Description:
As the Vice President of Finance, you will play a critical role in overseeing all finance, accounting, compliance, and reporting activities. As the organization continues to scale, you’ll ensure long-term financial sustainability and partner with key stakeholders on strategic financial decisions. You’ll manage an outsourced external accounting team and continually assess and improve the finance infrastructure, policies, and procedures required to implement BranchEd’s strategic plan and advance our mission.
Based out of Peachtree City, GA, the Vice President of Finance will sit on the Executive Leadership team and report directly to the Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer.
Responsibilities
Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
Finance and Accounting Leadership (85%)
- Lead all day-to-day finance operations of a budget of $22 million, including managing accounting, accounts payable, purchasing, contracts management, accounts receivable, payroll, and grants administration, ensuring compliance with appropriate GAAP standards and regulatory requirements, including proper expense allocations
- Work closely with Development Operations to create grant budgets and grant financial reporting
- Oversee all financial, project/program, and grants accounting; ensure expenditures are in alignment with grant and program budgets throughout the grant/fund period; collate financial reporting materials for government, corporate, and foundation grants
- Coordinate the annual and monthly closing process and lead all audit activities
- Analyze financial data and present financial reports in an accurate and timely manner, including cash flow forecasting
- Manage and track the performance of invested assets in keeping with policies and investment guidelines
- Lead the annual budgeting process; administer and review all financial plans and compare actual results to identify, explain, and correct variances as appropriate
- Engage the Board’s Finance and Investment committees around issues and trends in financial operating models and delivery; Support presentations to the board Finance and Investment committees
- Refine and implement an appropriate system of policies, internal controls, accounting standards, and procedures
- Maintain continuous lines of communication, keeping the president informed of all critical issues
- Represent the organization externally, as necessary, particularly in banking and lease negotiations
Strategic Leadership (10%)
- Contribute to the development of BranchED’s strategic goals, objectives, and metrics
- Support executing the organization’s financial strategy and vision as the organization continues to grow and carry out a new strategic plan
- Advise the leadership on financial planning, cash flow, allocation priorities, and policy matters
- Advice leadership on the financial systems, platforms, and infrastructure needed to support growth
- Manage external outsourced accounting team
- Participate in team meetings, retreats, and learning opportunities
- Promote a culture of high performance and continuous improvement that values learning and a commitment to quality
- Ensure appropriate BranchED team members receive necessary training related to budgets, expenditures, reconciliation, etc.
Operations (5%)
- Collaborate with other support functions across the organization to ensure internal controls and budget management in the areas of recruitment, payroll administration, benefits administration, compensation/bonus structure, grants management, inventory/asset management, business insurance, and other infrastructure needs
- Collaborate with the Programs team to ensure coordination with partners and vendors to support successful events
- Support leadership with managing and minimizing risk by monitoring risk management policies and procedures