Director of Finance

Department: Finance

• Reports To: Chief Financial Officer

Job Family: Financial Operations

FLSA Status: Exempt

Supervisor: Yes

• Leadership Level: Director

Job Function: Essential Onsite at 421 Fallsway, Main Clinic

Overview

Drawing upon strong financial acumen and demonstrated management experience, the Director of Finance is responsible for all finance and accounting functions at Health Care for the Homeless. Under the supervision of the Chief Financial Officer, the Director of Finance manages the agency’s budgeting, financial reporting, revenue cycle operations and annual audit processes. In collaboration with other members of management and leadership, the Director of Finance ensures legal and regulatory financial compliance, routinely evaluates financial processes throughout a multi-sited organization, and continually seeks new ways to improve financial performance and oversight in support of leadership, staff, and clients.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Trains and coaches, the finance team, sets clear expectations, monitors outcomes, creates a culture of open communication and helps team members solve complex problems through individual supervision and team meetings. Fosters a collaborative, supportive, and collegial environment across departments to ensure a high-quality experience for clients and high staff morale.
• In collaboration with a designee in the housing services department, audits and monitors the representative payee program.
• Develop, maintain, and improve a system of financial policies, procedures, and accounting controls according to generally accepted accounting principles, public sector regulation, and best practices in the fields of finance and health care. Maintain positive, collaborative relationships with Management Team peers to continuously improve understanding and ownership of fiduciary matters. Standardize processes that leverage technology and simplify workflows. Partner to create and enforce clear standards of practice, policies, and procedures.
• Oversee all accounting functions. This includes general agency revenue and expenditures, public and private grant accounting, and reporting utilization of grant funds including UDS reports and other Federal cost reports.
• Manage billing and revenue cycle functions. Assure appropriate processes, policies and procedures are in place to recognize, record and report on revenue and accounts receivable in a timely and accurate manner. Identify, document, and implement process improvements to workflows as necessary. Monitor billing trends and work collaboratively with providers to explore changes to services and implications for billing processes and revenue.
• Develop controls to protect financial assets. Analyze and audit balance sheet accounts.
• In collaboration with the CFO and agency leadership, guide the organization through the annual budgeting process. Produce and track the annual operating and capital budgets by department and grant. Help to support and educate directors so that they can manage their department budgets. Produce monthly financial reports for Management, the Board Finance Committee, and the Board of Directors. Analyze and explain monthly budget variances and business trends.
• Oversee and review the payroll process and audits, and financial compliance responsibilities of related employee benefits. Serve as fiduciary for Agency retirement plans and oversight of pension compliance audits. Assist the Director of Human Resources with forecasting, budgeting and management responsibilities of employee benefits and related contracts.
• Manage the annual financial audits including A-133 compliance and file Annual IRS 990 in conjunction with the contracted accounting firm.
• Manage cash flow and forecast cash needs.
• Actively develops own racial equity and inclusion lens both personally and professionally and supports team members to do the same. Commits to understanding and addressing REI matters that impact our shared work environment.

Knowledge, Experience and Skills

Formal Education and Training

• BA/BS in Accounting required; Master’s degree or CPA preferred

Experience:

• Five years of management experience with accounting and control systems, maintaining financial records, controlling budgetary expenditures, directing account reconciliations, and cash management.
• Three years of experience managing teams, preferably in a hybrid work environment
• Grant Management experience required
• Experience in a Community Health Center preferred
• Experience with MIP Software and ADP Workforce Now preferred
• Experience with A-133 Audits required
• Expert level knowledge in Excel required

Skills:

• Able to build a team, motivate staff and delegate tasks using a strength-based approach
• Advanced skills in accounting software and databases
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Flexible approach, works within cross-disciplinary teams in a collaborative style
• Energetic, adaptive, and self-reflective learner
• Systems-thinker, sets clear goals, uses action plans, and knows how to prioritize
• Builds rapport and relationships; has strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work in sensitive situations and maintain confidentiality
• Highly skilled at problem-solving; helpful to others in making ethical decisions in the workplace
• Willingly admits mistakes, self-corrects and gains insight from experiences
• Instills energy and optimism in staff for the future of the organization

Read more about the people we serve here: https://www.hchmd.org/who-we-help [https://www.hchmd.org/who-we-help]

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Health Care for the Homeless is an equal opportunity employer.

Notice to Applicants Health Care for the Homeless participates in E-Verify. All newly hired employees are required to complete the I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification form and provide documentation proving their identity and legal authorization to work in the United States.

We use the E-Verify system to confirm employment eligibility in accordance with federal law.