Director of Finance, NCSY

About the Organization

NCSY, a program of the Orthodox Union, connects with Jewish teens through innovative, cutting-edge social and recreational programs to develop a positive Jewish identity. NCSY inspires Jewish teens through informal Jewish education, retreats, and summer programs. NCSY empowers teens through leadership development and guidance to become passionately committed leaders of the Jewish community and instruments for positive change and renewal. The Orthodox Union (OU) is one of the largest Orthodox Jewish organizations in the United States. Founded in 1898, the OU supports a network of synagogues, youth programs, Jewish and Religious Zionist advocacy programs, programs for the disabled, localized religious study programs, and international units. The OU maintains a kosher certification service, whose circled U symbol, Ⓤ, is found on the labels of many kosher commercial and consumer food products.

Position Summary

The Director of Finance / Divisional Controller is the senior finance leader responsible for NCSY across National, Summer, and regional operations. As a member of the OU Finance team and a trusted advisor to NCSY leadership, this role owns the quality and timeliness of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and planning; leads the NCSY finance team; and ensures leadership has accurate, decision-useful information before decisions are made. This is a player-coach role that combines strong accounting discipline with forward-looking analysis, operational judgment, and hands-on leadership in a complex, multi-program organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the team: set priorities, assignments, deadlines, and standards; hold staff accountable; assess capability and capacity; help define and recruit needed roles.
• Own budget and planning: lead the annual budget across National, Summer, and the Regions, establish clear budget ownership, and prepare/refine materials for NCSY, OU senior management, and lay leadership.
• Own close and management reporting: drive an accurate, dependable monthly close and timely variance reporting against budget, with actionable updates for NCSY National, Summer, and