Director of Finance

Summary:

The Director of Finance oversees all financial operations and programmatic financial matters for the assigned agency or agencies. This role is responsible for the recruitment, hiring, and training of finance staff under their supervision. Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the Director of Finance works closely with program leadership to develop and implement strategies that ensure long-term financial sustainability.

Key responsibilities include managing the day-to-day administrative functions of the finance department, ensuring effective stewardship of agency resources, overseeing contracts in a fiscally responsible manner, and maintaining the integrity of financial systems and data. The Director oversees budgeting, payroll and labor allocation processes, banking and investment activities, fixed assets and depreciation, the chart of accounts, and financial system integrations. The Director ensures full compliance with all government (federal and state) regulations and requirements, as well as with private grant and donation agreements, and works proactively with program leadership to maximize allowable use of awarded funding and minimize unspent grant and contract balances.

This position includes direct supervision of the finance team at their assigned location. When necessary, the Director may step in to perform the duties of any supervised role to meet workload demands.