financial insight and analysis while serving as the financial stewards of the organization.  The Finance department consists of Financial Planning & Analysis and Accounting and covers all aspects of Finance including safeguarding and growing the company’s assets, reporting and forecasting performance, including monthly updates to Senior Leadership and preparing Quarterly Updates to the Board, preparation of the annual budget, establishing, and maintaining a functioning set of financial policies, ensuring compliance to audit and generally accepted accounting principles and ethical standards.

 About the Position

Reporting to the Head of FP&A, this position will be responsible for preparation of budget/forecast reports and analytics collaborating with Race Operation functions within the organization to help develop operational growth strategies and optimization.  This position requires experience in financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and return on investment calculations. This role must be able to apply basic accounting principles to analyze and forecast financial information and review and interpret financial reports.  Duties are outlined below.

 Job Responsibilities:

• Timely manage the budget and monthly forecast process for Race Operation functions and conduct monthly meetings with leaders of Race Operations.
• Review and analyze actual results compared to forecast and prepare variance analysis to highlight performance trends and proactively identify financial risks & opportunities for productive and insightful discussion.
• Partner with business leaders to develop metrics and analyses to enhance operation performance and provide recommendations.

• Work closely with Strategy, Analytics and Operations Planning to periodically analyze race economics and effectiveness of marketing campaigns to improve performance.
• Partner with accounting to close out each month-end, year-end close and provide assistance in the audit.
• Other ad hoc financial support and analysis on new initiatives and event enhancements
• Apply a continuous Improvement mindset to identify gaps and inefficiencies in current processes, and design & implement new finance processes where needed to drive efficiency and streamlining.

 Job Requirements:

 Experience:

• 8+ years of Financial Planning and Analysis experience
• 2+ years of people management

 Knowledge and application of basic GAAP

 Education & Certifications:

• College degree preferred, not required.

  Skills and Attributes:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with focused attention to detail
• Self-starter with ability to work with various departments.
• Prior experience with budgeting/forecasting and base level accounting principles
• Organized, with demonstrated experience in prioritizing multiple projects to completion.
• Strong interpersonal, communication skill and highly collaborative mindset
• Advanced competency in Microsoft Office, experience with Oracle Netsuite and Adaptive Insights is a plus