Finance Manager

Position Summary

The Finance Manager is responsible for the integrity, accuracy, and timely reporting of Habitat for Humanity York County’s financial position. This is a leadership role that manages core accounting activities while serving as a strategic partner to the Executive Director, leadership team, Finance Committee, and Board Treasurer. The Finance Manager safeguards organizational assets, strengthens financial systems and internal controls, supports sound decisions about homebuilding, growth initiatives, and other programs, and oversees assigned human-resources and benefits administration.

The Finance Manager works collaboratively across departments and with Board leaders, lenders, auditors, and other professional partners.

• Direct and maintain the organization’s accounting operations, including the general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, cash receipts, and month-end and year-end closing processes.
• Perform or oversee monthly bank reconciliations, ReStore point-of-sale reconciliation, donor-management-system reconciliation, and other subsidiary-ledger reconciliations.
• Prepare accurate, monthly and annual financial statements, budget-to-actual reports, cash-flow analysis, dashboards, and restricted and Board-designated fund reports.
• Process bi-weekly payroll and related payroll tax and benefit contributions, ensure all information is recorded in financial reporting system.
• Manage accounts payable processes, including payment and check issuance, corporate credit card administration, and related approval and financial controls.
• Prepare materials for and participate in monthly Finance Committee meetings; coordinate closely with the Board Treasurer and present financial information to the Board as requested.
• Maintain the chart of accounts, accounting procedures, schedules, and supporting records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and nonprofit accounting requirements.
• Review and assist in preparation of monthly KPI dashboards prepared by Department heads.

• Monitor financial performance against budget, explain significant variances, and recommend corrective action when results differ from plan.
• Maintain rolling cash-flow forecasts and financial projections to support operational continuity and organizational planning.
• Develop financial models and scenario analyses for staffing decisions, new programs, major purchases, capital investments, and changes in revenue or government funding.
• Translate financial information into clear recommendations for leaders and Board members, identifying emerging risks and opportunities.

• Help department managers understand their budgets, financial results, and responsibilities.

• Evaluate project feasibility and support go/no-go decisions by analyzing cash requirements, financing assumptions, timing risks, construction or home-sale delays, affordability, and long-term sustainability.
• Prepare monthly construction cost reports for the Executive Director, Construction Manager, and Build Committee, comparing actual costs with project budgets.
• Develop financial projections for proposed land purchases, subdivisions, homebuilding projects, and other program investments.
• In conjunction with the Construction Manager, develop and analyze project budgets. Present to Build Committee for approval.
• Record home sales and reconcile in-house mortgage, escrow, and related homeowner transactions in coordination with Program Manager.
• Participate in Build Committee meetings.

• Collaborate with staff leaders to review the terms of grant agreements and assist in developing grant and project budgets before commitments are made.
• Prepare reimbursement requests and financial reports for private, municipal, state, and federal funders.
• Work with program and development staff to optimize the responsible use of grant funds and ensure that deadlines, restrictions, and reporting requirements are met.
• Maintain supporting documentation for grant monitoring, audits, and compliance reviews.

• Design, document, implement, and periodically evaluate internal controls that safeguard cash, financial records, confidential employee information, systems, and other organizational assets.
• Maintain and annually review financial policies, approval authorities,…