Overview

Heritage Growers Finance Manager Title: Heritage Growers Finance Manager FLSA Status: Exempt Reports to: Director of Finance Location: Sacramento (Remote Hybrid) Pay Scale: Annual $88,000-$117,000 Who We Are River Partners was formed in 1998 to bring life back to California rivers. We advance an innovative model of conservation that harnesses the power of restored riverways to create a thriving future for the states' environment and communities. We revive and reconnect entire river landscapes, critical wildlife corridors, and vast ecological regions across California. We achieve this bold pace and scale of restoration by blending modern farming practices, cutting-edge science, and diverse alliances. Each year, we plant hundreds of thousands of native trees and vegetation across thousands of acres along California's most imperiled rivers. Why We Do It Healthy rivers are essential for a vibrant California. They provide fresh water for growing our food, economy, communities, and wildlife found nowhere else. Rivers support more species and in greater numbers than any other ecosystem in California - making our state a worldwide biodiversity hotspot. Yet just 5% of our native riverside habitat remains. What's left needs reviving. The actions we take during this decade will decide California's future. With their exponential benefits for wildlife, natural resources, and communities, healthy rivers are critical for a flourishing Golden State for generations to come. Why Our Work Matters Our work supports a range of wins for wildlife, flood safety, climate resiliency, water conservation, healthy communities, and local economies statewide. This includes supporting the recovery of dozens of imperiled species, boosting flood safety for communities in flood-prone regions, and growing California's climate resilience by planting more than 2.5 million trees that capture 1 million tons of greenhouse gases each year. We've led hundreds of major projects in more than 20 watersheds across 20,000 acres throughout California. River Partners has restored more habitat along impaired California rivers than anyone else in the West. Heritage Growers Heritage Growers is a native seed and plant supply venture that is a distinct program of River Partners. Heritage Growers was formed in 2021 to improve: Availability of source-identified native seed for restoration Diversity of seed types available at scales suitable for restoration Pricing and retail availability for specialized native seed Capacity of local groups to collect and amplify native seed types for restoration Access to locally-appropriate source-identified native seed for River Partners' projects To accomplish these goals, Heritage Growers has established a native seed farm in Colusa County on land leased from local growers that owns equipment and employs farmers to amplify large quantities of native seed, a cleaning mill facility that cleans and processes farmed seed into retail products, a demonstration garden that tests growth of small wild harvests for research and development, and a robust wildland seed collection program that scouts and harvests native wild seed from across California to conserve and amplify special collections of source-identified native seed for restoration. These functions are supported by public grants and contracts, retail seed and nursery sales, internal seed and nursery sales (i.e. to River Partners), and charitable lending. River Partners provides financial and administrative functions for HG, relying on its growing Finance and Administration team, with the goal of separating the accounting and financial operations of HG from RP in the near future. River Partners' Board of Directors has a specific HG Committee dedicated to oversight and support for the HG venture which meets quarterly to review its financial, operational, and organizational health. Position Description: The Heritage Growers (HG) Finance Manager reports to the River Partners Director of Finance with