Director of Finance and Administration

Founded in San Francisco in 1998, GSA Network emerged as a youth-driven
organization that connects LGBTQ+ youth and school-based GSAN clubs through
peer support, leadership development, and community organizing and advocacy.
GSAN’s youth leadership development model supports youth in starting,
strengthening, and sustaining GSAN clubs to create school communities where
all students can be safe from discrimination, harassment, and violence based
on their sexual orientation or gender identity. GSAN organizing rapidly
expanded into a national youth organizing movement that now works at the
intersection of racial and gender justice.

In 2005, GSAN led the creation of the National Association of GSA Networks to
support the development of the growing national GSAN movement. Today, GSAN is
a network of 40 statewide organizations representing more than 4,000 GSAN
clubs across the country. In 2015, GSA Network transitioned its leadership to
a
Co-Executive Director model and made it an organizational priority to have
LGBTQ+ people of color in the top echelons of management and governance to
ensure that the organizational identity reflects the identity of the LGBTQ+
youth that participate in its programs.

In 2016, GSAN formally changed its name to Genders & Sexualities Alliance
Network (formerly Gay-Straight Alliance Network) after hearing from countless
youth leaders who understand their genders and sexualities to be uniquely
theirs and have moved beyond the labels of gay and straight, and the limits
of a binary gender system. Trans and queer students continue to name their
individual school-based clubs in a way that reflects the values and identity
of its members.

Today, GSA Network is guided by its vision of full equality and social
justice for all LGBTQ people. GSAN has developed a model of grassroots
organizing that trains youth activists to understand and challenge multiple
systems of oppressions and develops LGBTQ and allied leaders with a vision
for broad social justice. Grounded in this model, GSA Network builds the GSAN
movement by providing resources, training, and grassroots organizing support
to GSAN clubs working to educate schools about LGBTQIA+ issues and to change
public policy. As leader of the National Association of GSA Networks, GSAN
brings together youth and adult leaders from state and regional GSA Networks
to share best practices for GSAN organizing as they grow their team and
expand their impact nationally. You can learn more about GSAN’s work at
www.gsanetwork.org [2].

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES: DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

The Director of Finance and Administration (Director) will, first and
foremost, bring a passion for LGBTQIA+ empowerment and social change.
Leveraging nonprofit operational, administrative, and fiscal management
experience, the Director will play a crucial role in the following areas at
GSAN:
Financial Administration
The Director will oversee GSA Network’s financial policies and monitor
compliance across the organization, updating these policies as needed. The
Director will foster better understanding, support, and utilization of the
organization’s finances and associated policies and systems; and be
responsible for providing monthly financial reports to department leads and
quarterly financial reports to the Board Treasurer. Other financial
responsibilities include:
•       Maintain and organize financial records (electronic and paper).
•       Manage AP/AR: review checks, deposits, bills, cash receipts, employee
credit cards, invoices, and employee expense reports.
•       Work closely with accountant to close books on monthly basis, file all
necessary tax reports, and complete annual financial audit.
•       Manage GSA Network’s vendor and consultant contract agreements (in
coordination with Associate Director, Systems & Operations for IT contracts).
•       Lead collaborative organizational budgeting process.
•       Manage GSA Network’s fiscally sponsored projects, when applicable.
•       Manage state registrations and annual reporting, as needed.
•       Initiate office lease negotiations for all GSA Network offices &
administer sub-lease.

Human Resources Coordination
The Director will also be responsible for areas of Human Resources within
GSAN. The Director will review and update GSAN’s personnel policies to
maintain compliance with state and local labor laws, ordinances, and GSAN’s
own employee handbook. They will also oversee payroll and benefits for the
organization, which involves processing semi-monthly payroll, working with
GSAN’s payroll provider, coordinating GSAN’s employee benefits programs,
managing the open enrollment period, necessary communication with insurance
brokers and providers, and administering GSAN’s 403b retirement plan. Other
HR duties include:
•       Coordinate new staff onboarding.
•       Manage functional timesheet, hourly timesheet, and PTO processes.
•       Maintain personnel records for GSA Network staff and interns.
•       Ensure staff are provided with regular necessary trainings pertinent to
their roles including but not limited to: Mandated Reporting, Harassment
Prevention, Supervision/Coaching.

