Finance Director, Democratic Party of Georgia (Atlanta)

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Democratic Party of Georgia Coordinated Campaign
Job Opening: Finance Director (Atlanta, GA)

 

The Democratic Party of Georgia Coordinated Campaign is seeking a full-time Finance Director to work to elect Stacey Abrams, Sarah Riggs Amico and Democrats across Georgia. The Finance Director must be a true proactive catalyst in starting up programs and making change and progress happen quickly.

 

The Finance Director oversees the fundraising operation for the coordinated campaign and will report to the Senior Strategist of the Coordinated Campaign and the Executive Director. The Finance Director is responsible for developing, refining, and executing existing and new finance plans, building and developing a staff, intern and volunteer fundraising team, managing call time for the candidate and surrogates, coordinating national and state fundraising events, building and maintaining strategic relationships, and planning and overseeing low dollar programs such as direct mail, digital, and other low dollar operations.  The Director will work closely with the Abrams and Amico campaign and other Democratic campaigns for state office. 

 

Location: Atlanta, GA

Term: Immediately through November 2018

Salary: $7000-7500 monthly salary based on experience

Benefits: This position comes with the standard package of benefits an employee of DPG receives which includes health insurance.  DPG will provide more details.

 

Duties of the Finance Manager include:

• Creating, developing and managing finance plans, events, and weekly cash flow projections
• Being an aggressive innovator of new ideas, approaches, and opportunities to raising the necessary funds for victory
• Interacting with and managing any and all finance staff and national fundraising consultants
• Ensuring accountability of finance staff, programs and activities by developing, setting, and implementing performance milestones, and ensuring these milestones are met and progress is continually demonstrated
• Coordinated closely with the Abrams campaign as well as other state candidate campaigns to maximize funding and engage donors

·      Ensure that all contributions are processed in conjunction with Compliance team

·      Develop and execute call time systems for Party Executive Director and Party Chair and other stakeholders

 

 

 

 

Desired Skills and Qualifications:

·      At least 2 cycles of campaign fundraising experience including staff and principal management

·      Excellent written and verbal communication skills

·      Working knowledge of NGP and Microsoft Office Suite

·      Familiarity with ACT Blue and other fundraising platforms

·      Must be highly organized and detail-oriented with ability to work independently and collaboratively to meet and exceed goals

·      Willingness to take feedback, learn and develop your own skills to achieve desired outcomes

·      Ability to manage details and stay on top of multiple tasks in a high-intensity environment

·      Maintain confidentiality and discretion while modeling professional best practices

• Strong commitment to Democratic ideals and the people of Georgia

 

Application and Interview Procedure:

Please fill out this form and send your resume, cover letter, and earliest available start date as a single pdf to res...@georgiademocrat.org with the subject line “Finance Director - [your name]”.

 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity and expression, marital status, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. Women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, and members of other historically disenfranchised groups are especially welcome and encouraged to apply.