South Deputy Finance Director

The South Deputy Finance Director assists the South Finance Director in overseeing the major donor fundraising efforts in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. The Deputy Finance Director works closely with their Finance Director in creating and implementing a region-specific finance plan and supporting the execution of principle and surrogate travel and fundraising events. The Deputy Finance Director is responsible for identifying, cultivating, and maintaining relationships with the top donors in their region.

The South Deputy Finance Director is based in Washington, DC and reports directly to the South Finance Director at the Democratic National Committee. 

• Identifying hosts and executing events with principals and surrogates in their region.
• Providing support for the execution of travel in the region including scheduling donor meetings and creating briefing memos.
• Assisting in the execution of fundraising events in the region.
• Assisting the Regional Finance Director in maintaining donor relationships.
• Performing research to identify prospective new major donors and raisers and working to re-engage lapsed donors.
• Creating and managing a tracking system for all donors.
• Creating and managing a finance email program to keep major donors informed and engaged.
• Providing support to the Regional Finance Director as needed.

• Bachelor's Degree in related field
• 2-3 years of related work experience
• Detail oriented and proficient in Excel
• Working knowledge of NGP database preferred
• Experience working on campaign or political committee fundraising teams for 1-2 cycles preferred
• Some travel required

• Detail-oriented
• Strong written and verbal communication and organizational skills
• Some political campaign experience
• Strong and engaging interpersonal skills

The starting salary for the South Deputy Finance Director position is $74,880 on an annualized basis, commensurate with experience and qualifications.

The South Deputy Finance Director position will require travel, which could be up to 1-15% of the time.

This is a full-time, exempt position, that may require work on weekends.  This position is in the bargaining unit represented by SEIU Local-500.

The Democratic National Committee (DNC), is committed to diversity among its staff, and recognizes that its continued success requires the highest commitment to obtaining and retaining a diverse staff that provides the best quality services to supporters and constituents. The DNC is an equal opportunity employer and it is our policy to recruit, hire, train, promote and administer any and all personnel actions without regard to sex, race, age, color, creed, national origin, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, ethnic identity or physical disability, or any other legally protected basis. The DNC will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination and any such conduct is strictly prohibited.

Benefits:

The DNC offers a generous benefit package, including:

Generous paid time off, including federal holidays and open leave

Health and dental insurance for employee and dependents; 90% paid by the DNC, 10% paid by employee

Supplementary vision plans available to employees for purchase

Up to a 5% employer match DNC 401(k) plan

Pre-tax flexible spending account benefits available to employees and dependents