Director of Finance

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Agency Description The Office of Community Empowerment and Opportunity (CEO) provides leadership on issues of economic justice by advancing racial equity and inclusive growth to ensure that all Philadelphians share in the city’s prosperous future and by alleviating the immediate impact of poverty on individuals, families and communities.  CEO is Philadelphia’s Community Action Agency (CAA); CAAs are private or public agencies created by the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act and federally designated to receive Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) funding.  Guiding Principles (We believe…)   The people of Philadelphia deserve the opportunity to live happy, healthy, full lives.   City Government should both recognize its culpability in creating and sustaining inequity and aspire to its responsibility to provide opportunities, represent the best interests, and promote the well-being of all residents.   People can offer meaningful insights into both personal experiences and how systems around them function.   Poverty is a deliberately created systemic issue and city government can lead in calling for justice and dismantling the barriers that often prevent opportunities.   Values (How we work)   Dignity: We actively respect our individual colleagues and people in the community.   Inclusivity: Our work is more beneficial, valuable, and valid when our full range of experiences, knowledge, and skills can contribute.   Persistence: We recognize the challenges inherent in this work, and when we get discouraged, we find ways to be resilient, lift each other up, and push forward.   Accountability: We are transparent and honest about our plans, our actions, and our results.   Honesty: We create a space to have healthy, honest dialogues about systems, people, and misconceptions and then communicate truthfully.   Position Summary The Director of Finance is responsible for the integrity of CEO’s financial and accounting oversight. The Director of Finance will be a strategic thought-partner reporting directly to the Deputy Executive Director. The successful candidate will be a hands-on and participative leader accountable for translating the agencies vision into the development of a skills based internal team focused on strengthening the support of the following areas: finance, agency planning and budgeting, along with strategic management and budgeting of human capital and resources, grant administration, IT and procurement. The Director of Finance will play a critical role in partnering with the Senior and Executive Leadership team in decision making of both short and long-term financial planning. As such deep knowledge and experience in creating and driving analytic frameworks for planning and managing organizational change, contract equity, forecasting and operations growth will be keys to success as CEO continues to enhance its quality programmatic efforts and builds capacity. This position falls within the larger Operations unit within CEO and is required to identify the best practices to be shared across the broader organization. Essential Functions Financial Management · Direct the grants management function in the fulfillment on reporting requirements as specified in grants that largely fund CEO (ex. CSBG, WorkReady and other grants as awarded or transferred). · Review and approve preparation and finalization of monthly and annual financial reporting materials and metrics for CEO Oversight Board. · Oversee budgeting, financial forecasting, and cash flow for administration, existing programs, and any proposed new site locations or funding sources. · Create and utilize forward-looking, predictive models and activity-based financial analyses to provide insight into the agency’s operations. Administrative Leadership and Management · Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and commitment to CEO’s mission. · Lead and develop all departmental staff. Hire and retain support staff as needed in the future. · Evaluate staff performance. · Develop training, professional development, and employee retention strategies to provide stability and success for the workforce in the fiscal department. · Participate in ongoing strategic planning processes as an integral member of the Senior Leadership Team. · Develop and maintain CEO’s financial standard operating procedures within compliant budgetary and legal requirements. · Oversee daily operations of the agency’s fiscal department. · Manage all fiscal responsibilities and grants accounting for compliance with all federal, state, and private grants/contracts. · Ensure that expenditures are consistently aligned with grant and program budgets throughout the grant period. · Serve as a business partner to Deputy Executive Director and Senior Leadership Team on the organization’s financial, budgeting, and administrative processes—including HR, payroll, and benefits functions—with an eye to continuously developi