Organizational Leadership
Not only will the Director serve as the senior leader of GSAN’s Finance and
Administration team, they will also serve as a member of the organization’s
Directors Team and Leadership Team as part of GSAN’s shared leadership
model. They will work closely with the Finance Committee of the Board of
Directors, acting as a key resource and liaison.

QUALIFICATIONS OF THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

While no one candidate will embody all the qualifications enumerated below,
the ideal candidate will possess many of the following professional and
personal abilities, attributes, and experiences:
Technical
•       Minimum 5 years experience in administrative, office, operations, and/or
fiscal management in non-profit setting.
•       Hands-on financial experience including A/R and A/P.
•       Demonstrated computer/technology skills; strong skills with Microsoft
Office programs, particularly Microsoft Excel; ability to master new software
quickly and provide organizational leadership in adopting new systems.
•       Experience with BambooHR, Bill.com, Expensify and Quickbooks Online
preferred.
•       Ability to adapt, learn and use new financial software and tools as
needed.

Communication
•       Ability to communicate clearly with colleagues, stakeholders, and
vendors.
•       Willingness and ability to learn and adopt organizational communications
tools.
•       Ability to have empathetic conversations about difficult topics.

Project Management
•       Strong ability to plan and execute work plans.
•       Exceptional attention to detail.
•       Able to work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure that
organizational goals are met.
•       Demonstrated ability to plan, organize and coordinate multiple, complex
projects simultaneously.
•       Willingness to be a self-starter who is comfortable taking initiative and
seeks guidance to follow through on projects and tasks.

Values and Characteristics
•       High degree of emotional and social intelligence.
•       Ability to have frank discussions about systemic oppression and
demonstrate self-reflection.
•       Must be able to maintain confidentiality without exception.
•       Flexibility to pivot for unanticipated needs, adapt in new situations and
environments and remain calm and graceful under pressure.
•       Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and with people from a
variety of different racial, ethnic, socio-economic, educational, religious,
sexual, gender, and generational backgrounds.
•       Demonstrated passion for trans and queer youth leadership and
empowerment, extensive knowledge or personal experience with the
intersectional issues facing low-income trans and queer youth of color, and a
commitment to social justice.

Work Environment
•       Must be able to work remotely and/or in an office environment.
•       Must be able to manually operate and use a computer and phone.
•       Must be able to work at a computer for a prolonged period of time.
•       May involve up to 20% travel depending on location.

CULTURE, BENEFITS, AND COMPENSATION

GSA Network believes that the dream of Queer and Trans liberation in our
lifetime begins with their employees. GSAN strives to create an employee
centered work environment knowing that their employees are able to do their
best work when they feel seen and valued as their authentic selves. The GSAN
Leadership Team, comprised of members from across the organization, is
charged with evolving staff culture as the organization grows through
shifting social and political landscapes.

GSAN has worked to create an internal salary equity matrix to ensure that all
staff are paid a competitive wage in addition to acknowledging labor and
skills that have been historically undervalued. GSAN also offers a
comprehensive benefits package including:
•       12 paid holidays (13 in election years).
•       Full organizational closure between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
•       12 days of vacation in year one.
•       Two personal days each year.
•       12 days of sick leave.
•       403(b) plan with an employer match after the first year.
•       Cell phone and home internet service stipend up to $85 per month.
•       Generous health, dental, and vision benefits with coverage for
dependents.
•       $600 annual HRA funds for mental wellness, acupuncture/acupressure,
chiropractic care, or therapeutic massage.
•       Employer paid life insurance with option to buy additional, transportable
coverage.
•       Paid family and medical leave policy.
•       Flexible, family-friendly workplace.

Salary: $80,000-95,000 in accordance with organizational pay equity matrix.