Grants Analyst

Join United Way for Southeastern Michigan as our Grants Analyst, where you will play a pivotal role in supporting projects that lead our financial strategies within the nonprofit sector. This position offers exciting opportunities to collaborate on special projects where you'll gain experience creating financial models, forecasts, preparing reports & analyzing key financial metrics. You will work alongside a diverse team of problem solvers, utilizing your expertise in finance and general accounting to drive innovation and excellence. The flexibility to work from home allows you to maintain a work-life balance while contributing to meaningful projects that benefit the community. With a competitive salary range of $75,000-$80,000 , this is an exciting opportunity to advance your career in nonprofit finance and make a real impact.

You can get great benefits such as Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, Competitive Salary, Paid Time Off, Employee Discounts, 403(b) with match, Organization paid STD / LTD & AD&D, Supplemental Insurance, and Pet Insurance. Don't miss the chance to be part of a collaborative environment that prioritizes people and diversity. Apply today!

United Way for Southeastern Michigan : Our Story

What is it like to work united? Here at United Way for Southeastern Michigan our employees combine their individual strengths to develop solutions to some of our region's toughest challenges alongside our donors, advocates, volunteers and partners. Join our team as we work collaboratively to impact the communities within southeastern Michigan! For more than 100 years, we've responded to the community's most pressing challenges around children and family, health and the community. Honored with a symbolic or actual "torch drive" each year, our annual campaign has brought thousands of companies and individuals together for a common cause : supporting our Southeastern Michigan communities.

Would you be a great fit as a Grants Analyst?

You would display a strong ability to set priorities, take initiative, manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines independently, have strong project management skills and experience convening with cross-functional teams to achieve a common goal. You will also succeed if you are very detail oriented and effectively work independently. Some of your responsibilities would involve collecting, processing, and analyzing large datasets to identify trends and patters and will involve collaboration with cross-functional teams to translate those data findings into actionable insights.

Strong verbal and written communication skills are necessary to provide clear and meaningful status updates to the Director, Financial Strategy & compliance and to external stakeholders as needed. In time you will understand and track the full financial picture of key programs (i.e. incoming revenue and cash, procurement and payables) while attending weekly, monthly, and / or quarterly collaboration meetings with external and internal stakeholders to understand specific program requirements. The skill of problem solving with a customer service focus will aid in a variety of additional tasks.

Knowledge & skills required for the position are :

• A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or related concentration
• 2-5 years of experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, data structure, and working with business stakeholders within and across functions
• Ability to analyze and solve complex business processes and data sets
• Possess a deep understanding and advanced capabilities of Microsoft Office 365, including advanced excel, database queries, Power Automate, etc. and BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, etc.
• Willingness to pick up new tasks and procedures

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So, what do you think? If you feel this is the right job for you, go ahead and apply! We look forward to meeting you!

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