Organizational
Profile

Mission: "North Country Health Consortium leads innovative collaboration to improve the health status of
Northern New Hampshire." The North Country Health Consortium (NCHC) is a rural health network, created
in 1997, as a vehicle for addressing common issues through collaboration among organizations serving
Northern NH.

Job Title: Director of Finance

Program Area: Administrative Shift: (if applicable) Day, occasional evening/weekend

Location: Primary [3 ]day Office/Littleton [ 2] days Remote office Travel Required: Travel Required local/regional

Employment
Status:

[ ] Full-Time [ X] Part-Time

Employment

Type:

[x] Employee [ ] Internship

[ ] Other_______________

Supervises Others: [x] Yes [ ] No Reports to: Executive Director

Job Description: updated 6/26/2023

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Essential Functions: The work environment characteristics, responsibilities, and competencies described here are representative of
those an employee encounters and is required to perform while meeting the essential functions of this job. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Oversee all finance department activities including budgeting, financial forecasting, financial reporting requirements, and

cash flow for administration, existing programs, and proposed new programs and services.

• Direct supervision of Finance staff

• Preparation, oversight and point of contact for all finance related audits in collaboration with the Finance staff.

• Manage timely adherence to deadlines.

• Create budgets for new, existing, and potential revenue streams.

• Develop procedures that ensure processes are complete and current.

• Participate in organizational meetings as an essential collaborative member of the Director Team

• Monitor status of all bank accounts

• Assess insurance needs, complete agent applications, and revise coverage as circumstances require.

• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual reports as required.

• Provide oversight for payroll and benefits administration.

• Provide relevant financial information to Directors and other stakeholders as requested.

• Fluent in Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe PDF software, AccuFund accounting software, Paychex, and navigation of banking

and other relevant websites/software

• Adhere to NCHC Policies, including the Finance Procedures Manual, and applicable State and Federal laws and guidelines.

• Act as liaison for Finance staff and Executive Director

• Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

• The North Country Health Consortium is a public health organization and, as such, employees are considered “essential

employees” in circumstances when a state or federal “state of emergency” has been declared. Employees may be
temporarily re-assigned or required to participate in public health activities in the community, as needed.

FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT

• Work with management staff and Finance Committee on organizational budgeting and the implementation of budgets to

monitor progress and present operational metrics both internally and externally.

• Ensure the Finance Department maintains financial record systems in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting

Principles, and monitors the use of all funds, directing all financial, project-based, and programmatic accounting.

• Oversee the preparation and approval of all financial reporting materials and metrics for funding organizations (e.g.,

HRSA, NH DHHS) and prepare and communicate monthly financial statements to the Consortium’s Board of Directors

• Lead all audit activities.

• Manage all formal finance procedures, processes, and administration, recommending improvements and efficiencies to

the systems in place and implementing them as appropriate.

• Develop, supervise, support, evaluate and manage the finance department staff.

Director of Finance

• Engage with other members of the staff to facilitate cross-program collaboration that ensures all financial, HR and IT

solutions positively support the Consortium’s evolving strategy and operations.

STRATEGY

• Partner with the Executive Director on all operational and strategic issues as they arise; provide strategic

recommendations to the Executive Director based on financial analysis and projections, cost identification and allocation,
and revenue/expense analysis.

• Participate in the ongoing strategic planning process and an integral member of the director team.

• Oversee long term budgetary planning and cost management in alignment with the Consortium’s strategic plan.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Direct the Consortium’s fiscal operations including all budgeting and reporting. Prepares Consortium budget with input

from executive director, program staff and board. Monitor budgets (organizational and programmatic), preparing monthly
comparison reports of budget-to-actual revenue and expenditures. Assists staff and board in understanding reports.
Prepares revenue and expenditure projections with staff input, comparing projections to budget to identify and explain
adjustments needed. Prepare and submit financial reports required by federal funders.

• Responsible for accounting system, daily fiscal operations, and compliance with established fiscal procedures and internal

controls. Updates accounting manual at least annually.

• Responsible for bank reconciliations and cash flow projections.

• Prepares for annual independent financial audit, setting up schedule with auditors to assure timely audit reports. Submits

draft audit to Executive/audit Committee before it is finalized, submitting final audit to Board for acceptance at the
September Board meeting. Responsible for any required follow-up.

• Coordinate the timely filing of federal reports. Works with auditors to prepare IRS Form 990, providing supporting detail

and answering governance questions, providing a draft for Board review before final submission.

• Oversees the purchasing function, including compliance with purchasing policy and procedures. Oversee contracting

functions for personal and professional services. Maintains insurance policies, managing risk and assuring adequate
coverage.

• Supervises selection of finance and organization software and equipment.

• Responsible for oversight of benefits management.

• Fluency in Microsoft Office, Adobe Suites, and applicable job-specific software (Accu-Fund, Paylocity, Salesforce)

• Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Public or Arts Administration, Management or Finance, including or supplemented by at

least 20 credits of college-level accounting courses

• Minimum of five years demonstrated experience in a professional level administrative accounting and financial

management position, ideally in the nonprofit sector with experience with grant budgets, fund accounting and contracts,
including administering federal grants, and audit preparation and coordination. Graduate courses in business may
substitute for up to one year of business management experience. Eight years or more preferred.

