Director of Finance

Description

Located in St. Paul, Minnesota, Women’s Advocates is known to many as the first shelter in the nation for women and children escaping domestic violence. Today, Women’s Advocates offers a robust continuum of safety services, including violence prevention education, phone-based crisis intervention, emergency shelter for victims escaping violence, and sustained safety, advocacy, and housing support for survivors as they begin their journey to a safer, more independent life. 

POSITION DESCRIPTION

As a member of the Support (Leadership) Team, the Director of Finance participates in planning and decision-making affecting the entire organization.  This senior level position requires an experienced leader with a significant background in nonprofit management, finance, and accounting services. 

The Director of Finance is responsible for managing the organization’s finance and accounting functions, including accounts payable and receivable, grant related funding, payroll, and all required accounting and financial reporting. This position oversees one direct report, the Finance and Data Specialist.

Applicants must submit a resume and cover letter. Applications will be accepted until a hire is made. We will begin reviewing applications on April 15, 2022. The process will include a phone screen, with potential for 1st and 2nd interviews for strong applicants. People of color are strongly encouraged to apply. 

The pay range for this position is $92,000-$102,000 annually.

**Please note that Women's Advocates requires all staff to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19, or submit weekly negative COVID tests.**

 JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

Leadership:

• Collaborates closely with the other members of the Support (leadership) Team to provide oversight, strategic, and tactical direction for the organization, and to ensure the organization is managed in an effective, efficient, integrated, holistic, and participant-centered manner.
• Provides leadership that is interculturally competent and sensitive to issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion, both with respect to the people the organization serves and to its staff. Committed to doing the work of anti-racism.
• Actively contributes to creating and maintaining a workplace environment that fosters staff growth, development, and overall well-being.
• Partners with human resources to recruit, hire, train, develop, motivate, and retain qualified staff.
• Develops, manages, and mentors direct reports, provides ongoing feedback and coaching, conducts coaching conversations, ensures compliance with all employment-related policies and procedures.
• Models Women’s Advocates’ core values and continually seeks to strengthen the work culture. 

Accounting & Financial Management:

• Manages day-to-day accounting activities, in a multi-departmental setting.
• Maintains the fixed asset system for ongoing capital acquisitions and disposals.
• Recommends revisions to financial policies and procedures and implements changes based on best practices and needs of the organization.
• Ensures all financial records and reports are maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and practices.
• Maintains general ledger, performing month end close and account reconciliations
• Manages short-term and long-term cash flow.
• Identifies opportunities for improved operating efficiencies.
• Prepares required schedules for annual audit and communicates with the auditors.
• Establishes and maintains professional relationships with bankers, vendors, and CPA firm.
• Provides financial analysis as needed to determine the financial impact of management decisions.
• Provides budget and financial support for grant proposals and post-funding reports.
• Manages financial reporting for all government grants, including budget creation and management, billing, reimbursement requests, and interim and final reports.
• Provides direct supervision to Finance and Data Specialist.

Payroll Management:

• Maintains employee data in payroll software by collaborating with the Director of Operations and HR, ensuring all employee elections and changes are reflected timely and that payroll system is in agreement with records on file.
• Maintains payroll related accounts.
• Prepares bi-weekly payroll utilizing third-party payroll provider software.

Annual Budget & Projection Process

• Leads the annual budgeting process with the Executive Director.
• In collaboration with other directors and managers across the organization, ensures annual program budgets are developed, implemented, and monitored consistent with the organization’s overall goals, mission, and strategic plan, and within parameters set by the Board and/or Executive Director.
• Provides training, overall guidelines and budget worksheets to managers with budget responsibility.
• Develops annual operating and capital budgets for presentation to the Board of Directors.

Financial Reporting

• Prepares all financial reports including but not limited to, monthly Statement of Financial Position and Statement of Activities.
• Prepares and communicates financial information to program and administrative staff.
• Prepares all financial materials and reports required by the Board of Directors.

Data Reporting and Analysis

• Directs the work of the Finance and Data Specialist to respond to requests for data analysis for internal and external use.
• Partners with Executive Director and other Support Team members to support data driven decision making across the organization. 
• Oversees and performs data analysis and reporting for annual report, tax return, and interim and final reports for government and foundation grants.
• Partners with the Executive Director, Director of Development and Communications, and other directors and team members to ensure organizational priorities are accurately presented in funding proposals, providing budget information, data and analysis as needed. 

Requirements

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Experience communicating financial information to non-financial readers
• Ability to collect, analyze, and report data
• Ability to handle multiple assignments with strict deadlines and to establish priorities
• Proficiency with Word and Excel
• Ability to work effectively as part of a leadership team
• Ability to work effectively across difference 
• Demonstrated experience with and/or commitment to intercultural development and anti-racism work in the workplace 
• Experience in working with the State of Minnesota contracting and billing systems a plus
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• 5 years of experience in accounting for multi-faceted organization
• Must have reliable transportation
• Criminal background check required for this position. 

Salary : $92,000 - $102,000