Defeat Extremists seeks a highly motivated, strategic, and independent individual to serve as our National Finance Director. This role is fully remote and can be based anywhere in the United States – with a very slight preference to being based in NYC.
Defeat Extremists is a fully remote PAC. We raise money to recruit and support viable expansion seat red-to-blue flips in cheap media markets. ** If the following describes you, you might be a good fit for the role:**
I am excited to be on the second floor of an organization and help build it into a multi-million dollar PAC
I have at least one cycle of experience as a Finance Director on a campaign (ideally at the congressional level), or other similar experience, and am looking for a permanent, non-campaign role
I am looking for sustainable, long term work that will not burn me out
I have raised towards a seven figure budget
I thrive in remote work environments
I strongly prefer very hands off management
I do not need a large team environment to be motivated
I thrive in an incentive based workplace and love getting max out checks
I am ok with not managing staff (at least for year one) and thrive doing the dirty work of finance (donor research, call time lists, etc)
I love call time and get energy from building relationships
While we don’t expect you do have done all of the following in previous roles, in this role you will be responsible for the following:
Creating and updating finance plan
A minimum of two hours of donor call time a day
Managing and building for remote and in person fundraising events, including but not limited to staffing in-person events
Managing recurring donor retention program
Securing and staffing fundraising meetings
Running thank you note program and a very small in house mail program
Writing and updating a prospectus
Building and managing major donor relationships
Coordinating with endorsed candidates for fundraising including but not limited to events and split sends
Potentially speaking on the record to press
This role will start as a part time, 20 hour per week role through the first 3 months of employment. After 3 months, we will reevaluate if this role should be part time or full time. We anticipate that you may prefer the flexibility of part time work and being able to take on other clients or responsibilities. However, if you are looking for a full time position, we can and will work with you to make it work.
Compensation for this position as a part-time role is $40,000 with a 5% bonus for every major contribution ($500+) and recurring donation. If moved to full time after 3 months, base compensation will be in the range of $80,000-$100,000 with the same bonus structure. Total compensation is capped at $150,000.
We anticipate the role will begin on January 1st, but will be flexible with you for the start date.
Candidates of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Defeat Extremists is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, military status, age, marital status, or parental status.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis with a strong preference for applications submitted before December 8th. To apply, please email info@defeatextremists.com with
“Finance Director Application” in the subject line. Please do not omit the subject line. (Yes, this is the first part of your application process.)
Please include the following in PDF format:
Resume: Please keep it to one page and include how much you have raised, and ideally in which buckets, in your bullet points. For example:
Raised $3.4 million for a Red-to-Blue Congressional race
Managed call time, raising $745,000 in approximately 800 hours of call time
Three References: Please include name, current title and organization, phone number, email, and a one-sentence description of your relationship.
Fundraising Content: Please include one piece of fundraising content you were primarily responsible for producing. This could be a prospectus, a donor email, a strong call time sheet format, or any other content you have produced.
In your email, please include short paragraph about why this content was impressive, different, or otherwise notable