Director of Finance

Director of Finance Job ID: JN -012025-386061 Company: Ledgent Finance & Accounting Location: Baltimore, MD Employment Type: Full Time Date Posted: 01/12/2025 Responsibilities Support organization and grant budget creation, budget projections, and analysis. Prepare, review, and distribute monthly financial reports to internal stakeholders - Executive and Senior Leadership - on a timely basis as a part of monthly closing procedures, consistently meeting monthly deadlines. Collate dashboard metrics and communicate them with the President and Senior Management. Track compliance with the government auditing standards towards monitoring of fiscal controls. Oversee the preparation and issuance of monthly grant invoices and dashboard, and supervises grant accounting staff Manage the labor distributions for grants driven from the annual budget process and adjust as needed. Coordinates with HR and Payroll to ensure allocations are up to date. Reviews monthly salary tables generated for grant support. Ensure timely and accurate processing of grant related revenues and expenses. Work with Grant Managers to comply with funder's terms and conditions, manage deliverables, monitor spending, request amendments, determine funding gaps, opportunities and plan spend-down. Support Grants department and other internal teams with information requests to complete grant proposals, provide financial analysis, budgets, and other supporting documents. Apply generally accepted accounting principles and Federal regulations to prepare grant reporting to include all allowable expenditures. Prepares all Federal grant-related schedules for annual audit requirements and completes other duties related to the annual audit, as needed. Communicate regularly with internal (Grants and various Program departments) and external stakeholders (funders) to provide the highest level of customer service around financial management and sustainability. Serve as a key contact for all grants and organizational financial activity; provide financial analysis, projections, management support, and guidance. Develop processes for streamlined grants financial administration. Ensures that inquiries are responded to in a professional manner within one business day. Assist in researching any problems and make appropriate adjustments/corrections to successfully resolve the problem. Monitor that follow-up contacts are being made at least every 48 hours until the problem is resolved. Works on special projects as approved by supervisor, balancing priorities to ensure projects progress simultaneously and within established deadlines. Assists with annual audit preparation including any analysis schedules as assigned. Maintains all accounting and permanent files related to grants. Performs other duties as assigned within the scope of the position. Qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field, required. 4 years' progressive experience in accounting/finance positions, required. Supervisory experience Sophisticated nonprofit fund and grant accounting experience, preferred; Strong skills and experience with accounting software, data management, and Microsoft Office systems required. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Possess excellent organizational and time management skills to be able to efficiently prioritize work and meet identified deadlines. Ability to work in a face-paced environment, keep all work current and accurate, and respond to identified department deadlines with a sense of urgency. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance. For unincorporated Los Angeles county , to the extent our customers require a background check for certain positions, the Company faces a significant risk to its business operations and business reputation unless a review of criminal history is conducted for those specific job positions. #J-18808-Ljbffr