Director of Finance

Summary

Join CORE, a crisis response non-profit, as their Director of Finance! This leadership role oversees all aspects of the organization's financial operations, from daily accounting processes to annual audits and reporting. You will manage a team, ensure compliance with GAAP and 2 CFR part 200, and play a key role in strategic financial planning. Experience in non-profit accounting with a $30M+ budget is essential, along with expertise in grant management and financial reporting. The ideal candidate possesses strong analytical skills, excellent communication abilities, and a commitment to CORE's mission. This position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to make a significant impact on a global scale.

Requirements

• Must have experience managing non-profit accounting including GIK, donated services, SOA, balance sheet and full grant life cycle
• Thorough knowledge of GAAP and 2 CFR part 200 regulations
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and unwavering commitment to our mission
• A proactive, analytical, hands-on strategic thinker
• Minimum of a BA/BS degree in Accounting or Finance, MBA and/or CPA
• Strong demonstrated and advanced excel skills
• Experience with Sage Intacct or other ERP platform and Salesforce
• Clear pre-employment background check requirements, including local, state, and national criminal records checks, sex offender registries, employment, education verifications and child abuse registry check (if required by state regulations) are required post job offer and prior to employment

Responsibilities

• Oversee financial operations and reporting (monthly forecasting, cashflow) on grants, programs and overhead
• Ensure that expenditures are consistently aligned with grant and program budgets throughout the grant award life cycle. Manage overspend and underspend on grants and communicating to various budget leads
• Demonstrate a track record in grants management as it relates to donor compliance and reporting for government, corporate and foundation grants
• Experience with NICRA and provisional fringe accounting and reconciliations, allowable and unallowable costs
• Experience with gift-in-kind revenue and expense accounting including GIK valuation and documentation
• Oversee all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with appropriate US GAAP and 2 CFR part 200 standards and regulatory requirements, experience with IFRS standards a plus
• Advanced knowledge of accounting and reporting software, specifically Sage Intacct
• Responsible for all (including field teams) aspects of the monthly and annual close cycles
• Experience managing financial reporting, including budget development and analysis, accounts payable and receivable and accounting for investments, payroll, gift-in-kind, NICRA, and other non-profit specific accounting activities
• Solid experience coordinating annual audit activities including PBC and schedule preparation and managing the relationship with external auditor
• Oversee various donor related audits in coordination with field programs
• Oversee preparation of annual 990 report and coordinate other annual compliance and registration requirements
• Ensure compliance with internal and external policies and procedures, including all local, state, federal, financial reporting and regulatory requirements
• Maintain internal controls and safeguards for receipt of revenue, costs, program budgets and actual expenditures
• Able to research and document technical accounting positions, develop or edit existing written business processes and policies
• Ability and desire to translate complex financial concepts to individuals at all levels including finance and non-finance managers
• Support the Vice President in engaging the board’s audit and finance committees around issues and trends in financial operating models and delivery
• Keen analytic, organization and problem-solving skills which allows for strategic data interpretation
• Consistently analyze financial data and present financial reports in an accurate and timely manner
• Assist Sr Budget Manager in the annual budgeting and planning process
• Assist in managing annual insurance (property, casualty, liability, and D&O) renewals and claims reporting
• Leverage strengths of the current finance team members, will assist with 2-3 direct reports
• Mentor and develop team members to further build the overall capacity and skillsets of the accounting and finance teams
• Create, promote and facilitate a collaborative, supportive, positive, respectful and transparent work environment
• Provide leadership in strengthening internal communications with staff at all levels throughout the organization
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills; experience in effectively communicating key data, including presentations to senior management or other outside partners
• Provide leadership in strengthening internal communications with staff at all levels throughout the organization; create and promote a positive and supportive work environment

Benefits

$140,000 - $170,000 a year