Description:
Duties and Responsibilities
Financial Analysis & Reporting
- Provide timely and insightful financial analysis, reporting, and recommendations to executive leadership.
- Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and financial metrics across grants, programs and operational budgets to identify areas for improvement and optimization.
- Conduct in-depth variance analysis and trend analysis to drive operational efficiencies.
Federal Grant Compliance & Risk Management
- Ensure compliance with federal grant regulations and demonstrate competence with federal reporting portals.
- Ensure compliance with accounting standards, and internal controls across all grants and program budgets.
- Identify and mitigate financial risks associated with operations, implementing appropriate controls and risk management strategies.
- Oversee financial audits and reviews, liaising with external auditors and ensuring adherence to compliance requirements.
Federal and Non-Federal Grants /Programs
- Provide timely financial statements consistent with monthly/quarterly/year-end timelines.
- Work closely with Grants and Programmatic leadership teams to provide financial support with budget development, reconciliation, tracking and reporting.
- Lead Departmental monthly financial review meetings.
- Assist in the preparation of financial analysis of strategic initiatives.
- Assist with completion of the annual budget and benchmark reporting data associated with all grants and programs.
- Interact and work positively with program managers regarding various accounting functions that affect their departments.
- Research and respond to financial inquiries from internal managers and communicate findings clearly.
General Finance Management
- Maintain / improve internal controls including oversight of account reconciliations and cash management.
- Support CFO with management of general operational budget and monthly reporting, ensuring annual projections are measured and achieved.
- Identifies and implements department efficiencies.
- Oversee individuals (direct reports and cross-functionally) with accounting responsibilities to ensure accuracy and accountability.
- Ensure that all deadlines are met in accordance with company closing dates.
- Assist in the preparation of the annual audit workpapers.
- Contribute to the preparation of the annual budget.
- Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations as it pertains to the organization's financial reporting.
Technology
- Utilize knowledge of accounting software (ie. Quickbooks and Beanworks)
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Workspace for efficient data entry, budget tracking and word processing.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field;
- MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- 7+ years proven work experience in the accounting field
- Supervisory experience
- Strong financial and business acumen, with deep expertise in financial planning, analysis, reporting, and forecasting.
- Excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams and stakeholders across the organizations.
- Prior experience in supporting non-profit organizations is preferred.