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Director, Financial Accounting & Reporting

The Rockefeller Foundation · New York, NY · 1 mo ago
Accounting$190k–$205k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: h3 headings for sections present: About the role? Actually the posting includes Position Overview, Principal Duties And Responsibilities, Education, Experience, And Skills, Competencies, About The Rockefeller Foundation, Work Schedule, Pay Range, Benefits. We need to use h3 for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. However we should map content accordingly. The instruction: "use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we should create headings with those exact names? Probably we should use those headings if content exists. We need to include a section only when posting has real, specific content for it. So we need to decide which sections have content. - About the role: Could map to Position Overview. That's substantive. - Responsibilities: Principal Duties And Responsibilities. - Requirements: Education, Experience, And Skills (maybe also Competencies? but competencies could be Skills). We'll treat Requirements as Education, Experience, And Skills. - Qualifications: maybe same as Requirements? But we can combine? The instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. So we could have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (covering education, experience, skills), Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Competencies could be part of Requirements or Skills. But we have a Skills heading; we could put competencies under Skills. However we already have Requirements covering education/experience/skills; maybe we split: Requirements (education/experience) and Skills (competencies). But to avoid many thin sections, we can combine. We need to include Pay and Schedule only if posting states them. Yes: Work Schedule: hybrid schedule Monday-Thursday. Pay Range: $190,000 - $205,000. So include Pay and Schedule sections. Benefits: The posting mentions benefits package: health insurance, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment, generous 401K, parental leave, various forms of paid time off. So include Benefits. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. Not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate: EEO, equal opportunity, scam warning, application instructions, cookie/navigation/legal. Also remove duplicated lines. We need to preserve all substantive information. So we need to extract content for each section. Let's parse: Position Overview paragraph(s): "The Rockefeller Foundation's Finance Department shapes strategic decision-making through rigorous financial planning, analysis, accounting, and reporting across the Foundation’s domestic and international operations. The team partners closely with executive leadership, program teams, and external stakeholders to safeguard financial integrity and transparency and responsible stewardship of the Foundation’s resources. The Director, Financial Accounting & Reporting leads the Foundation’s financial accounting and reporting function, ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and transparency of financial information across the Foundation and its affiliated entities. The Director provides technical accounting leadership and oversees the global close, consolidated financial reporting, audit, and tax processes, applying sound judgment to complex accounting matters and ensuring consistent standards across entities and regions. Reporting to the Managing Director, Finance & Accounting, the Director leads accounting staff and partners across Finance, Investments, and RF Catalytic Capital to maintain strong financial controls, meet reporting and compliance requirements, and provide reliable financial information for organizational decision-making." That's the overview. Principal Duties And Responsibilities bullet list (but in prose). We need to convert to
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The duties: - Owns the preparation and integrity of the consolidated financial statements for the Foundation and its affiliated entities, ensuring accuracy and clarity for internal and external stakeholders, including the Board and donors. - Manages the global month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close calendar across all entities and regional offices, including intercompany eliminations and consolidation entries. - Leads the development and application of the Foundation’s technical accounting positions, interpreting evolving accounting standards, resolving complex accounting matters, and guiding consistent application across the Finance team. - Serves as the primary management liaison for the annual financial statement audit, the benefit plan audit, and audits of affiliated entities, owning the audit timetable and the resolution of findings and management letter comments. - Directs the Foundation's annual tax filings, including federal and excise tax returns, in partnership with external tax advisors. - Develops and maintains accounting policies and procedures in partnership with the Managing Director, Finance & Accounting, ensuring consistent application across the Finance team. - Serves as the primary Finance liaison to RF Catalytic Capital’s operations team and external program teams, overseeing RF Catalytic Capital payroll and coordinating accounting and financial reporting requirements across internal and external partners. - Supervises accounting staff, including investment accounting and accounts receivable/payable functions. Education, Experience, And Skills: - Generally expected to have 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in accounting and financial reporting, including significant experience leading complex accounting functions or processes. - Bachelor’s degree required; active CPA license required. Master’s degree preferred. - Deep expertise in U.S. GAAP, financial statement preparation, consolidation, and technical accounting, with the judgment to interpret complex accounting matters and establish appropriate accounting treatment. - Experience leading complex, multi-entity financial close and reporting processes, including coordination across business units, entities, or geographic locations. - Track record of leading external financial statement audits and managing complex audit requirements, findings, and relationships with external auditors. - Knowledge of tax and regulatory requirements applicable to nonprofit or foundation entities, with experience overseeing