Grant & Finance Manager at Educate!

What you will do:

You will ensure the efficient and compliant management of grant budgets, reporting, and data, supporting Educate!'s mission and maintaining strong funder relationships. You will focus on streamlining processes, ensuring accuracy, and providing data-driven insights.

Grant Budgets & Reporting:

• Deliver High-Quality Reports: You will ensure Educate! delivers high-quality, transparent, and on-time grant reports, keeping funders informed and aligned with our mission.
• Streamline Reporting: You will streamline grant reporting systems and processes to improve efficiency.
• Collaborate on Budget Accuracy: You will collaborate with teams across departments to ensure budgets are categorized and prepared accurately.
• Review from a Funder's Perspective: You will review budgets and reports through a funder’s lens to meet criteria and communicate a compelling story.

Compliance:

• Develop Compliance Systems: You will develop and maintain systems to track grant requirements, milestones, and compliance.
• Finalize Grant Agreements: You will review and finalize grant agreements, ensuring commitments are feasible and clearly documented.
• Align Teams on Requirements: You will align cross-departmental teams on grant requirements through regular communication and updates.

Grant Compliance Process Improvements:

• Develop Centralized Tracking: You will develop centralized systems to track errors, streamline operations, and identify areas for improvement.
• Create Management Tools: You will create tools to manage grant agreements and ensure data collection aligns with reporting needs.
• Maintain Improvement Pipeline: You will maintain a pipeline of process improvements to enhance compliance systems.

Data:

• Track Revenue and Identify Gaps: You will create reports to track revenue against goals and identify gaps or opportunities.
• Improve CRM Functionality: You will improve Salesforce (CRM) functionality to automate processes, reminders, and data accuracy.
• Craft Funder Responses: You will collaborate with teams to craft tailored responses to funder inquiries and showcase Educate!’s impact.

Who you are:

You’re a highly organized, data-driven, and proactive professional with a strong aptitude for managing complex projects and data. You thrive in dynamic environments, bringing an analytical mindset and a passion for streamlining processes and ensuring compliance. You are a self-starter who excels at prioritizing tasks and working independently, while also collaborating effectively across teams.

The ideal candidate has:

• Exceptional organizational skills: You are comfortable managing complex projects with numerous moving parts.
• Strong data skills: You possess advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills and a comfort with data analysis, capable of distilling complex information into clear, actionable insights.
• A proactive and independent work ethic: You are a self-starter, able to prioritize, manage multiple assignments, and take initiative.
• Experience in cross-functional collaboration: You have a proven track record of working with diverse teams to achieve goals on time.
• CRM experience (preferred): Experience with Salesforce or a similar CRM, especially in building reports, processes, and automations, is a significant plus.
• Strong communication skills: You can effectively communicate complex data and create easy-to-understand spreadsheets.
• A Bachelor’s Degree: A Bachelor’s degree is preferred, but the specific field is not required.
• Relevant work experience: 3-8 years of relevant work experience is preferred.
• Ability to distill complex data into a compelling story: You can take data and make it easily understood.
• A deep alignment with Educate!’s mission—while prior experience in education or youth development is not required, a background working with youth in the informal sector is a plus.