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Director of Programs (Events)

Remote in TX, IL, IN, NY, NJ, DC, MD, or VA with up to 30-50% travel for programs

As the Director of Events, you will support the overall strategy, develop processes, and will be responsible for all logistical aspects of planning, coordinating, and implementing all events and programs—large and small, live, online and hybrid.

Director of Programs (Professional Development)

Remote in TX, IL, IN, NY, NJ, DC, MD, or VA with up to 30-50% travel for programs

MCCA seeks a Director of Programs (Professional Development) to join our team. The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker and executor responsible for developing and implementing effective professional development programs that align with our mission and goals.

Accounting Manager

New York/New Jersey, Chicago, DC, Maryland, Virginia or Texas or Remote

The Accounting Manager works to advance MCCA’s mission and vision through a variety of financial and accounting responsibilities. This newly created role reports to the Director of Finance the day-to-day accounting and finance functions of the organization, while identifying and implementing efficiencies.

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Director of Programs (Events)

LOCATION:

Remote in TX, IL, IN, NY, NJ, DC, MD, or VA with up to 30-50% travel for programs. Option to be in-person or hybrid from DC office.

SCOPE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

MCCA seeks a Director of Programs (Events) to join our team.

The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker and executor responsible for developing and implementing effective professional development programs that align with our mission and goals.

Specific Responsibilities:

Program Development & Management:

  • Lead the strategic development, management, and execution of MCCA’s conferences and gala.
  • Manage logistics – from venue selection and AV equipment to registration and sponsor fulfillment.
  • Monitor registrations and track enrollment trends for all events. Organize pre- and onsite registration, train necessary staff, and provide supporting materials to facilitate onsite management.
  • Ensure events run smoothly, anticipating and addressing potential challenges.

Team Management:

  • Lead and manage a team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work culture.
  • Provide guidance and support to ensure the successful implementation of program activities.

Resource Management:

  • Manage budget development, cost management, and financial reconciliation.
  • Identify opportunities for cost savings or funding opportunities to support programmatic initiatives as appropriate.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

  • Establish and implement robust monitoring and evaluation processes to measure event’s effectiveness.
  • Use data and feedback to continuously improve event outcomes.

Stakeholder Engagement and Communication:

  • Act as point of contact for conference stakeholders, including speakers, sponsors, and participants.
  • Communicate effectively to ensure all parties are well-informed and aligned with event objectives.
  • Build event marketing communications for email and social media campaigns; develop a communication plan for the timing, frequency, and distribution of those campaigns.

Perform other job-related duties as requested.

KEY SELECTION CRITERIA:

Candidates will need to demonstrate (essential capabilities, ordered by importance):

  • Executional excellence: You have organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, high sense of responsibility, and generalist skill set to take on a wide range of high priority tasks. You are dependable and deliver quality work.
  • Executive level communication skills: Your written and verbal communication is compelling and precise. You can quickly take complex concepts and communicate them briefly, simply, and persuasively. You’ve demonstrated the ability to communicate at executive or board levels of large companies or organizations.
  • Structured problem solving: Strategic thinking, in particular the ability to break complex problems down into component parts. The ability to lead on and enjoy both strategic and tactical work is key.
  • Analytical capability: You’re confident creating, scrutinizing, and improving everything from revenue models to pivot tables. You’ve repeatedly done the work to make sure complex business reporting data is accurate, but you’re also able to cut out the noise by identifying the 2 or 3 most salient data points to inform decision making.
  • Mission and values alignment: You actively contribute to causes or communities that you care about in meaningful ways.

Additional capabilities we’ll consider (bonus capabilities, demonstrating strong skills/experience in at least 1-2 of these will help the best candidates stand out):

  • Emotional intelligence and ability to establish strong and trusting relationships with colleagues.
  • Designing or leading organizational change management around new goals, priorities, team changes, or projects.
  • High initiative, self-starting capabilities; the demonstrated ability to identify and seize opportunities for impact in messy, uncertain contexts without direction or oversight.
  • Fundraising: you’ve led or participated in fundraising processes.
  • Facilitation skills: you design thoughtful meeting processes/agendas and are skilled at chairing or facilitating meetings or sessions that make progress on high stakes discussions with senior stakeholders.
  • Deep experience and familiarity operating within nonprofit companies or functions, in particular those organizations that are shifting its business model. This might manifest in strong agile project management skills, ease collaborating and influencing across functions, and a strong perspective on what a high performing nonprofit company looks like.

WHAT’S ATTRACTIVE TO THE RIGHT CANDIDATE?

