Director, Finance id-7590

Essential Job Functions

  • Ensures the timely and appropriate processing of sub-recipient invoices for contracted services. 
  • Ensures the tracking and reporting of sub-recipient fiscal performance, including sub-contract budget provisions.  
  • Maintains all agency sub-ledgers.  Ensures that postings are proper, accurate, and complete. 
  • Manages daily cash balances on all accounts.  Prepares and submits daily cash balance report.  
  • Prepares monthly cash, billing, and funding requests for all funding sources. 
  • Review/approve all LAHSA Payments – ensure appropriate, eligible, charged to correct sources, adequate justification/support provided. 
  • Preparation of checks – ensure appropriate approvals, supporting documentation, and appropriations of disbursements.  
  • Ensure sub-recipients are paid as per contractual requirements. 
  • Strengthens, implements, and maintains Sage Fund Accounting system and system of internal controls. 
  • Ensures compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and government auditing standards board (GASB) practices.   
  • Ensures compliance with and assists in establishing, implementing and maintaining internal controls and accounting policies and procedures of LAHSA. 
  • Ensure preparation and analysis of financial reports to Commission. 
  • Presentation of analysis of financial reports to Commission. 
  • Prepares financial statements.   
  • Analyzes system processes and recommends innovative changes to improve performance. 
  • Analyzes and interprets financial data and recommends innovative changes to improve systems and financial performance. 
  • Lead the implementation of new financial systems or department tools to improve efficiencies. 
  • Leads the annual financial and Single Audit processes. 
  • Conducts and/or supervises the audits of program sub-recipients to verify accuracy of records, compliance with standards, policies and procedures.  
  • Researches Federal, State County and City laws and regulations for expenditure allowability and grant compliance. 
  • Assist in LAHSA’s Request for Proposal (RFP) process by 1) providing input to the RFP, 2) reviewing proposals, 3) providing input to selected proposals and funding. 
  • Analyzes contract provisions and recommends changes. 
  • Provide technical assistance to partner agencies 
  • Manages professional and clerical staff. 
  • Assume other responsibilities as designated by the CFAO and DCFAO

 

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

  • Team-based project management. 
  • Homeless funding regulations, requirements and procedures, including HUD Continuum of Care (CoC) Program, Emergency Solutions Grants and Community Block Development Grants. 
  • Intermediate and advanced level of computer software programs specifically, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Power Point and Outlook) and the internet.  
  • Knowledge of fund accounting software preferably Sage Fund Accounting. 
  • Applicable laws, rules, regulations and/or policies and procedures procurement and/or administration of budget, funding allocation, contracts, grants, loans, or similar agreements. 
  • Proficient in office software such as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access and Outlook).  
  • Working knowledge of project management software (MS Project) and the Internet.   
  • The ideal candidate will be innovative and thrive in an environment where coordination and collaboration are critical to success.   
  • Knowledgeable in governmental and grant accounting and reporting requirements, including Office of Management and Budget Circulars A-133 (single audit) and A-87 and A-122 (cost principles) and Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200.   
  • MBA preferred and  CPA or CIA desirable.

 

Training & Experience

  • Proven professional experience and educational background.


Schedule

  • The Chief Executive Officer or designee may change the schedule of positions between hybrid and onsite, as necessary to accomplish LAHSA's business needs.
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