I'm currently recruiting for an Assistant Director of Finance in Raleigh.
Responsibilities
Plans, directs, reviews, and supervises a variety of financial activities, including general accounting, claims and disbursements, debt services, payroll services, budget accounting, and property inventory control.
Provide oversight of all financial processes, including complete oversight of the month end closing process to ensure closing.
Run all monthly reports in compliance with reporting requirements, including reports for department directors, funders, senior leadership, and board of directors as needed.
Lead monthly finance meetings with content teams to help them understand their P&L, department level grants, and spending allocations
Run P&L statements for all project budgets, monitor adherence to budget, update running budget estimates, and meet with Finance Director monthly to discuss any variances/concerns.
Recommend division goals and objectives; assists in the development and implementation of policies and procedures for accounting methods, treasury management and internal controls.
Participates in the preparation and administration of the division's annual budget; assists in budget implementation; participates in the forecast of additional funds needed for staffing, equipment, materials, supplies and administers the approved budget.
Reviews cost allocation and indirect process for grant billing in accordance with current Federal and State regulations.
Assist the Finance Director with the coordination and preparation of audit workpapers.
Entry of all approved Program Budgets into Sage Accounting System and posting all agency journal entries before month end close.
Provide support to the Finance Director in monitoring and tracking expenditures by grant and compiling actuals for interim and final reports.
Prepare monthly reconciliations of request Balance Sheet accounts as defined by Finance Director
Revamp the coding structure within Sage to allow for better efficiencies with internal and external reporting.
Review and evaluate the efficiencies and effectiveness of current Sage desktop transition to Sage Accounting System, Host RFP process if other financial software packages are considered.
In partnership with the Finance Director, implement guidelines and strategies for spenddown of grant fund to ensure compliance with grant deliverables
Serve as backup for bi-monthly Payroll and weekly Accounts Payable processing
Provide support and assistance to Financial Analyst, Grants Management team, and individual project leads.
Support preparation of preliminary grant budgets in support of concept papers, grant reports, RFP's and all other proposals for suite of 50+ agency grants
Support Finance team by providing any requested materials for annual audit and tax return preparation including schedules and accompanying forms.
Monitor and oversee system for tracking refundable state sales tax to ensure a timely submission of bi-annual refund request as prepared by Accountant.
Aid Finance team as requested by Senior Director of Finance.
Qualifications
Strong knowledge of Generally accepted accounting principles, including GAAP related to the public sector financial administration.
Bachelor's Degree and 3 years of finance/accounting, preferably in a nonprofit setting.
Principles and practices of governmental budgeting.
Government accounting standards board standards and recommended practices preferred
Advanced budgeting procedures and techniques. Advanced principles, theories, and procedures of accounting and internal accounting controls.
