Vice President, Finance

Job Summary

The Vice President will advise and inform the finance department and other senior level employees on accounting and regulatory guidelines as well as financial and business strategy. This position is responsible for developing and maintaining effective key relationships with executive management and senior staff to ensure the fiscal management of the organization is optimized and executed in accordance General Accepted Accounting Principles.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Staff, manage, and develop direct and indirect reports, developing individual staff and organizational capability.
• Establish and manage the implementation of the financial goals and objectives of the accounting and external reporting functions.
• Formulate and manage the implementation of accounting policies, procedures, and systems. Oversee and implement the education of these policies to the organization to ensure compliance and understanding throughout the organization.
• Identify and manage the implementation of procedural changes designed to improve internal controls, departmental efficiency, and/or report quality.
• Function as a technical resource for the organization, staying apprised of accounting, taxation and compliance developments, providing recommendations and education to finance and division leaders.
• Financial Reporting - Oversight of organizational financial reporting.
• Manage the general ledger, including timely and accurate monthly closings, the review of account balances, reconciliation of accounts, and financial reporting to the organization and board of directors.
• Manage the development and maintenance of standard and ad hoc financial reports. Work with executive management and senior staff to use financial data to facilitate sound business decisions.
• Build relationships with all departments to ensure any financial information presented internally or externally is routed through Finance to confirm the data ties to the financials prepared by Finance.
• Manage the annual external audit, acting as primary liaison with external auditors, ensuring all necessary reconciliations prepared upon arrival of the auditors, providing needed schedules and documents for audit and tax return purposes, and managing the preparation of audited financial statements including related footnotes.

Minimum Qualifications Required

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• MBA preferred
• Licensure & Certification:CPAExperience:
• 12-15 years of corporate accounting experience, including five at the Controller level or higher
• Not-for-profit accounting experience
• Successful supervision and management experience