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The Ray is growing. 2025 is the year to join our team. Scroll below for all the exciting opportunities to be a part of the solution.

1. 1. Regional Manager
   2. Finance Manager

For full-time employees, The Ray offers a competitive benefits package including a generous paid leave policy; 401k employer match; healthcare, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits, and; opportunities to pursue professional development courses, training and related opportunities.

Midwest/Texas Regional Manager

About this Position:

Title: Midwest/Texas Regional Manager

Reports to: Director of Regional Programs 

Position Type: Salaried, full-time position

Location: This is available as a hybrid position or an in-office position in Atlanta or Austin.

Schedule: Monday – Friday, occasional weekends

The Ray has a regional strategy for nationally accelerating net-zero transportation project concepts,  from planning and analysis to project development and procurement. Organizing partner activity by region and distributing the pipeline of projects and analyses between regional teams at The Ray creates process efficiencies that produce faster results for transportation agencies – helping the agencies themselves to go faster. Regional coordination of agency partner activity also facilitates the visibility and viability of opportunities for multi-state collaboration. To accomplish this, the Midwest/Texas Regional Manager directly supports transportation agencies in executing net-zero projects. A strong candidate will have demonstrated leadership skills, possess or be capable of developing expertise in the technologies and innovations developed on The Ray, and have direct experience and knowledge of the processes and authorizations of large transportation organizations. 

The Midwest/Texas Regional Manager will be responsible for the following:

• Support the design and execution of projects by transportation owners/operators in the United States and abroad that duplicate and scale the technologies, best practices, innovations and innovative approaches of The Ray.
• Deliver technical assistance to the staff of transportation owners/operators that are existing partners of The Ray (“partner organizations”), including various State departments of transportation (State DOTs), as well as tollway and turnpike authorities, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations, airports, and transit operators.
• Act as a technical resource and advisor to the transportation agency to support innovative projects and/or program delivery. 
• Provide permitting and procurement assistance through project deployment and execution. 
• Provide consistent and timely information about The Ray technologies, best practices, innovations, and innovative approaches. 
• Provide consistent and timely responses to questions, concerns, and implementation challenges.
• Provide direct and facilitated connections to technology providers.
• Represent The Ray by delivering presentations and/or by personally participating in peer exchanges, association meetings, as well as critical or high-level meetings of a partner organization’s staff and/or leadership.
• Leverage programmatic outreach with partner organizations to cultivate new partnerships with other transportation owners/operators.
• Work with AASHTO, USDOT, State DOTs, and other industry colleagues to influence key policy and regulations.
• Respond to new requests from transportation owners/operators generated from other members of The Ray staff and board, from media articles and social media, and/or from www.TheRay.org.
• Endeavor to develop inquiries, casual or intentional, into formal partnership opportunities for The Ray and the transportation owner/operator.
• Support implementation of The Ray’s Strategic Plan and 5-Year Technology Plan.
• Team operations
• Maintain and manage accurate contact records using EveryAction relationship management software
• Regularly update and maintain the Project Tracker
• Participate in regular staff meetings, remotely or in person, and provide regular reports of partner organizations’ status, and/or specific project design, development, and execution
• Support information requests and networking opportunities related to The Ray fundraising and grant-making activities
• Participate in certain meetings of The Ray board and/or meetings of the Advisory Board of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation
• Provide regular updates to the Director of Regional Programs
• Provide updates to the Executive Director, Deputy Director, and/or Board of Directors, as warranted and as requested
• Other duties as needed or assigned 

Skills

• Four-year college degree in a related field or equivalent experience
• Five or more years of experience employed by USDOT, FHWA, State DOT, or a large transportation organization in a position of program management 
• Experience leading environmental, sustainability, energy, or innovative projects and/or programs in a transportation setting 
• Experience leading a team and managing personnel
• Demonstrated ability to work across multiple departments within a transportation agency
• Excellent public speaker with the ability to adapt presentation style and content based on audience needs 
• Understanding of government procurement requirements and processes
• Knowledge and experience handling confidential information 
• Sustainability and/or climate change accreditation preferred
• Multi-modal transportation knowledge and experience preferred

Personal Traits

• Passion for spreading innovation 
• Passion for sustainability and the stewardship of resources
• Dedication to The Ray’s net-zero transportation vision and mission: zero carbon, zero waste, zero deaths
• Ability to strictly maintain discretion and confidentiality
• Integrity, honesty, and attention to detail
• Outgoing and professional conduct

How to Apply

Please submit your resume, cover letter, and salary requirements to Beverly West at Beverly@theray.org with the subject line  “Midwest/Texas Regional Manager Application.”