  • The Director of Programs (Events) will be joining MCCA at a key inflection point in its development. The organization operates in a nimble and entrepreneurial fashion similar to the dynamic environment normally associated with high growth startup organizations.
  • MCCA has a strong staff who are dependable, passionate about their mission, welcoming, and willing to work together. At MCCA, you will have the resources you need to succeed.
  • Their culture encourages a healthy work/life balance. You will be able to leave work at work and will not be required to be “on-call” once you leave the office.
  • This role will broaden your horizons. Working at MCCA will give you the opportunity to interact with elite partners of law firms and general counsel of Fortune 500 companies.
  • MCCA offers a competitive salary and benefits to include medical and dental insurance, 15 days paid vacation, holidays, short-term and long-term insurance, and more.

APPLY

  • Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to Careers@mcca.com with subject line: Interest in Director of Programs (Events) Position. No calls please.
  • We encourage applicants of different backgrounds, cultures, genders, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply.  

Director of Programs (Professional Development)

LOCATION:

Remote in TX, IL, IN, NY, NJ, DC, MD, or VA with up to 30-50% travel for programs. Option to be in-person or hybrid from DC office.

SCOPE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

MCCA seeks a Director of Programs (Professional Development) to join our team.

The ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker and executor responsible for developing and implementing effective professional development programs that align with our mission and goals.

Specific Responsibilities:

Program Development & Management:

  • Lead the strategic development, management, and execution of all professional development programs.
  • Manage professional development cohort selection process.
  • Ensure programs run smoothly, anticipating and addressing potential challenges.

Team Management

  • Lead and manage a team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work culture.
  • Provide guidance and support to ensure the successful implementation of program activities.

Resource Management:

  • Manage budget development, cost management, and financial reconciliation.
  • Identify opportunities for cost savings or funding opportunities to support programmatic initiatives as appropriate.

Monitoring and Evaluation:

  • Establish and implement robust monitoring and evaluation processes to measure program effectiveness.
  • Use data and feedback to continuously improve program outcomes.

Stakeholder Engagement and Communication:

  • Act as point of contact for the professional development program participants, including speakers, mentors, and cohort members.
  • Communicate effectively to ensure all parties are well-informed and aligned with event objectives.
  • Build program marketing communications for email and social media campaigns; develop a communication plan for the timing, frequency, and distribution of those campaigns.

Perform other job-related duties as requested.

KEY SELECTION CRITERIA:

Candidates will need to demonstrate (essential capabilities, ordered by importance):

  • Executional excellence: You have organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, high sense of responsibility, and generalist skill set to take on a wide range of high priority tasks. You are dependable and deliver quality work.
  • Executive level communication skills: Your written and verbal communication is compelling and precise. You can quickly take complex concepts and communicate them briefly, simply, and persuasively. You’ve demonstrated the ability to communicate at executive or board levels of large companies or organizations.
  • Structured problem solving: Strategic thinking, in particular the ability to break complex problems down into component parts. The ability to lead on and enjoy both strategic and tactical work is key.
  • Analytical capability: You’re confident creating, scrutinizing, and improving everything from revenue models to pivot tables. You’ve repeatedly done the work to make sure complex business reporting data is accurate, but you’re also able to cut out the noise by identifying the 2 or 3 most salient data points to inform decision making.
  • Mission and values alignment: You actively contribute to causes or communities that you care about in meaningful ways.

Additional capabilities we’ll consider (bonus capabilities, demonstrating strong skills/experience in at least 1-2 of these will help the best candidates stand out):

  • Emotional intelligence and ability to establish strong and trusting relationships with colleagues.
  • Designing or leading organizational change management around new goals, priorities, team changes, or projects.
  • High initiative, self-starting capabilities; the demonstrated ability to identify and seize opportunities for impact in messy, uncertain contexts without direction or oversight.
  • Fundraising: you’ve led or participated in fundraising processes.
  • Facilitation skills: you design thoughtful meeting processes/agendas and are skilled at chairing or facilitating meetings or sessions that make progress on high stakes discussions with senior stakeholders.
  • Deep experience and familiarity operating within nonprofit companies or functions, in particular those organizations that are shifting its business model. This might manifest in strong agile project management skills, ease collaborating and influencing across functions, and a strong perspective on what a high performing nonprofit company looks like.

WHAT’S ATTRACTIVE TO THE RIGHT CANDIDATE?

  • The Director of Programs (Professional Development) will be joining MCCA at a key inflection point in its development. The organization operates in a nimble and entrepreneurial fashion similar to the dynamic environment normally associated with high growth startup organizations.
  • MCCA has a strong staff who are dependable, passionate about their mission, welcoming, and willing to work together. At MCCA, you will have the resources you need to succeed.
  • Their culture encourages a healthy work/life balance. You will be able to leave work at work and will not be required to be “on-call” once you leave the office.
  • This role will broaden your horizons. Working at MCCA will give you the opportunity to interact with elite partners of law firms and general counsel of Fortune 500 companies.
  • MCCA offers a competitive salary and benefits to include medical and dental insurance, transportation allowance, 15 days paid vacation, holidays, short-term and long-term insurance, and more.

