Finance Director

JOB SUMMARY :

The Finance Director is a dynamic position responsible for leading the accounting functions and the transactional processes related to all funding sources and provides financial insights to guide key business decisions. This position maintains the financial integrity of MAHEC by ensuring the accurate and timely financial reporting which includes oversight and maintenance of MAHEC's accounting system. Through financial reporting, oversight, and guidance, this position will ensure that all MAHEC initiatives are supported in meeting the organizations strategic plan. This position will require collegiality with all participating internal and external partners.

The Finance Director provides leadership and technical guidance to the Finance team and will establish and maintain policies and procedures that are required for effective communication within the Finance team and other MAHEC departments. This position is directly tied to MAHEC's mission to serve Western North Carolina by providing the highest level of continuously improving quality medical care, health education and preventive services possible.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES :

• Prepare monthly financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America.
• Assist the CFO in the preparation of the organizational budget. Including budget planning and development leading to the formulation of the organizations operating budget; evaluate capital and grant budget proposals, analyze performance compared to budget, and formulate the basis for the development of alternative scenarios of the future prospects of both income and expense.
• Lead the development of the budget processes and specifications for all projects in accordance with funding source requirements.
• Analyzes financial statement activity for profit and loss statement and balance sheet at the departmental level for the purpose of providing direction and support, making recommendations, maximizing use of funds, and / or ensuring overall operations are within budget.
• Maintains an accurate system of record related to all transactions.
• Maintain a system of employee costing allocation by funding source.
• Maintains a record keeping system related to financial information, supporting documentation, and records that support transactions in the accounting system and third party audit requests.
• Participate on ad hoc committees to support organizational decision making.
• Develop proformas for new programs.
• Establishes and maintains a system of internal controls to mitigate the risk of material misstatement of the financial statement and the misappropriation of assets.
• Meets regularly with CEO, COO and CFO of MAHEC and provides financial support on organizational decision making.
• Ensuring MAHEC adheres to all relevant tax laws and regulations.
• Leads preparation of the annual 990.
• Leads external audit process for any external audit.
• Prepare Finance Committee package on the predetermined committee meeting schedule.
• Leads and develops a high-performing finance team, including mentoring and coaching team members.

This role description is a general description of the essential job functions. It is not intended to describe all the duties the Finance Director may perform.

KEY COMPETENCIES :

Effectively and respectably communicate with other individuals, whether it be a colleague, patient, or patient's family member and appropriately enumerate information in a manner easily understood by all parties. We do this to foster a culture of understanding between all parties, especially in complex and difficult situations, to ultimately provide the best care possible to our patients and their families.

Ability to make the most appropriate decision in a given situation and then taking the next steps to ensure appropriate and timely completion. This requires conflict resolution skills, critical thinking skills, confidence in your ability to make the right decision in most situations. This also includes ability to prioritize your workday appropriately to ensure the most important tasks are completed on time.

Having the drive to keep yourself abreast and up to date on the new breakthroughs in your area of expertise and communicating them to the rest of the team, as appropriate. This also includes keeping up with your licensure and yearly training requirements within your area expertise along with MAHEC's organizational training. Finally, the ability to apply the depth of knowledge maintained and gained through this process in real life scenarios as appropriate.

Showing the ability to meet difficult situations with grace, professionalism, and understanding. Within your area of expertise, showing respect and showing empathy where appropriate with your colleagues, patients, and their family at all times, even when its most difficult to do so. This is done, in part, by effective listening, being your authentic self, showing responsibility and dependability, and being patient with others.

Adherence to MAHEC's founding principles and incorporating them every day. This includes, among others, having integrity and accountability, reverence for other cultures and equitable practices, ability to manage change, and displaying a clear understanding of organizational dynamics. Doing these things creates a culture where people want to do the best for each other and gives personal ownership towards the goal of helping people in their time of need.

Having an analytical mind and ability to work autonomously to solve complex problems that may arise. The wherewithal to think logically through a difficult problem and come to an appropriate resolution for a given issue. This helps to drive continuous improvement by thinking through where we can improve in a novel way. Measures success by understanding where we are currently and where we want to go and then applying those new ideas to affect positive change.

SPECIFIED SKILLS

Excellent skills in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and database applications required. Workday experience is an added value.

Spanish speaking skills preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES :

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

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SCHEDULE :

Regular attendance on-site is an essential function of this position. Typical business hours are Monday - Friday, 8 : 00 am to 5 : 00 pm (or flexed to best meet the needs of the clients and / or the Division); 40 hours per workweek; weekend, holiday, or evening coverage is occasionally required. Work hours will need to be flexible in order to respond to special work assignments, or evening activities, as requested by the team leader.

MAHEC is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.