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Join us to inspire, innovate, and build better communities in New York City, across the United States, and around the world.

The Fund provides generous employee benefits, including:

  • Medical, prescription, and dental insurance for you, your spouse or domestic partner and dependents
  • A retirement plan with a generous employer matching contribution
  • Commuter benefit, flexible spending plans for health and dependents
  • Annual paid time off for holidays, vacation, and sick leave
  • Short and long-term disability and paid family leave

Fund for the City of New York

Position Overview:

The Fund for the City of New York seeks a Portfolio Manager in its Partner Project Program.

The Partner Project Program provides comprehensive administrative, operational and financial management support to over 95 nonprofit partners with a broad range of missions. The Portfolio Manager will manage a portfolio of partner projects and serve as the main contact between the Fund and the partner projects in their portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage a diverse portfolio of nonprofit partner projects.
  • Serve as the main point of contact for portfolio projects, ensuring effective communication and support.
  • Collaborate with project teams to develop and manage project budgets, ensuring accuracy in forecasting.
  • Provide financial analysis, monthly analysis, monthly financial reporting and funder reports for partner projects.
  • Ensure compliance with grants management and government contracting processes.
  • Process invoices for government contracts.
  • Work both collaboratively within a team and independently on your portfolio of projects.
  • Prioritize tasks to meet multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications:

The successful candidate must be flexible, dedicated and able to thrive in a fast-paced environment. Qualifications include:

  • At least three years of related work experience.
  • Strong financial and analytical skills.
  • Proficient in Excel, including the ability to use PivotTables, VLOOKUP function, and create new templates.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to write clearly.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain relationships.
  • Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and also, independently with leadership of nonprofit organizations and Board committees.
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to establish priorities and manage multiple demands and projects.
  • Exceptional attention to detail.
  • Knowledge of grants management and/or government contracting processes is a plus.
  • Bachelor’s degree in finance or related field.

Compensation:

The salary range for this position ranges from $70,000-$80,000 and is commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits package including comprehensive health, dental and life insurance, four weeks paid vacation, paid sick time, TransitChek, Flexible Spending Account plans for health and dependent care, and a retirement plan with a generous employer match.

Fund for the City of New York:

The Fund for the City of New York (www.fcny.org) was established by the Ford Foundation in 1968 with the mandate to improve the quality of life for all New Yorkers. For over five decades, in partnership with government agencies, nonprofit institutions and foundations, the Fund has developed and helped to implement innovations in policy, programs, practices and technology in order to advance the functioning of government and nonprofit organizations in New York City and beyond.

The Fund seeks out, adapts, applies and assesses ways to enable government and nonprofit agencies to achieve excellence through its core programs—Cash Flow Loans, Partner Project, the Sloan Public Service Awards, the Sloan Awards for Excellence in Teaching Science and Mathematics and the Community Planning Fellowship.

The Fund for the City of New York is an equal opportunity employer. The Fund does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other category protected by law.

Hybrid – Work must be performed in or near New York, NY

The Fund for the City of New York has a limited number of internships available for mission-driven individuals. Interns at the Fund learn from and help support the teams of communication, partner projects, human resources, fiscal and other special projects. The nature of the Fund’s projects is extremely fluid and requires self-motivated individuals that are willing to work collaboratively in a team environment. Project interns are provided the opportunity to interact with senior management, as well as the opportunity to enhance their skills in the area of project and financial management.

The Fund for the City of New York is an equal opportunity employer. The Fund does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other category protected by law.

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