APPLY

  • Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to Careers@mcca.com with subject line: Interest in Director of Programs (Professional Development) Position. No calls please.
  • We encourage applicants of different backgrounds, cultures, genders, experiences, abilities, and perspectives to apply.

Accounting Manager

PREFERRED LOCATION:

New York/New Jersey, Chicago, DC, Maryland, Virginia or Texas or Remote

SCOPE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Accounting Manager works to advance MCCA’s mission and vision through a variety of financial and accounting responsibilities. This newly created role reports to the Director of Finance the day-to-day accounting and finance functions of the organization, while identifying and implementing efficiencies. This role will be responsible for maintaining the general ledger, monthly reconciliations, processing incoming receipts and disbursements, processing bi-monthly payroll, and other financial transactions.

The Accounting Manager is a key member of the Finance team and will contribute to a team culture that is focused on effectively managing and adapting to change and identifying opportunities to find efficiencies, leverage technology, and strengthen the sustainability of MCCA.

Specific Responsibilities:

Accounting:

  • Process complete, accurate and timely entry of financial data into the accounting system (QuickBooks Online), which includes the general ledger, receivables, payables, and payroll.
  • Processes accounts and incoming payments in compliance with policies and procedures which includes cash receipts from the lockbox, mail deliveries, ACH/Wire transfers and making electronic and manual deposits as necessary.
  • Prepares, sends and records invoices for products and services offered by MCCA.
  • Maintain and process accounts payable, credit card accounts, and vendor files.
  • Monitors accounts receivables and completes collection of all outstanding accounts including collaborating with internal points of contact on outreach to members and customers.
  • Assist in the monthly reconciliations of sub-ledger and other business solutions to general ledger (e.g., PayPal, Salesforce).
  • Perform reconciliations of cash receipts and sponsorship payments, membership dues, and prepares adjusting journal entries.
  • Manage accounts receivable/sales transactions, including preparation of deposits, entry of credit card settlement receipts, preparation invoices, and collection of outstanding accounts.
  • Manage and prepare 1099s.
  • Assists the Director of Finance with duties and special projects as needed.

Payroll Processing:

  • Gather and ensure that all information for bi-monthly payroll is entered and evaluated for accuracy, including 1099 and W2 staff.
  • Maintain PTO schedule.
  • Maintain system integrity and payroll accuracy by staying current with state, federal and/or system updates.
  • Manage and process multi state payroll tax and regulatory compliance.
  • Effectively manage MCCA’s staff payroll affiliated inquiries.
  • Give suggestions on process enhancement.
  • Assists on and completes necessary HR projects.

Benefits Administration:

  • In conjunction with the Director of Finance, manage benefit portfolio and vendor relationships. These include Medical, Dental, Life, STD, LTD, FSA and 401K.
  • Support onboarding process.
  • Distribute benefits enrollment materials, collect forms and review for accuracy. Coordinate enrollment with carriers.
  • Coordinate open enrollment process every May.
  • Process and administer all leave-of-absence requests: medical, personal, disability and FMLA
  • Provide reports, as requested.

KEY SELECTION CRITERIA:

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred.
  • Minimum of seven years of experience in a nonprofit organization.
  • Full accounting cycle experience, including payroll processing.
  • Experience managing multiple vendors successfully.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel. Experience with QuickBooks, ADP, Salesforce, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Association Management Systems and/or event registration platforms.

PERSONAL / PROFESSIONAL ATTRIBUTES:

  • You have a natural collaborative style and understand it takes a team.
  • You can understand and support the goals of an organization while enforcing, explaining, and teaching policies that have a long-term impact on objectives.
  • You are thoughtful in your approach and make it easy for non-financial colleagues to feel at ease.
  • You are self-assured and direct; you tell us what we need to hear, and your style of delivery is sensible, realistic, and matter-of-fact.
  • You instill trust and confidence with internal staff and external entities and have the highest standards of ethics.
  • Your communication skills provide you with the ability to train and mentor others, making information and procedures easy to comprehend.
  • You are tenacious and not easily put off when faced with an uphill task.
  • You are a facilitator and team builder, pitching in whenever needed. Your can-do attitude is exactly what is needed to build this department.

WHAT’S ATTRACTIVE TO THE RIGHT CANDIDATE?

  • You will be supported by an engaged executive leadership team comprised of the CEO, and COO.
  • You will have an active voice and your contributions will be appreciated.
  • Your excellent management of our finances will be an integral part of success.
  • We have a strong staff who are dependable, passionate about our mission, welcoming, and willing to work together. At MCCA, you will have the resources you need to succeed.
  • Our culture encourages a healthy work/life balance. You will be able to leave work at work and will not be required to be “on-call” once you leave the office.
  • We offer a competitive salary and benefits to include medical and dental insurance, transportation allowance, 15 days paid vacation, holidays, short-term and long-term insurance and more.

TO APPLY:

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to careers@mcca.com with “MCCA – Accounting Manager” as the subject of the email. No calls please.

MCCA is committed to a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law.

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