Clayton Youth Enrichment Looking for Director of Finance at Fort Worth, TX Full Time

SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Director of Finance is responsible for all financial matters of Clayton and for overseeing corporate level operations. The Director will partner with the senior leadership and the board of directors to develop and implement financial strategies across the organization. The position will oversee all compliance and recognition for government (federal, state and local) contracts and private grants. S/he must be able to adapt to a continually evolving environment and thrive in an autonomous and deadline-oriented workplace while managing the department. Specific responsibilities include:

• Oversee cash flow planning and ensure availability of funds as needed.
• Oversee cash, investment and physical asset management.
• Oversee financing strategies and activities, as well as banking relationships.
• Develop and utilize forward-looking, predictive models and activity-based financial analyses to provide insight into the organization’s operations and business plans.
• Oversee the accounting department to ensure proper maintenance of all accounting systems and function; supervise accounting staff.
• Coordinate audits and proper filing of tax returns.
• Ensure legal and regulatory compliance regarding all financial functions.
• Oversee purchasing processes for the agency.
• Ensure maintenance of appropriate internal controls and financial procedures.
• Ensure timeliness, accuracy, and usefulness of financial and management reporting for federal and state funders, foundations, and board of directors; oversee the preparation and communication of monthly and annual financial statements.
• Supervise operations/IT staff and vendors.
• Coordinate and oversee maintenance of the corporate office building.
• Oversee corporate level purchasing.
• Coordinate the development and monitoring of budgets.
• Develop financial business plans and forecasts.
• Participate in corporate policy development as a member of the senior management team.
• Engage the finance committee of the board of directors to develop short-, medium-, and long-term financial plans and projections.
• Represent the company to financial partners, including financial institutions, investors, foundation executives, auditors, public officials, etc.
• Remain up to date on nonprofit audit best practices and state and federal law regarding nonprofit operations.

Qualifications

The Director of Finance will possess at least five years of broad finance experience, including gathering and evaluating financial information and making actionable recommendations to CEO. The selected individual will ideally have experience managing finance (accounting, budgeting, control, and reporting) for a complex nonprofit with multiple funding sources including government (federal, state and local) contracts.

The Director of Finance will have the following experience and attributes:

• A minimum of a Bachelor degree; a CPA and/or MBA preferred but not required.
• At least three years’ experience as Director of Finance or equivalent, preferably in a nonprofit organization with a budget of at least $5 million.
• Experience in a senior financial-management role, partnering with executive staff, resulting in the development and implementation of financial management strategies.
• Significant experience in or knowledge of nonprofit accounting, including fund and grant accounting, compliance, and reporting.
• Experience working with information technology staff to manage accounting software packages.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated leadership ability, team management, and effective interpersonal skills.
• Excellent analytical and abstract reasoning skills, plus excellent organization skills.

This position description does not list all the duties of the job. Incumbent may be asked to perform other functions and duties. Incumbent will be evaluated in part based upon performance of the responsibilities in this job description.

Company Description

Our mission is to serve communities of North Texas by providing quality programs that foster the emotional, social, and educational development of children, youth, and families

Clayton Youth Enrichment Services is a not for profit childcare provider in Fort Worth, TX. We provide curriculum based after school programming at more than 85 Elementary and Middle Schools throughout Fort Worth.

If you are flexible, creative and love working with youth, we have rewarding full and part-time positions available.

Our mission is to serve communities of North Texas by providing quality programs that foster the emotional, social, and educational development of children, youth, and families Clayton Youth Enrichment Services is a not for profit childcare provider in Fort Worth, TX. We provide curriculum based after school programming at more than 85 Elementary and Middle Schools throughout Fort Worth. If you are flexible, creative and love working with youth, we have rewarding full and part-time positions available.