The United Methodist Children's Home
of the North Georgia Conference
"Healing Children, Uniting Families, Saving Lives"
Position Opening
Title: Finance Director
Reports to: VP Operations
Status: Exempt
Location: Decatur, Georgia
Are you ready to fully utilize your financial skills and experience to help
transform an organization and make a real difference in the lives of others?
Come join our dynamic and growing organization with a strong legacy of
organizational and financial stability. We provide meaningful, positive
change that dramatically impacts the lives of children and families within
the North Georgia community. Join this well-established Atlanta nonprofit
organization focused on providing life changing family services for the
Atlanta/North Georgia area. Fully utilize your hands-on skills and
leadership experience to direct the Finance and Accounting Department of
this dynamic, growing organization. Enjoy the challenge of working in
partnership with a strong executive team and board members to drive
transformational change. Fulfill your passion for the mission by building
and implementing accounting best practices that will enable successful
mission delivery in this top rated nonprofit. Become part of our team and
experience the true joy of helping us effectively fulfill our mission: to
help children to heal emotionally and spiritually, to unite families and to
bring the wholeness of God's love to each of them through Jesus Christ.
Organization
The United Methodist Children's Home - An Exciting and Important Ministry
The United Methodist Children's Home is a safe haven for children, youth and
their families, and we have been since the founding of the organization in
1871. Our stable, resilient organization has a strong foundation and legacy
as a steadfast source of hope and healing to those whom we serve.
We provide a loving and safe home for abused and neglected children in the
state foster care system. Our service offerings include Foster Care and
Adoption for children of all ages, Independent and Transitional Living for
older youth, Nurturing Connections Second Chance Program for parenting teens
and their babies, and Higher Education assistance.
We also work to prevent abuse and strengthen families and believe that the
best way to provide a safe and loving home for a child is to help create
that same safe and loving experience in his or her own family. Our family
preservation services - Family Counseling, Parenting Classes, Financial Aid
and residential Family Housing - help families stay together and become
stronger. Our summer and after-school program, Jesse's House, also provides
a safe place for children. Whether through adoption, reunification, staying
together or standing independently, we help our children, teens and families
find their permanent home.
History:
The United Methodist Children's Home has a rich history of serving children
and families in our area. The Home was originally established in 1871 to
care for children orphaned during the Civil War. Originally called the
Methodist Orphans' Home and located in Norcross, the Home moved in 1873 to
our present location in Decatur. By the early 1930s, the Home was serving
large numbers of children who could not be termed "orphans"; therefore, in
1934 the trustees approved changing the name to Methodist Children's Home.
Elementary students continued in the on-campus school until about 1950, when
they were absorbed into the DeKalb County system.
In 1977, the United Methodist Children's Home opened the first district
office in Augusta to better serve children and families throughout north
Georgia. The district office in Dalton opened in 1984, the office in Rome
opened in 1996, and the office in Gainesville opened in 2006. Over the
years, the Children's Home began offering additional programs and services
to children, teens and families.
In 2010, the United Methodist Children's Home made significant changes to
the program offerings, including the Family Housing program on our campus
and the addition of a new program in 2011: Jesse's House (an after-school
program and summer day for under-served children). We also serve increasing
numbers of older youth in our Independent Living and Transitional Living
programs, and children and youth of all ages in Foster Care.
Today, we are again in the midst of exciting organizational change! UMCH is
working to build increased awareness in the community for our programs and
services and to increase funding designed to help us strengthen existing
programs and services and provide new offerings to serve even more children
and families in our area.
Mission:
To provide redemptive, healing services that bring meaningful change to the
lives of children and families. Grounded by scripture and the tradition of
the church, we seek to bring the wholeness of God's love to persons through
Christ.
Position Summary
Reporting to the VP of Operations, The Finance Director is responsible for
planning, organizing, directing and leading all finance and accounting
functions and staff in the Accounting Department. Additional
responsibilities include safeguarding organization assets and fiscal record
keeping; leading and managing the annual budgeting and planning process;
overseeing all financial project/program and grants accounting and
expenditures; monitoring organizational cash flow in partnership with senior
management. An important part of this role is coordinating all audit
activity; consistently analyzing and preparing reports for senior
management, the board of directors, external users, and government agencies,
and monitoring department policies and procedures and recommends
improvements. The Financial Director is also charged with ensuring that all
fund accounting activities are in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, legal, regulatory, and organizational procedures, as
well as ensuring that the Finance Department supports the overall goals of
the organization and that finance services are delivered professionally and
efficiently.
This is a full-time opportunity working onsite five days a week in the
offices at the UMCH headquarters in Decatur, Georgia. No travel is
expected.
**PLEASE NOTE: No relocation assistance is offered for this opportunity.
Duties and Responsibilities
Finance and Accounting Leadership
* Oversee all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring
compliance with appropriate GAAP standards, AICPA and FASB pronouncements,
and regulatory requirements.
* Ensure timely and accurate monthly, quarterly and year end closing
processes including booking journal entries, preparing variance analysis,
and reconciling income (with CRM) and balance sheet accounts; maintenance of
fixed asset and depreciation schedules.
* Prepares monthly financial statements for the board and executive
team that include income & expense, revenue and cash-flow analysis and ad
hoc reporting.