tax compliance preferred. - Success establishing and maintaining accounting policies, procedures, and controls that promote accuracy, consistency, and financial integrity. - Ability to work effectively across functions and with senior stakeholders to resolve complex financial issues and ensure timely, accurate reporting. - Proficiency in using enterprise financial systems to manage accounting and reporting processes; experience with NetSuite and Salesforce preferred. - Track record of leading and developing accounting professionals and establishing clear expectations and accountability across a team. Competencies (list): - Action Oriented: Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. - Collaborates: Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. - Manages Complexity: Makes sense of complex, high-quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. - Nimble Learning: Learns through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder. - Strategic Mindset: Sees ahead to future possibilities and translates them into breakthrough strategies. - Develops Talent: Develops people to meet both their career goals and the organization's goals. About The Rockefeller Foundation paragraph(s): "The Rockefeller Foundation is a pioneering philanthropy built on collaborative partnerships at the frontiers of science, technology, and innovation that enable individuals, families, and communities to flourish. We make big bets to promote the well-being of humanity in food, health, energy, and finance, including through our public charity, RF Catalytic Capital (RFCC). For more information, sign up for our newsletter at www.rockefellerfoundation.org/subscribe and follow us on X @RockefellerFdn and LinkedIn @the-rockefeller-foundation . The Rockefeller Foundation offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that includes health insurance programs, tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment, a generous 401K, parental leave, and various forms of paid time off, all to help our employees feel energized, cared for, and engaged. As an organization, we focus on six values to advance our culture and continue our success. We are dedicated to being Transparent, Optimistic, Accountable, Collaborative, Trusted, and Equitable. We expect all employees at the Foundation to contribute by developing their unique perspectives and talent, challenging conventional wisdom through evidence and reason, and amplifying marginalized voices. The Rockefeller Foundation is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity and compliance with all federal, state, and local laws concerning employment discrimination, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. To this end, the Foundation ensures equal opportunity to all employees and applicants regardless of race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, lawful alien status, physical, mental, and medical disability, veteran status, liability for service in the United States Armed Forces, or any other protected status. The Rockefeller Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer." We need to remove EEO boilerplate. So we should cut out the equal employment opportunity paragraph(s). Also remove the EEO statement lines. Keep the rest: description of foundation, benefits package, values, etc. But the benefits package is already covered in Benefits section; we might not duplicate. However we need to preserve all substantive information; we can include benefits in Benefits section, and the About section can include mission description and values. The EEO lines should be removed. Work Schedule: "This role follows a hybrid schedule and is required to be in the office Monday through Thursday." Pay Range: "$190,000 - $205,000. This represents the present low and high end of the Foundation’s pay range for this position. Actual pay will vary based on various factors, including but not limited to experience." We should include Pay section with that info, maybe summarizing but not inventing. We should keep the exact range and note that actual pay varies based on factors. Benefits: from About section: "The Rockefeller Foundation offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that includes health insurance programs, tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment, a generous 401K, parental leave, and various forms of paid time off, all to help our employees feel energized, cared for, and engaged." We'll put that in Benefits section as a
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              Make sure not to include any empty sections. Now write the content precisely. About the role: use the Position Overview paragraph(s) as is. Responsibilities: list each duty. Requirements: list education/experience/skills items (the bullet list under Education, Experience, And Skills). We'll keep as list. Skills: list competencies. Benefits: list benefits items. Pay: include the pay range sentence. Schedule: include work schedule sentence. Check for any duplicated content: Ensure we didn't include the benefits description twice (only in Benefits). The About section should not include benefits description; we will omit that sentence from About. So we need to edit About paragraph to remove benefits sentence. The About paragraph originally: "The Rockefeller Foundation is a pioneering philanthropy built on collaborative partnerships at the frontiers of science, technology, and innovation that enable individuals, families, and communities to flourish. We make big bets to promote the well-being of humanity in food, health, energy, and finance, including through our public charity, RF Catalytic Capital (RFCC). For more information, sign up for our newsletter at www.rockefellerfoundation.org/subscribe and follow us on X @RockefellerFdn and LinkedIn @the-rockefeller-foundation . The Rockefeller Foundation offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that includes health insurance programs, tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment, a generous 401K, parental leave, and various forms of paid time off, all to help our employees feel energized, cared for, and engaged. As an organization, we focus on six values to advance our culture and continue our success. We are dedicated to being Transparent, Optimistic, Accountable, Collaborative, Trusted, and Equitable. We expect all employees at the Foundation to contribute by developing their unique perspectives and talent, challenging conventional wisdom through evidence and reason, and

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