Major responsibilities: 

·         Provide leadership and coordination of company financial planning, debt financing, and budget management functions. Ensure company accounting procedures conform to generally accepted accounting principles. Present financials to Goodwill Board.

·         Direct and coordinate company financial planning and budget management functions.

·         Recommend benchmarks for measuring the financial and operating performance of divisions and departments.

·         Monitor and analyze monthly operating results against budget.

·         Direct and coordinate debt financing and debt service payments with external agencies.

·         Oversee daily operations of the finance/accounting departments.

·         Manage the preparation of the official annual report of actual revenues, transfers, and expenses.

·         Manage the preparation of financial outlooks and financial forecasts.

·         Prepare financial analysis for contract negotiations and product investment decisions.

·         Ensure compliance with local, state, and federal budgetary reporting requirements.

·         Work with department managers and corporate staff in developing multi-year business plans for the company.

·         Establish and implement short- and long-range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures.

·         Design, establish, and maintain an organizational structure and staffing to effectively accomplish the department's goals and objectives.

·         Serve on planning and policy-making committees.

·         Coordinate financial audits and provide recommendations for procedural improvements.

·         Develop, test and recommend internal controls

·         Recruit, train, supervise and evaluate department staff.

·         Provide accounting policy orientation to new staff.

·         Other duties as assigned.

Job specifications

Education required:

·         Masters Degree in Finance or Accounting preferred

·         CPA preferred

Experience required:

Five to ten years of experience in a senior-level finance or accounting position required. Computer literacy and knowledge of Excel and accounting software required. Knowledge of Great Plains software preferred.

Equipment used:

Computer, telephone, copier, adding machine and FAX machines.

Aptitudes/skills/temperament:

·         General learning ability. The ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and their underlying principles. The ability to reason and make judgements.

·         Ability to understand meaning of words and ideas associated with them and to use them effectively; to comprehend language; to understand relationships between words; to understand the meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs; to present information or ideas clearly.

·         Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately

·         Ability to perceive pertinent detail in verbal or tabular material; to observe differences in copy, to proofread words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual error in arithmetic computation.

·         Being willing to accept responsibility for the direction, control or planning of an activity.

·         Being able to influence peoples’ opinions, attitudes or judgements about ideas or things.

·         Having an analytical mind.

·         Being able to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions.

·         Being able to perform repetitive work according to set procedures and pace.

·         Being respectful of and conform with set limits, tolerances and standards.

·         Being able to keep calm and collected in unusual or dangerous situations and to work under adverse conditions if necessary.

·         Ability to move eyes, hands and fingers rapidly, accurately and precisely

·         Ability to move fingers and manipulate small objects with fingers rapidly and/or precisely.

Emotional effort

Moderate: Occasional short deadlines. Work environment is occasionally hectic with occasional high activity.

Job setting

The job is performed indoors in a climatically controlled setting. Work is completed individually and in cooperation with co-workers. There is occasional contact with the public. The position requires minimal supervision.

 Physical demands

The job involves sedentary work which requires lifting no more than 10 lbs  and/or occasional lifting and carrying items such as file folders, ledgers and small tools. Much of the work is done while seated; occasional periods of time are spent standing up or walking.

Responsibilities may be added, deleted or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally either orally or in writing.