Intertwine Alliance: Opening in Our Finance Committee!

Love big-picture thinking and diving into details? Have a passion for numbers, nonprofit budgets and/or strategy? Wanna get to know some really fun and interesting people (if we do say so ourselves)? Consider joining The Intertwine Alliance Finance Committee! Working with board members and staff, you’ll help make key decisions about The Intertwine Alliance’s organizational health and maintain financial oversight. This volunteer committee oversees financial management, guides internal policy updates and procedures, and determines key investment and grant opportunities. The minimum commitment is 3-4 hours/month, but could be more depending on your level of interest and involvement.

Interested or have questions? Please email Katie Gavares at katie@theintertwine.org.

Full description below.

Finance Committee Member – Volunteer Position Description 

The Intertwine Alliance 

Function of the Finance Committee

The finance committee is a small working group that provides financial recommendations and feedback to The Intertwine Alliance Board of Directors. The committee comprises Intertwine Alliance board members, community partners and staff. It’s responsible for overseeing the organization’s financial transactions and for implementation of financial policies. The committee oversees a monthly review of the organization’s expenditures, other financial transactions, bank statements, and credit card statements. Additionally, the committee reviews all major funding opportunities, commitments and grant proposals, and advises the Board of Directors on fiscal impact. This is a volunteer position.

Who we are looking for

The Intertwine Alliance Finance Committee is looking for one or two individuals from coalition partner organizations interested in sharing their expertise in financial oversight. We are looking for someone with:

• Knowledge or experience around nonprofit budget management

• Understanding of the funding opportunities in the PNW region

• Expertise keeping an organization mission-congruent while seeking funding

• A detail-oriented approach, with the desire to engage in Intertwine Alliance policies to maintain equitable and stable organizational health

Time commitment

• Monthly one-hour finance committee meeting, plus up to 3 hours of follow-up work each month outside of committee meetings

• Willingness to serve for minimum of 1 year

Hope to hear from you!