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Senior Financial Planning Analyst

Scottsdale, AZ; Lansdowne, VA; Dallas, TX

Make a difference with us! At Alliance Defending Freedom, we believe God has brought you here for His purpose—to stand for truth and defend the God-given right to live and speak it. Together, we protect religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights. Review our Statement of Faith to ensure we’re a fit for you.

Locations: Scottsdale, AZ / Lansdowne, VA / Dallas, TX

Team Overview

As Sr. Financial Planning Analyst, you are a vital part of the Finance team. The Finance Team is responsible for the oversight and management of ADF’s financial services by implementing business processes that support a wide range of transactions and information needs while ensuring compliance with regulatory and organizational standards. The team’s effectiveness directly contributes to excellence in ministry accountability, stewardship, informed decision-making, sound fiscal management, and the overall reputation of the organization. 

The Senior Financial Planning Analyst plays a critical role in supporting the organization’s strategic and financial objectives by providing accurate financial forecasting, detailed analysis, and data-driven insights. This position will collaborate closely with leaders across departments to support budgeting, long-range planning, and performance analysis.  

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning and Reporting:

  • Develop and maintain detailed financial models to support annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning.
  • Analyze financial performance, identify trends, and provide actionable insights to senior leadership.
  • Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports, including variance analysis, supportive insights, and interpretation of results. 
  • Monitor, report on and forecast cash flow.
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to optimize cash management strategies and minimize financial risk.
  • Partner with department leaders to develop operating budgets, monitor spending, and ensure alignment with strategic goals.
  • Support fundraising efforts by preparing financial schedules for funding proposals, and periodic reports for key institutional funders. 
  • Identify risks and opportunities that may impact financial performance and recommend appropriate actions.
  • Support strategic initiatives and special projects with financial analysis and scenario modeling.
  • Assist in the improvement and automation of financial planning processes and tools.
  • Ensure financial data integrity and consistency across reporting systems. 

Internal Control and Process Improvement:

  • Provide continuous process improvements to maximize efficiency, consistency, accuracy, reliability, and timeliness of services and information. 
  • Anticipate and support the growth and complexity of the ministry, with an emphasis on continued alignment, scalability, and excellence of financial services. 

You will be asked to perform related duties or special projects as assigned. 

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field. 
  • 5+ years of experience in accounting, finance, or a related field, with at least three years in financial planning and analysis.
  • Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; experience with ERP systems and BI tools.
  • GAAP and financial compliance standards.
  • Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information clearly.
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.
  • Ability to professionally handle confidential information.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Relevant professional certifications

Pay & Benefits

At Alliance Defending Freedom, we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package to support your well-being and growth. While we do not disclose specific salary ranges, our compensation is competitive with top non-profit law firms. Our benefits include 100% covered medical and dental insurance, medical and dependent care reimbursement, paid disability, long-term care, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan with a 4% company match. We prioritize work-life balance with paid time off and 12 paid holidays each year.

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Statement of Faith

Based on our adherence to the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God in Scripture, we profess with the Christian Church throughout time and around the world the faith expressed in the Apostles’ Creed:

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.

Doctrinal Distinctives

Also, based on this confession, we are committed to honoring God by obeying the two Greatest Commandments, loving God and loving neighbor, and based on that commitment and derived from the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God in Scripture, we profess the following as necessary for living the gospel:

  • We believe in the spiritual unity and equality of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • We believe that the Lordship of Christ requires us as disciples to seek to conform our actions, thoughts, and desires in obedience to Him.
  • We believe God creates each person with an immutable biological sex — male or female — that reflects the image and likeness of God.
  • We believe God designed marriage as a unique conjugal relationship joining one man and one woman in a single, exclusive, life-long union, and God intends sexual intimacy only to occur within that relationship.
  • We believe God endows all human life with inherent dignity, and it must be respected and protected from conception to natural death.
  • We believe that God has endowed all humans with the natural, and inalienable right of religious freedom to believe, pursue truth, and live within ordered liberty such that no civil government may justly infringe upon it.
  • We believe that God, through His Son, Jesus Christ, calls all of us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him, knowing that He promises us abundant and eternal life.
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