Description
The Finance Director will be tasked with raising a seven-figure budget for a competitive insurgent primary campaign, by managing call time from start-to-end, including list acquisition, prospecting, scheduling, and staffing. In addition to managing candidate call time, the Finance Director will manage a smaller call time program for the Campaign Manager.
To supplement call time, the Finance Director will lead the charge in fundraising event coordination, including prospecting and confirming hosts, coordinating venue and catering logistics, and building to the event. The Finance Director will also lead the digital fundraising, including the creation and maintenance of an email program.
Depending on cashflow, the Finance Director may be tasked with hiring and leading a team including a Call Time Manager, one or more Finance Associates, and finance interns.
Key Responsibilities
- Modify and own the finance plan to ensure the campaign raises enough funds to support a seven-figure budget, while adjusting projections to aid in cashflow planning.
- Manage the call time process from start-to-end, including prospecting donors and preparing and cleaning call sheets, for both candidate and CM call time; staff and coach the candidate and manage all call time followup.
- Manage event planning for both low- and high-dollar events, including host cultivation, venue acquisition, and logistics coordination.
- Identify and recruit potential bundlers and finance committee members, and manage all bundling and finance committee coordination.
- Manage all finance consultants.
Requirements
Qualifications
1+ cycles of finance experience required. 1+ cycle at the Director or Deputy Director level preferred.
Experience with campaign software, including Numero, RaiseMore, or equivalent, required.
Experience raising a $500,000+ budget required. Experience raising a $1mil+ budget preferred.
Experience managing a call time program and coaching a candidate through fundraising calls required.
Comfortability making direct solicitations required.
