JOB SUMMARY:

The Director of Finance provides financial and organizational leadership, oversight, and strategic direction to ensure that Vibrant Works has accurate and timely financial reporting, effective financial policies and procedures, strong internal financial and operational controls to enable the organization’s growth and successful execution of its strategic goals. The Director of Finance collaborates with President/CEO, and peers, to lead and monitor the financial business impacts including financial and management reporting, cash, receivables, payables, internal controls, financial policies, planning and analysis, and federal regulatory reporting requirements. This position is also responsible for developing solid business relationships with the external auditors, banking and finance community, and key supplier partners. This position exists to ensure the financial health of Vibrant Works in both the short and long term by overseeing financial operations and examining business practices while minimizing risk to the organization.

JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leads Accounting and Financial Planning managers, as well as direct and coordinate activities of the Finance and Accounting departments.
• Assesses accounting processes for best practices opportunities to ensure work can be successfully achieved with appropriate resources.
• Prepares and distributes accurate and timely financial information.
• Performs effective analysis of financial information and prescribes action plans to address any identified financial or operational concerns.
• Establishes and maintains internal financial reporting controls and supporting policies setting the tone at the top for the organization.
• Partner with the Senior Leadership Team and department leaders on financial issues in their respective areas.
• Leads the relationship with the external auditor and ensures satisfactory compliance with financial reporting and internal control requirements.
• Reviews and updates financial reporting processes and policies recommending changes when necessary; ensuring the organization adheres to all financial reporting requirements and President/CEO.
• Leads and coordinates the budget preparation and planning effort across all departments ensuring that the operating budget reflects leadership strategies.
• Oversees the organization’s capital budgets to ensure the appropriate use of funding sources, including earned income, governmental funding, grants, donor restricted funding, and other revenue opportunities.
• Presents financial information to a variety of key stakeholders, including the President/CEO, the Senior Leadership Team, departments and staff.
• Maintains a comprehensive knowledge of the organization’s operating and strategic goals to be effective in financial oversight of the organization.
• Identify, acquire, and implement systems and software, collaborating with IT, to provide critical financial and operational information. Evaluate and deploy these tools to generate process improvements to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of the team or organization.
• Assesses Accounting/Finance departments to ensure team member development, an effective and functional structure including appropriate staffing levels and job roles, and overall team effectiveness.
• Demonstrates and embodies our values: Be Limitless, Be Resilient, Be People Centered, Be a Team, and Be Trustworthy.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field
• Licensed Certified Public Accountant
• Ten years’ experience in a financial leadership role
• A minimum of two years of cost accounting or manufacturing experience is strongly preferred.
• Non-profit experience environment preferred.

SKILLS/ABILITIES:

• Demonstrate a sound working knowledge of current role and the technical systems, processes and applications used in performing the role understanding the impact this role has on other business functions within the organization.
• Understand and comprehend information, as well as find applications and solutions from new knowledge.
• Ability to write and speak effectively using appropriate convention based on the situation; actively listens to others, asks questions to verify understanding, and uses tact and consideration when delivering feedback to others.
• Strong interpersonal competencies, team building, communication, and delegation skills
• Sets ambitious yet attainable standards and measures of excellence to ensure quality assurance in every aspect of work performed.
• Partners effectively with other departments, all levels of staff, and both internal and external stakeholders.
• Exhibit the utmost level of integrity in all instances and shows respect towards others and towards company principles.
• Demonstrate effectiveness and flexibility with changing environments, responsibilities, tasks, and people.
• Identify and resolve issues timely by gathering and analyzing information skillfully.
• Share key information with others involved in a project or effort, work in harmony to accomplish objectives, responds with enthusiasm to directives, and shows support for departmental and organizational decisions.
• Take a responsible, proactive approach and willingness to get things done independently or in a group; readiness to take the lead on new projects, ideas, tasks, or assignments.
• Exhibit responsiveness, adaptability and leadership following change initiatives and display ongoing support for change efforts.
• Ability to meet commitments made to yourself and others, keeping the promises you make, and acknowledging and accepting the choices you have made, the actions you have taken, and the results to which they have led.
• Encourage and embrace dialogue from team members, while anticipating and resolving conflicting differences by exploring mutually agreeable solutions.
  • Proficient computer skills including electronic mail, record keeping, routine database activity, word processing, spreadsheets, graphics, etc.
• Experience in Microsoft Office applications.