Arlington, Virginia, USA

This is a remote position with location flexible within the Eastern Hemisphere, in countries where TNC may hire staff, with a preference for Australia, Tanzania or Kenya.

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The Private Awards Specialist plays a critical role in the Private Awards Shared Services Team which is a key component of the Private Awards Center of Excellence (“PACE”). The establishment of the Shared Services is to support the advancement of TNC’s goals: sharpening our focus, strengthening our culture, and driving operational excellence. This role will have the opportunity to support organization-wide operational excellence through optimization of people, processes, systems, and compliance via performing and delivering core finance services/workstreams in Private Awards administration. PACE sits within the central Finance Business Unit (BU), which will allow for more standardized processes, creation of more efficiencies and synergy across the core finance services/workstreams.

Specifically, the Private Awards Specialist will execute results in the Shared Services Team of PACE, by providing specialized finance/accounting-related services for “Private Awards” which are a subset of TNC’s contribution revenue, from private donors.

Position location is flexible within the Eastern Hemisphere, in countries where TNC may hire staff, with a preference for Australia, Tanzania or Kenya.
The Private Awards Specialist will provide specialized finance/accounting related services for Private Awards for an assigned group of TNC Business Units. They are an expert in their area of specialization. They administer and maintain finance/accounting activities in accordance with TNC policies and procedures and best practices in financial management.

RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE

• Performs processes in the Awards Module of TNC’s financial system.
• Assist in the production of internal financial reports for Awards.
• Ensures TNC policies and procedures, financial standards and legal requirements are met.
• Reinforces consistency in the organization’s policies and procedures and provides support related to relevant field.
• Under limited supervision acts independently and may act as a resource to others.

Are you looking for work you can believe in? At TNC we strive to embody a philosophy of Work that You Can Believe in where you can feel like you are making a difference every day. We’re looking for someone with strong experience in working with a diverse, multi-disciplinary team.

The ideal candidate should have exceptional communication and collaboration skills and experience in management of controls and reports of a business unit. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the ongoing mission of conservation by directing and shaping the work of our team!

The ideal candidate will have all or some of the qualifications. If you don’t have all of them, please apply anyway and tell us about your skills and experience:

• Multi-lingual skills and/or multi-cultural experience appreciated.
• Experience with the Insight Project Cost and Billing Module (PCB), Workday or other grant tracking systems.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Knowledge of grants accounting.
• Desire to work independently and solve problems.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to work in partnership with others in a collaborative role.
• Service orientation and ability to effectively communicate using a variety of media (e.g. email, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, phone) to overcome barriers such as remote work locations, differences in language and time zones, and technology limitations.
• Being willing to work outside normal business hours as needed.
• Be willing to travel as needed.
  

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or related field and 3 years' related experience or equivalent combination.
• Experience with accounting principles, practices, and regulations.
• Experience using automated accounting systems.
• Experience in Microsoft Excel.
• Professional proficiency/fluency in English (written and oral)

Since 1951, TNC has been doing work you can believe in. Through grassroots action, we have grown from a small non-profit into one of the most effective and wide-reaching environmental organizations in the world. Thanks to more than 1 million members, over 400 scientists, and the dedicated efforts of our diverse staff and partners, we impact conservation around the world!

TNC offers competitive and comprehensive benefits packages tailored to the individual countries where we work. These may include health care benefits, retirement benefits, parental leave, paid time off, life insurance, and disability coverage as well as an employee assistance program and other life and well-being benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our Culture Tab on nature.org/careers.

We’re proud to offer a flexible work environment that supports the health and well-being of the people we employ.

This position may be based in any country where TNC has an established entity, taking into consideration legal restrictions, such as non-national ratios and immigration processing times. For U.S. based applicants only, the starting pay range for this position is generally within the range of $46,729.00 – $72,500.00 for annual base salary and is based on location, qualifications, specific skills, and experience. This range only applies to candidates whose country of employment is the USA. For all other applicants, pay ranges will be in local currency, the pay range will be based on the local labor market, and not tied to the above pay range. Your geographic location will be confirmed during the recruitment and used to determine your actual pay range. Additionally, for all applicants, actual pay will fall within a range based on a variety of factors including, for example, the candidate’s qualifications, specific skills, and experience.

To apply for job ID 55749, submit your materials online by using the Apply Now button at https://careers.nature.org/. Need help applying? Visit our recruitment page or contact [email protected].

The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our commitment to diversity includes the recognition that our conservation mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people of diverse backgrounds, beliefs and culture. Recruiting and mentoring staff to create an inclusive organization that reflects our global character is a priority and we encourage applicants from all cultures, races, colors, religions, sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

TNC is committed to offering accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application process. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please send a note to [email protected] with Request for Accommodation in the subject line.

An attractive salary and benefits package is part of TNC’s value proposition to our employees. TNC strives to provide competitive pay and bases salaries on the geographic location of the role committing to being equitable across groups and providing hiring salary ranges when possible.

Since we support flexible and remote work for our employees, many positions have a flexible location within countries where we’re registered as a Non-government Organization and established as an employer. This may mean we’re unable to provide a hiring salary range in the posting for some of our positions. However, candidates invited to be part of our interview process will be provided their location specific range upon request.