[Hiring] Managing Director, Awards Management @Acacia Center for Justice

Role Description

The Managing Director, Awards Management will lead the unification of the Budget and Resource Management Team, in partnership with the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). This role is responsible for bringing together the current budget and resource management functions into a cohesive, standardized, and high-performing unit that strengthens organizational effectiveness, compliance, and risk management. The Managing Director will oversee all budgeting and compliance for government (federal and state) contracts and grants, and private grants. The Managing Director must be able to adapt to a continually evolving environment and thrive in an autonomous and deadline-oriented workplace, while managing a finance team of eleven (11). Reporting to the CFO, this position provides key leadership and oversight. The Managing Director will work closely with finance, programs, technical compliance, development, and legal teams to ensure the complete and accurate recording, monitoring, analysis, and reporting of award activity for the organization. The Managing Director will create, centralize, and continuously strengthen budget and resource management functions, including policies, procedures, systems, training, and implementation frameworks to support compliant and efficient financial management of awards. The Managing Director will also oversee the financial management of sub-awards, sub-contracting, and procurement-related activities, while building staff capacity through clear guidance and developing technical resources across word-based and spreadsheet-based platforms.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in federal contracts management, including procurement and pricing.
• Deep familiarity with non-profit awards management.
• Ability to design, implement, and direct projects, set deadlines, and ensure accountability and team ownership.
• Cultivating the creative ideas of others, and experimenting to find creative solutions.
• Effective communication skills, written and verbal, with a learner's mindset.
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to coordinate complex projects across multiple stakeholders and teams on tight timelines.
• High degree of versatility, in translating word problems into spreadsheet solutions, and vice versa.
• Balances motivation and initiative with a curiosity for learning about the context and landscape.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, or other related field.
• Twelve (12) years minimum of related experience, with a minimum of five (5) years hiring, managing, supervising, and developing a team of at least (3) staff.
• A minimum of five (5) years in federal contracts management, including procurement and pricing.
• Experience designing and developing curricula and training programs on non-profit financial management.

Benefits

• The salary for this position is set at $165,000.
• Medical/Dental/Vision - Some plans at $0 cost to the employee.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• 20 days per year of vacation time.
• 12 days per year of sick time.
• 5 personal days.
• 4 organization-wide Wellness Days.
• 11 observed holidays, including the last week of December.
• First time home office set-up stipend.
• Internet Stipend.
• 401k with 5% employer contribution, no employee participation required.