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Senior Operations Manager
Serve as the primary support position to the VP of News & Civic Dialogue to ensure that the newsroom is achieving its operational & strategic priorities and remaining aligned to its financial commitments, budgets and external grant requirements. Serve as the newsroom’s operational budget point person for FP&A & Accounting, support WHYY’s advancement teams to publish reports for outside funders and monitor pace of required deliverables.
MAJOR DUTIES
-- Work with Foundations/Corporate Relations team and VP of News on funding proposals including development of project budgets and deliverables.
-- Conduct regular meetings with VP of News to provide project status reports and identify any areas of spending overage/underage.
-- Regularly assess the spending of the projects against the project timelines to properly estimate final expenses and identify areas of overage/underage that may need modification. Work with Foundation/Corporate Relations team to prepare budget modification requests for grantors as needed.
-- Create regular re-forecasts based on current level of spending, running reports through Financial Edge and Excel.
-- Create Interim and Final Financial Reports for funders with all project expenses.
-- The News Department budget annually, working with FP&A and Accounting on the fiscal year budgeting process, based on priorities set by the VP of News.
Education: The position holder should have a working knowledge of media and the production process, techniques and key components. A Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline or the equivalent knowledge is required.
Experience: Two to five years of experience in a project management role that required advanced multi-tasking, and communication skills. Proven experience in grant management and/or the administration of grants. Experience keeping meticulous financial records is needed. Previous work experience in which the ability to track and successfully meet multiple deadlines, with complicated dependencies was required. Previous experience with government funding reporting requirements preferred, along with prior experience planning and coordinating events.
Submitted by WHYY (Philadelphia)
Job posted January 3, 2023
