Director of Finance

Director of Finance

Job Description

Family Ark is a 501(c)(3) organization that provides human service programs. The Director of Finance provides primary oversight of accounting and financial activities of the agency. This position reports to the President/CEO.

Family Ark provides quality human service programs which promote positive change in the lives of children and families in the communities we serve. Our core values are compassion, empowerment, partnership, and hope.

 Key Responsibilities Include

• Establishes and maintains in-house accounting controls and procedures.
• Responsible for design and preparation of financial statements in varying formats as needed to accommodate departmental and program-specific or profit centered reporting.
• Trains, assists, and supervises accounting personnel in the maintenance of accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll records, assuring timely payments to vendors, employees, and billing to consumers of services.
• Provides subsidiary account analysis and reports to the President/CEO and Board of Directors as required for management decisions and as needed to submit concise, accurate records to the CPA for the annual financial audit.
• Prepares the annual cash budget, budgets for grant applications and budget projections for program changes. 

Minimum Requirements

•  Bachelor's degree in business, management, or finance (MA/MBA/CPA preferred)
• Demonstrated experience in financial management and accounting, ideally in the non-profit sector.
• Familiarity with Sage accounting system preferred.
• Proven effectiveness leading professionals.
• Legal, audit, compliance, budget, and resource development experience.
• Self-starter, flexible and able to multi-task; highly analytical, able to problem solve and detail oriented.
• Excellent people skills; experience collaborating in diverse, multi-disciplinary and dynamic teams.
• Strong computer skills: Word, Excel, Outlook, and database.
• Commitment to quality and service excellence as each relates to the agency's risk management, comprehensive quality assurance plan and continuous quality improvement objectives.
• Ability to interact effectively with referral sources, foster parents, vendors, external accountants, and co-workers at an individual and committee level.