Finance Manager

The Ray is pursuing partnership opportunities with transportation agencies across the U.S. to scale the innovative technologies and methodologies successfully demonstrated on The Ray. To support state and local government and private sector partners, regional staff teams (East, Midwest, West) work virtually from California, Texas, South Carolina and North Carolina. The Ray is headquartered at offices in Atlanta that support the GIS and Natural Capital programs, and executive team.

About this Position

• Title: Finance Manager
• Reports To: Executive Director
• Position Type: Salaried, full-time position
• Location: This position reports to The Ray office, located in Atlanta, GA
• Schedule: Monday – Friday

The Ray is looking for a highly organized and detail-oriented Finance Manager to support the leadership team, development team, and the organization’s board of directors. The Finance Manager will be responsible for the following:

Tracking & reporting

• Prepare draft monthly statement of accounts and distribute to executive director and board treasurer by the fifth business day of every month. Prepare final monthly statement of accounts and distribute by the 10^th business day of every month.
• Work with the development team to review monthly and reconcile any revenue reported on bank statements and the monthly statement of accounts, with revenue recorded in the organization’s fundraising software system.
• Maintain ledgers for each program and/or project that is funded by restricted income, regularly updating revenue and expenditures, and reconcile ledgers monthly with the development team.
• Conduct, at a minimum, a quarterly review of the restricted grants ledgers with executive director and program leads, to validate the status of each program, revenue and expenditures, labor costs, overhead, etc.
• On a quarterly basis, and no later than 14 business days after the end of the quarter, distribute the restricted grants ledger to the executive director and board treasurer for review.
• Work with the development team to prepare timely statements of accounts and other materials required for submission of grants and other requests for funding.

Board of Trustees

• Work with the executive director, development team and board secretary to prepare materials as needed for regular meetings of the board of directors.
• Work with the executive director to prepare quarterly financial and end-of-year financial reports for review by the board of directors.

Bookkeeping

• Regular entry of income and expenditures in the organization’s accounting software, and monthly reconciliation against bank statements.  All entry and reconciliation must be complete by no more than five business days following the end of each calendar month.
• Coordinate with the Grants Manager and Executive Director to accurately classify restricted and unrestricted income from contributions and grants in the organization’s accounting software.
• Coordinate with the Executive Director and staff leaders of GIS, Natural Capital, Energy and the regional programs to accurately classify expenditures, timesheets and all other resources required and leveraged for producing work product for restricted gifts and grants.
• Produce error-free sub-accounting for restricted gifts and grants, as requested.

Payroll & billing

• Work with outside vendor to complete organization’s payroll bi-monthly.
• Responsible for regular maintenance of the payroll to account for additions, subtractions and changes in pay.
• Coordinate employee benefits plans for health care and 401(k) with outside vendor, and any employee or organization payments and/or reimbursements.
• Regular processing and payment of bills, employee expense reimbursement requests, and purchase orders.
• Work with outside vendor to prepare state departments of labor filings and other requirements for out-of-state employees.

Annual reporting

• Provide information necessary for preparation of the organization’s annual audit and required filings, including the IRS Form 990.
• Provide information as necessary for preparation of single audit or other audit requirements of federal grants.
• Distribute employee W-2 Forms.
• Prepare and file state annual corporate registration.

Budgeting

• Work with the executive director, program directors and managers, and board treasurer to draft annual budgets.
• Work with the executive director and board treasurer to amend the draft budget as requested, and finalize the budget for consideration and approval by the full board.

Skills

• Minimum five years experience in bookkeeping, accounting or other financial management field.
• College degree in an applicable field.
• Proficiency with bookkeeping and computer software, including Microsoft Excel and Quickbooks.

Personal Traits

• Ability to strictly maintain discretion and confidentiality
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Highly organized
• Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to work well in teams
• Responsive to deadlines and requests for information
• Commitment to The Ray’s vision and mission
• Personable and professional conduct
• Person of integrity

Please send your resume and cover letter to Allie Kelly at allie@theray.org.