* Manage organizational cash flow forecasting by working in
partnership with the CEO and VP of Operations; continuously collaborate with
executive team to assess the financial efficacy of program operations and
establish finance and administrative systems to support program operations.
* Consistently analyze financial data and present financial reports in
an accurate and timely manner; clearly communicate monthly, quarterly, and
annual financial statements; monitor progress and changes.
* Maintain internal control and safeguards for receipt of revenue,
costs, and program budgets and actual expenditures.
* Coordinate all audit activity.
* Lead and manage the annual budgeting and planning process;
administer monthly department budget reviews to identify, explain, and
correct variances as appropriate; initiate, prepare and conduct budget
training.
* Preparation and filing of form 990, annual registrations and grantor
funding requests.
* Oversee all financial, project/program and grants accounting; ensure
that expenditures are consistently aligned with grant and program budgets
throughout the grant/fund period; collate financial reporting materials for
government, corporate, and foundation grants.
* Manage, account for and report on the performance of invested assets
monthly.
* Make recommendations for developing and maintaining accounts
principles, practices and procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial
reporting.
Team Leadership
* Establish annual goals and performance objectives including the
development of metrics to track and report on performance.
* Leverage strengths of the current finance team members, help to
clarify roles and responsibilities and develop and implement training
programs in order to maximize and reach optimal individual and
organizational goals.
* Provide leadership in strengthening internal communications with
staff at all levels throughout the organization; create and promote a
positive and supportive work environment.
OTHER FUNCTIONS
Perform other duties and ad hoc assignments as defined by the executive
team.
Qualifications
* Required BA/BS in accounting, finance or business management with an
emphasis in accounting; Active CPA license preferred.
* Minimum of 7 years' experience full lifecycle accounting experience.
* Minimum of 5 years' experience in effectively managing staff and
teams with experience developing roles and responsibilities, training staff,
coaching staff to fulfill organizational objectives.
* Knowledge of and experience working with ERP systems.
* Deep experience coordinating audit activities and managing
reporting, budget development and analysis, accounts payable and receivable,
general ledger, payroll, and accounting for investments.
* Working knowledge of GAAP, AICPA and FASB pronouncements in
relations to all nonprofit accounting, operating procedures and principals.
* Keen analytic, organization and problem solving skills which allows
for strategic data interpretation versus simple reporting.
* Strong interpersonal and communication skills; experience in
effectively communicating key data, including presentations to senior
management, board or other outside partners.
* Ability and desire to translate complex financial concepts to
individuals at all levels including finance and non-finance managers.
Preferred Skills and Experience
* Knowledge and understanding of the Office of Management and Budget
Circular A133 audit compliance and reporting.
* Prior knowledge and experience with Medicaid billing and accounting
procedures.
* Hands on experience with financial software conversions and software
upgrades.
* Prior experience with state and federal contract reporting.
* Prior knowledge and experience in grants management as it relates to
compliance and reporting of government, corporate and foundation grants.
* Demonstrated experience automating complex business processes.
Ideal Candidate Attributes
* Strong passion and affinity for the organization's vision and
mission and constituents.
* Self-directed problem solver who is effective at driving change and
creating structure in a challenging environment.
* Innovative and change oriented leader, highly professional with
ability and organizational expertise to effectively inspire staff and
volunteers.
* Relationship builder with flexibility and finesse to "manage by
influence".
* Sincere commitment to work collaboratively with all constituent
groups, including staff, board members, volunteers, donors, program
participants and other supporters.
* Influential, credible, confident persona with strong personal
stature and authenticity.
* Hands-on, detailed oriented leader who will work "shoulder to
shoulder" with staff.
* Strong analytical skills with the ability to investigate, uncover,
analyze and translate data into meaningful format that can be used to drive
solutions
* Balanced approach to work
Computer Skills
* Microsoft Office - strong proficiency and experience in working with
Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint
Contacts
* Internal: Executive leadership, Board of Trustees, Administration &
Program staff
* External: Auditors, State of Georgia, Vendors
Location and Work Environment
* This position is located at UMCH headquarters in Decatur, Georgia,
and the work is conducted in/out of an office setting.
* While performing the duties of this job, the employee is
occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, climb stairs, stoop or kneel.
* This position is located in the metro Atlanta, Georgia area, and the
work is conducted onsite in an office setting. No travel is required.
Compensation and Benefits
United Methodist Children's Home offers a competitive salary plus bonus
incentives program and benefits package including:
* Major medical insurance, plus dental and vision covered 100% for
UMCH employees
* Discounted family medical coverage program
* Healthcare Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
* Paid company holidays
* Paid Time Off (PTO) - vacation and sick days accrual program
* Defined contribution benefit pension program
* 403b plan
* Expense reimbursement program
How to apply
Click on the link below OR cut and paste the link below into your browser to
visit the Online Career Center website where you may register, view a
listing of our current open positions and apply by submitting a copy of your
most current resume and cover letter including salary history and
requirements.
http://bit.ly/UMCHOnlineCareerCenter
Additional Information
Please, NO phone calls or third party recruiting agency submittals or
inquiries.
Due to the volume of applicant submissions, we regret that we are unable to
respond to each inquiry. If you are selected to move forward in the
process, we will reach out to you concerning details and next steps.
The United Methodist Children's Home supports a diverse workforce and is an
Equal Opportunity Employer.
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