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Financial Operations Manager
Overview:
Responsibilities:
AARP will not sponsor an employment visa for this position at this time.
Additional Requirements
Hybrid Work Environment
AARP observes Mondays and Fridays as remote workdays, except for essential functions. Remote work can only be done within the United States and its territories.
Compensation and Benefits
AARP offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including a 401(k); 100% company-funded pension plan; health, dental, and vision plans; life insurance; paid time off to include company and individual holidays, vacation, sick, caregiving, and parental leave; performance-based and peer-based recognition and tuition reimbursement.
AARP Foundation is the nation's leading organization serving the 39 million older adults living in poverty or one life event away from slipping into it. Our mission is to strengthen financial resilience for and with older adults by empowering individuals and improving systems. We do this by creating pathways to quality employment, removing barriers to benefits, and promoting equitable access to essential goods and services.
The Financial Operations Manager provides financial budgeting, forecasting, and reporting support for a business unit or department and analyzes budgets with insight into business changes. Prepares, consolidates, and reports on revenue and/or expenditures. Manages overall financial operations and financial planning & analysis, serves as a liaison in the procurement process, and may manage the execution of contracts and ensure compliance with contract requirements. Collaborates with management to identify opportunities to streamline finance operation processes and develops new procedures that support the business unit/department.
Responsibilities:
- Prepares, consolidates, and reports on annual operating, salary, and capital budgets. Serves as a liaison to management for monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial statements.
- Summarizes the financial status of the business unit or department. Identifies specific causes of significant variances between the year-to-date budget and year-to-date actuals.
- Conducts multi-year financial planning and generates financial forecasts and budgets driven by identifying key assumptions and dependencies. Analyzes variances to forecasts and budgets with insight into business changes and outlook. Collaborates with other business units/departments and organizational finance teams to manage forecasting and other financial and operations functions.
- Improves business performance by analyzing both operational and financial data. Generates forecasts and budgets. Analyzes trends in revenues, expenses, and other areas of business.
- Compiles and reviews departmental budgets, taking into consideration actual performance, previous expenditures, and estimated expenses and income. Reviews departmental expenditures to ensure compliance with budget allocations. Maintains accurate spending records and establishes measures for budgetary control.
- Provides oversight or executes processes and/or systems that support financial operations.
- Processes and prepares accounting entries. Reviews and audits financial statements and reports. Ensures all calculations and data entries are correct. Reconciles general ledger accounts for discrepancies and identifies errors.
- Responds to internal client inquiries on financial systems, policies, and procedures. Conducts financial training to address needs.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
- 3+ years of accounting or finance experience.
- Familiarity with large ERP systems (e.g., Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Experience with budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.
- Knowledge of financial modeling, forecasting techniques, and data visualization tools.
- Strong critical‑thinking and problem‑solving skills to identify trends and recommend actions.
- Ability to clearly present financial insights to non‑financial stakeholders.
AARP will not sponsor an employment visa for this position at this time.
Additional Requirements
- Regular and reliable job attendance
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Exhibit respect and understanding of others to maintain professional relationships
- Independent judgement in evaluation options to make sound decisions
- In office/open office environment with the ability to work effectively surrounded by moderate noise.
Hybrid Work Environment
AARP observes Mondays and Fridays as remote workdays, except for essential functions. Remote work can only be done within the United States and its territories.
Compensation and Benefits
AARP offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including a 401(k); 100% company-funded pension plan; health, dental, and vision plans; life insurance; paid time off to include company and individual holidays, vacation, sick, caregiving, and parental leave; performance-based and peer-based recognition and tuition reimbursement.
Equal Employment Opportunity
AARP is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. AARP does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, color, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
AARP is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. AARP does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, color, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
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