Director of Finance

Christian Children's Home of Ohio • Canaan Township, OH

16d • Onsite

About The Position

The Director of Finance serves as a strategic leader who helps transform vision into sustainable mission. More than managing budgets and financial reports, this role is responsible for stewarding our financial resources in a manner that advances our mission, honors God, strengthens organizational sustainability, and helps position CCHO for continued growth and impact. The ideal candidate is a skilled financial leader who sees accounting and stewardship as a calling - someone who embraces the CCHO's statement of faith, values, and ministry objectives and is energized by the opportunity to use their gifts to support CCHO and help extend our reach to those we serve.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree - preferably in accounting or finance
• CPA preferred, and/or one to five years related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Demonstrated leader of people and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated expertise in non-profit, behavioral health, and/or Medicaid billing, strongly preferred.
• Candidates must be 21 or older to apply.
• Must have valid Ohio Driver's License and maintain a driving record that allows that individual to be insurable.

Nice To Haves

• CPA preferred
• Demonstrated expertise in non-profit, behavioral health, and/or Medicaid billing

Responsibilities

• Directs and maintains the accounting, budgeting, and accurate financial functions of the agency, as well as CCHO's relationship with lending institutions and stakeholders in a way that promotes integrity, accountability, effectiveness and efficiency.
• Accurately reflects the family of ministries' financial position, identifies potential weaknesses, collaborates to facilitate growth, and ensures clean audits.
• Makes every effort to maintain a 'team first' spirit and atmosphere within the workplace environment, maintaining appropriate working relationships and promoting collaboration.
• Serves as a member of the agency's Executive Leadership Team (ELT), providing leadership and oversight to the agency, as needed.
• Serves as a strategic partner with members of the executive team and agency departments, taking a consultative approach to agency leadership.
• Leads and provides supervision to finance team staff.
• Ensures that agency vision and direction are communicated on a level that allows every employee to understand their ownership in the success of the agency and that they are a valued member of the organization.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates agency's accounting system including accounts receivable, accounts payable, cost time distribution, cash control, property control, and appropriation distribution.
• Reviews, analyzes and evaluates accounts, reports, procedural instructions, source documents, financial information systems, records of transaction and internal control systems for adequacy and effectiveness.
• Provides consultation and technical assistance to department heads in the preparation of budget material, use of funds, and application of fiscal procedures.
• Ensures the appropriate adjustments and/or closings and transactions are in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), to accurately report the financial position of the agency.
• Prepares agency financial statements as required by GAAP, Government Accounting Standards Board and statues and ensures the financial statements reflect relevance, reliability, comparability and clarity.
• Investigates necessary procedures to assure auditors that financial statements are accurately presented; develops responses to auditors and monitors corrective action plans.
• Maintains healthy and positive relationship with fiscal auditing bodies.
• Advises management on necessary internal control measures to ensure that the agency operates efficiently, effectively, develops reliable financial data and complies with applicable laws and regulations.
• Establishes policies & procedures to maintain financial integrity for the recording of transactions and results.
• Analyzes and approves reports and data gathered to assist users in assessing the service delivery costs of the agency.
• Interprets and advises management on expenditures, revenues, and related trends.
• Analyzes, interprets, reviews, and prepares reports comparing actual financial results with adopted budget.
• Reviews the development of rates, analyzes variances, identifies and applies overhead, and/or computes cost per unit.
• Provides advisory services relating to lease versus buy options, financing options and/or cost/benefit analysis.
• Recommends and/or establishes financial objectives and sees that the objectives are carried out.
• Conducts meetings to present issues and ensure effective communication of financial issues.
• When required, documents the decision-making process, and generates financial improvement plans.
• Develops, implements, maintains, and documents accounting procedures to meet changing requirements.
• Develops, monitors and updates departmental goals that seek to improve the department and organization.

Benefits

• Health Insurance with generous agency HSA contributions (with eligible plan options)
• Dental, Vision, Employer-paid life/disability
• Paid time off & 11 paid holidays
• Voluntary Life Insurance (including optional coverage for dependents) and other voluntary benefits
• 401(k) with employer match

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director