Director of Finance, Controller

Fahrenheit Advisors is assisting Sheltering Arms Institute in the search for Director of Finance, Controller. This role manages and leads day-to-day accounting operations and ensures effective, efficient, and compliant operations and service delivery to support the organization. The Director of Finance, Controller also partners with clinical, operating and support service leaders to provide support, financial performance feedback and educational services internally as well as partnering with senior leadership to enhance and integrate the finance function throughout the organization.

Responsibilities:

Accounting Operations

Provide oversight and direction to finance staff to ensure compliant and smooth operations for all accounting functions including general ledger, payroll, accounts payable and treasury management.

Ensure proper systems are in place for all financial functions to allow timely and accurate payment to employees and vendors.

Oversee all accounting G/L systems and ensure reporting processes are in place.

Maintain finance policies and procedures and initiate revision or develop new policies and procedures when appropriate.

Ensure processes are documented, shared and reviewed with the team.

Ensure adequate back up and assignment coverage by developing contingency plans and initiating cross training to prevent disruption in providing services.

Remain knowledgeable and up to date about the department's activities and can easily step in when needed.

Establish or improve KPIs for each area of responsibility. Monitor performance/productivity and evaluate effectiveness of measures.

Review all materials produced by the accounting department to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.

Leadership

Maintain an active and collaborative role in the Finance Leadership team that reports to the CFO and across all finance leadership.

Leverage strengths of the current finance team members, help to clarify roles and responsibilities, cross train and develop training programs in order to maximize optimal individual and organizational performance.

Provide leadership in strengthening internal communications between finance staff across all levels of the organization.

Create and promote a positive and supportive work environment.

Manage and develop team members and is accountable for team member retention and productivity.

Fiscally responsible for department budget in planning and development.

Participate in professional associations and continuing education.

Financial Reporting & Budget

Maintain complete and accurate financial records for the organizations.

Prepare financial statements and compare actual results to budget with a goal to identify, explain, and address trends and variances as appropriate.

Consistently analyze financial data and present financial reports in an accurate and timely manner; clearly communicate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial performance; monitor progress and changes and keep senior leadership aware of trends.

Assist the Director of Financial Planning and CFO with the development of the annual operating and capital budget.

Identify variance trends and work with department heads to understand reasons/causes of significant variances.

Analyze organization and department trends and where appropriate initiate remediation by designing and implementing education and planning that resolves the issue.

Manage and understand financial systems, capabilities and functionality to be able to provide reporting support to the organization.

Financial Compliance, External Reporting and Tax Function

Establish and improve processes, procedures, controls, and systems that ensure the accuracy and compliance of legal and regulatory financial reporting.

Coordinate, review and approve quarterly and annual tax filings for accuracy before issuance.

Ensure the timeliness, completeness and accuracy of all financial reports and in compliance with legal, regulatory and accounting standards (GAAP).

Effectively manage all financial functions by ensuring deadlines are met and quickly interacting with appropriate staff to effectively resolve issues before problems develop.

Adjust communication timeliness according to urgency using appropriate communication vehicle (i.e. verbal, text, email, etc.).

Keep knowledge current by actively researching accounting, industry, legal and regulatory changes and proactively assimilate knowledge into the department.

Prepare external financial statements and regulatory reports.

Participate in presentations to Leadership of financial performance, functions and activities.

Internal Controls and Audit

Establish and improve processes, procedures, controls, and systems that ensure proper controls are in place to protect assets of the organization.

Document, test, and oversee reliability of systems controls.

Serve as the point of contact for external auditors and ensure an efficient and effective audit process that remains on schedule. Review external audit findings and validate findings with the auditors.

Review internally prepared audit schedules for completeness and accuracy before providing to external auditors.

Ensure that the audit/control processes are rigorous and meet legal, regulatory and accounting standards.

Requirements:

BS/BA in Accounting or Finance, healthcare concentration preferred

Minimum of 7 years of demonstrated experience in complex accounting and financial management with at least 3 years of supervisory experience of full cycle finance functions

Preferred Requirements:

5+ years supervisory experience

Experience in healthcare and non-profit environments

Multi-entity accounting and reporting experience