Finance Supervisor - Lor

Overview

Job Summary:

Responsible for supervising and administering the center finance team and functions.

• Must create and sustain positive working relationships with co-workers.
• This is a supervisory management position.
• Will provide, and ensure staff assigned to their supervision provide, services that meet the needs of students in a timely and professional manner with the highest degree of customer service in mind.
• Maintains confidentiality but reports significant events or situations immediately through approved channels to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of students and staff, and to ensure that required reporting occurs and that students receive emergency services as needed.
• Supervises assigned staff, reviews and approves requests for time off, and may be required to arrange substitute staff coverage. Reviews for accuracy and approves assigned staff timesheets.
• Ensures center timesheets are accurate, approved, and submitted to CSD corporate payroll office on time, and corrects errors and submits corrections in a timely manner.
• Conducts interviews of prospective new employees and makes recommendations for, or against, hiring.
• Coordinates all accounting activities with corporate accounting and payroll sections, including month-end closing, in accordance with State and Federal laws and company policy.
• Conducts formal performance evaluations for staff under supervision in a timely manner and provides regular and ongoing performance feedback.
• Assists in preparing staff schedules and weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual reports as assigned.
• Responsible for ensuring that assigned staff under supervision maintains an orderly, safe, clean, and healthy living environment within areas of responsibility.
• Prepares salary accrual journal entry at month-end close.
• Reviews the payroll register upon receipt.
• Establishes controls for cash receipts and disbursements, inventory, accounting, vouchers and travel expense reporting.
• Audits vouchers for correct cost and center and expense codes, accuracy and completeness.
• Maintains all center-level accounting journals; supervises and audits the preparation and posting of journal entries, banking activity, student and staff payroll; approves all correcting or adjusting entries.
• Prepares all required financial statements in accordance with DOL and contractual requirements for approval by the Administrative Services Director.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in accounting or work-related field. Two years accounting experience, one of which was in a lead or supervisory capacity.

Preferred: Three or more years accounting experience in government operations.

Knowledge: Thorough knowledge of general ledger, financial statements, trial balance, through month end closing. Strong accounting skills necessary to design and set up systems on computer and train others in their operation. Strong analytical abilities to prepare necessary reports and billings. Ability to examine and verify financial documents and reports. Strong organizational skills; ability to work with detailed information. Strong knowledge of internal financial controls.

Proficient in the use of personal computer; working knowledge of software applications, e.g. MSExcel; MSWord;
Outlook. Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. Familiar with government contracts, accounting and contract budget preparation. Ability to handle multiple priorities. Knowledge of principles of supervision.