The primary duties of the Director of Finance shall include, but not be limited to:
● Tracking and maintaining YJP’s finances (expenditures and revenue) in accordance to JAINA’s guidelines,
including, but not limited to:
        ○ Monthly recurring payments; and
        ○ Budgets for regional retreats/national conventions
● Actively supporting the Regional Coordinators in planning events/regional retreats by (for example)
reviewing contracts with the Co­-Chairs, negotiating discounts with vendors (if applicable) and helping
budget overall expenses (e.g., food, session materials, registration prices);
● Working with JAINA in issuing YJP’s checks to owed parties for items including retreat expenses; general
expenses; and convention expenses.
● Reimbursing Executive Board members for items including: approved travel expenses; approved retreat
expenses; and approved general expenses.
● Delivering reports on the status of YJP’s finances to the Co-­Chairs every Quarter.
● Seeking innovative ways to make YJP financially self-­sufficient;
● Initiating and coordinating fundraising projects with Executive Board members and Local Representatives
from various sanghs and regions;
● Creating and maintaining a list of fundraising projects for the year with specific goals and deadlines;
● Reviewing list(s) of previous fundraising projects to determine successes and suggests improvements;
● Creating and/or expanding on a consolidated YJP donor database;
● Locating Jain friendly organizations willing to partner at YJP’s events;
● Developing long term relationships with businesses and organizations that share Jain values; and
● Identifying areas of saving resources by utilizing JAINA’s non-­profit status.