• Excellent people skills, with experience collaborating in a multidisciplinary, diverse, and dynamic team.

• Experience should include audit preparation, compliance monitoring, and development and monitoring of budgets.

• Ability to manage priorities and evaluate efficiency.

• Flexible and a self-starter; able to multitask while also being highly detail oriented.

• Fluent in Microsoft Suite, AccuFund accounting software, Paylocity, and navigation of banking and relevant

websites/software

SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS:

Director of Finance

• Extensive knowledge of the principles, practices, and procedures of business administration, including budget

development, financial management (financial control/accounting), human resources management, procurement of
goods and services, facility management, and grant/contract administration.

• Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and practices, with particular emphasis on nonprofit

accounting.

• Ability to understand and apply statutes, regulations, and contracts programs.

• Knowledge of Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards.

• Considerable knowledge of computerized financial management systems and information systems and reporting

capabilities. Good knowledge of spreadsheet and standard office software, and a strong desire and ability to make
balanced use of technology to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Physical activity demands include regular requirements for standing, walking, lifting objects up to 25 pounds, and ability to use
hands to control objects such as keyboards and telephones. Prolonged periods of sitting or standing at a desk and working on a
computer. The position does not normally involve exposure to biohazards or other materials for which universal safety
precautions apply.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS: Reliable transportation to perform essential functions of the job and proof of automobile insurance
coverage, per NCHC policy.

COMPETENCIES

• All competencies as required by applicable licensing board, for licenses held by applicant.

• Establishing Focus: The ability to develop and communicate goals in support of the organization’s mission.

• Providing Motivational Support: The ability to enhance others’ commitment to their work.

• Fostering Teamwork: As a team member, the ability and desire to work cooperatively with others on a team; as a team

leader, the ability to demonstrate interest, skill, and success in getting groups to learn to work together.

• Empowering Others: The ability to convey confidence in employees’ ability to be successful, especially at challenging new

tasks; delegating significant responsibility and authority; allowing employees freedom to decide how they will accomplish
their goals and resolve issues.

• Managing Change: The ability to demonstrate support for innovation and for organizational changes needed to improve

the organization’s effectiveness; initiating, sponsoring, and implementing organizational change; helping others to
successfully manage organizational change.

• Developing Others: The ability to delegate responsibility and to work with others and coach them to develop their

capabilities.

• Managing Performance: The ability to take responsibility for one’s own or one’s employees’ performance, by setting clear

goals and expectations, tracking progress against the goals, ensuring feedback, and addressing performance problems and
issues promptly.

• Attention to Communication: The ability to ensure that information is passed on to others who should be kept informed.

• Oral Communication: The ability to express oneself clearly in conversations and interactions with others.

• Written Communication: The ability to express oneself clearly in organization writing.

• Interpersonal Awareness: The ability to notice, interpret, and anticipate others’ concerns and feelings, and to

communicate this awareness empathetically to others.

• Influencing Others: The ability to gain others’ support for ideas, proposals, projects, and solutions.

• Building Collaborative Relationships: The ability to develop, maintain, and strengthen partnerships with others inside or

outside the organization who can provide information, assistance, and support.

• Customer Orientation: The ability to demonstrate concern for satisfying one’s external and/or internal customers.

• Diagnostic Information Gathering: The ability to identify the information needed to clarify a situation, seek that

information from appropriate sources, and use skillful questioning to draw out the information, when others are reluctant
to disclose it.

Director of Finance

• Analytical Thinking: The ability to tackle a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach.

• Forward Thinking: The ability to anticipate the implications and consequences of situations and take appropriate action to

be prepared for possible contingencies.

• Conceptual Thinking: The ability to find effective solutions by taking a holistic, abstract, or theoretical perspective.

• Strategic Thinking: The ability to analyze the organization’s competitive position by considering market and industry

trends, existing and potential customers (internal and external), and strengths and weaknesses as compared to others in
the field.

• Initiative: Identifying what needs to be done and doing it before being asked or before the situation requires it.

• Entrepreneurial Orientation: The ability to look for and seize profitable organization opportunities; willingness to take

calculated risks to achieve organization goals.

• Fostering Innovation: The ability to develop, sponsor, or support the introduction of new and improved methods,

products, procedures, or technologies.

• Results Orientation: The ability to focus on the desired result of one’s own or one’s unit’s work, setting challenging goals,

focusing effort on the goals, and meeting or exceeding them.

• Thoroughness: Ensuring that one’s own and others’ work and information are complete and accurate; carefully preparing

for meetings and presentations; following up with others to ensure that agreements and commitments have been
fulfilled.

• Decisiveness: The ability to make difficult decisions in a timely manner.

• Self Confidence: Faith in one’s own ideas and capability to be successful; willingness to take an independent position in

the face of opposition.

• Stress Management: The ability to keep functioning effectively when under pressure and maintain self-control in the face

of hostility or provocation.

• Personal Credibility: Demonstrated concern that one be perceived as responsible, reliable, and trustworthy.

• Flexibility: Openness to different and new ways of doing things; willingness to modify one’s preferred way of doing things.

The North Country Health Consortium is a public health organization and, as such, employees are considered “essential
employees” in circumstances when a state or federal “state of emergency “ has been declared. Employees may be temporarily
re-assigned or required to participate in public health activities in the community, as needed.

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