Finance Manager, FP&A (Raleigh)

The Timothy Initiative is a Christian training organization, planting churches across the world. Our team is passionate about seeing Christ’s Kingdom expanded and is currently active in over 30 different countries. The Timothy Initiative exists to advance Christ’s Kingdom by multiplying disciples and disciple making churches around the world. The Timothy Initiative’s vision is to see multiplying, disciple making churches in every place and people group. If you are passionate about helping to fulfill ACHIEVE, A Church In Every Village Everywhere, we invite you to take the next step in our recruiting process.

Position Summary:

The Finance Manager, FP&A serves as a key finance business partner responsible for leading budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, financial analysis, and performance measurement activities across assigned ministry and operational areas.

Spiritual Requirements

• Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as a top priority.
• Is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, maintains a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of TTI, and faithfully upholds TTI’s ministry in prayer.
• Must be in agreement with the TTI Statement of Faith included below the Qualifications section.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead and actively prepare the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and long-range financial plans.
• Partner with ministry and operational leaders to develop budgets, staffing plans, and resource allocation strategies
• Prepare monthly financial reporting packages, dashboards, and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Perform detailed variance analysis of actual results versus budget and forecast, identify key drivers, and recommend corrective actions.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance financial models to support budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, and business decision-making.
• Conduct headcount, compensation, payroll, and program spending analyses.
• Lead monthly and quarterly financial review meetings with ministry and operational leaders.
• Prepare executive, leadership, and board-level financial presentations and decision-support analyses.
• Maintain planning system data integrity, reporting structures, and forecast assumptions.
• Perform ad hoc financial analyses, scenario modeling, and business case development for strategic initiatives.
• Lead reporting automation, process improvements, and FP&A best-practice initiatives.
• Support financial systems optimization and continuous improvement of planning and reporting processes.
• Monitor financial performance and proactively identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop financial analysts and other assigned finance staff while serving as a primary contributor to FP&A work products.
• Collaborate closely with accounting to ensure budget, forecast, and management reporting information is accurate and aligned with financial results.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

• Be a passionate follower of Jesus, with a demonstrable heart for His Great Commission. You’ll be an avid learner with a desire to grow and be part of shaping a young organization with big goals.
• Be aligned with our mission, vision, and core values.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related field required.
• 5+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis, budgeting, accounting, finance, or related analytical roles.
• Demonstrated experience leading budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including financial modeling, forecasting, reporting, and data analysis.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and strategic thinking skills.
• Ability to translate financial data into actionable insights and recommendations for operational and ministry leaders.
• Experience presenting financial information to senior leadership.
• Experience with Oracle Financials, Oracle Hyperion Planning, or similar ERP and planning systems preferred.
• Strong project management, organizational, and time management skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships and influence decision-making across departments.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality and professional discretion.

Statement of Faith

The Godhead (Trinity)

There is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Spirit. Deut. 6:4, Matt. 28:19

The Father

The first person of the Godhead orders and directs all things according to His own purpose and pleasure. He authored, created, and sustains all things in the universe without any means other than His own pure power. By His grace, He involves Himself in the affairs of men, hears and answers prayer, and saves from sin and death all that come to Him through Jesus Christ. Mat. 6:9, Eph. 1:3, Joh. 5:19

The Lord Jesus Christ

He existed eternally as the second person of the Godhead. By His virgin birth He came to earth as fully God and fully man, living a sinless life. His death on the cross made atonement for man's sin, evidenced by His bodily resurrection from the dead. He physically ascended to the right hand of God the Father, and He will return in power and glory. Joh. 1:14, Col. 2:9, Act. 2:33

The Holy Spirit

The third person of the Godhead convicts men of sin, regenerates, baptizes, indwells, instructs, and sets apart believers unto a holy life. We encourage all believers to seek a life of obedience to the leadership of the Holy Spirit. We believe this step is essential for empowering believers for victorious living and ministry through the gifts given by the Holy Spirit. Tit. 3:5, Act. 1:8, 1 Cor. 3:16

The Bible

The Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the complete, inerrant in the original manuscripts, divinely inspired, infallible Word of God. The Bible is the supreme authority and guide for our Christian faith and living. 2 Pet. 1:20, Heb. 4:12

The Nature of Mankind

Mankind was directly created in God's image, voluntarily fell into sin by personal disobedience to the will of God; consequently, all people are spiritually dead apart from Jesus Christ. The fall of humanity was a once-for-all historical fact. Its effect spread to all men, each of whom is born with a sinful nature and is in need of salvation. Eph. 2:1, Rom. 3:10, Rom. 3:23-24

The Necessity of Salvation

Salvation (Justification) is by grace, a gift of God apart from works. Salvation (Justification) includes repentance, a turning from one's own way to God's way. All who receive Jesus Christ are born-again, regenerated by the Holy Spirit, and become the children of God. Our relationship with Christ is secure not by our actions but by the sustaining power and love of God. A changed life follows the work of God in a person’s Salvation (Justification). Tit. 2:11, 1 Joh. 1:9, 1 Pet. 2:2

The Church

The church is the body of believers consisting of all born-again persons without respect to race, culture, age or background. Directed by Jesus Christ and empowered by the Holy Spirit, the church is taking the good news of salvation to the whole world. Our fellowship is inclusive rather than exclusive and stresses love for God and one another, the unity of all believers, and obedience to the Holy Spirit. Eph. 2:19-21, Eph. 3:10

About Eternity

People were created to exist forever. We will either exist eternally separated from God by sin, or eternally with God through forgiveness and salvation. To be eternally separated from God is Hell. To be eternally in union with Him is Heaven. Heaven and Hell are real places of eternal existence. Joh. 3:16; 14:17; Rom. 6:23; 8:17-18; Rev.20:15; 1 Cor. 2:7-9