Mondaire for Congress (NY-17) is hiring a Finance Director!

[Hannah Nayowith]

Hello!

Please see below job description for a Finance Director role with Mondaire for Congress in NY-17. We're looking to bring someone on board ASAP. All applications must be formatted with “Your Name - Finance Director Application” in the subject line. 

Finance Director

Mondaire for Congress is hiring a full-time Finance Director to join our team in New York’s 17th Congressional District. Mondaire is a progressive candidate who has been endorsed by AOC, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders and will make history as the first openly gay, Black member of Congress in U.S. history.

We are seeking a Finance Director with significant campaign events and call time experience to begin immediately. This is a safely blue seat in the New York City suburbs and the ideal candidate will be willing to stay on past November to serve as Mondaire's Finance Director when he is a member of Congress. The Finance Director should be excited about the prospect of designing and implementing an ambitious fundraising program that will continue into the 2022 cycle.

Roles & Responsibilities: 

• Working closely with Campaign Manager, candidate, and Call-Time Manager to develop and execute a successful finance plan

• Overseeing the campaign's high-dollar and grassroots events program: working to identify potential hosts and working with existing hosts to execute successful high-dollar fundraising events for campaign

• Identifying new donors and cultivating existing supporters, being responsive and attentive donor needs

• Ensuring that all fundraising data is accurately coded and recorded in NGP and a successful donor cultivation program is implemented

• Top-level management of robust call time program, including donor and data management, staffing call time and managing call-time manager

• Coordinating all logistics for virtual events: creating links, flyers, zoom invites, and collateral for event hosts, and providing support for in-person events, when they are resumed

• Designing a donor cultivation program, including direct mail and donor acknowledgements

• Working with compliance consultant to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of campaign fundraising reports

• Assisting with the online fundraising and email programs as well as PAC/Member fundraising outreach

• Coordinating candidate’s schedule

Qualifications: 

• Previous Congressional campaign finance experience highly preferred. Ideal candidates will have at least one cycle as a Finance Director or two cycles in another role on a finance team for a House candidate

• Experience managing candidate call time and planning and executing successful high-dollar events (virtual events experience a bonus)

• Ideal candidates will have experience with all additional aspects of campaign finance operations including direct mail, digital, finance committee, budget management, and compliance

• Must have an advanced working knowledge of NGP VAN, ActBlue, Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, Google Drive, and Zoom

Candidate Attributes:

• Team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment

• Strong, proactive work ethic and commitment to problem solving

• Positive attitude and lots of energy!

• Must be detail oriented, and have excellent time management skills

• Flexibility to work long hours including weekends and holidays, when required

Timeline and Compensation

This is a full-time, paid position beginning immediately and running through November 3, 2020, but ideal candidates will be interested in staying on through the 2022 cycle. This role is remote in 2020, but candidates would be expected to relocate to the New York City area by January 2021. Salary for this position starts at $4,500 but is negotiable, commensurate with experience.

To apply, please email Hannah Nayowith at han...@mondaireforcongress.com with a copy of your resume and cover letter. Please format your application with “Your Name - Finance Director Application” in the subject line. Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis until the position has been filled.

Mondaire for Congress is committed to diversity among its staff and recognizes that its success requires the highest commitment to obtaining and retaining a diverse staff. Mondaire for Congress is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination of employment, promotion, compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment on the basis of gender, physical and or mental disability, race, age, national origin, color, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family status, religion, veteran’s status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.