Director of Finance

Job Type & Duration: Full-time, Permanent

Shift Information: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week

Affiliation: Non-represented

Number of Positions Open: 1

Posting Period: September 3
-17/26

The Director of Finance is a senior finance leader responsible for the integrity, stewardship, and governance of ESA’s financial operations and financial reporting. This role ensures accurate and timely accounting, compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, effective cash and balance sheet management, and robust internal controls. They will be responsible for all day-to-day finance operations, including functional responsibility over general accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, pension administration, treasury, investments.

The Director of Finance is responsible for audit readiness by ensuring robust policies, systems, and procedures are in place, and by supporting the external audit process as required.

In addition, the Director of Finance will partner with the CFO, senior leadership, and staff to improve progam or process integration to enhance efficiently and effectiveness in achieving program objectives, In relation to any system or process changes, the Director of Finance will collaborate with respective business areas to positively impact design and operational effectiveness in support of business objectives as well as financial and management reporting objectives.

• Provide financial and accounting leadership for ESA’s Finance function and business areas. Oversee all accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems and changes thereto, ensuring continued compliance with appropriate GAAP standards and regulatory requirements.
• Design and maintain internal controls and safeguards related to revenue (billings and receipts) and expenditures.
• Oversee the preparation and integrity of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports in accordance with GAAP.
• Lead the month end and year end close processes, ensuring timeliness, completeness, and accuracy.
• Lead the annual ESA external financial statement audit, including planning, fieldwork and reporting while keeping the CFO apprised of any issues on a timely basis.
• Develop, maintain, and enforce accounting policies, procedures and documentation, maintaining an appropriate audit trail for the external auditors.
• Monitor and assess potential changes in NFPO accounting standards and or gaps in ESA’s accounting policies and provide data driven, clear guidance and recommendations to the CFO.
• Prepare materials for Board/A&IC briefings as part of regular quarterly meetings and/or as required.

• Design, implement, and maintain a strong internal control framework over financial reporting.
• Ensure compliance with statutory, regulatory, tax, and reporting requirements.
• Act as the primary liaison with external auditors, regulators, and other external stakeholders on accounting and control matters.
• Lead the preparation of audit schedules and support external audit activities through to successful completion.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate financial reporting and operational financial risks.

• Provide strategic and operational oversight of the accounts payable and accounts receivable functions.
• Ensure efficient, accurate, and timely processing of vendor payments and customer billings and collections.
• Establish and monitor key controls over disbursements, collections, credit management, and reconciliations.
• Oversee the management of aged receivables and support resolution of complex or escalated issues.
• Continuously improve processes to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and compliance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional business areas on review of manual journal entries.

• Oversee daily cash management, bank relationships, and banking structures.
• Ensure appropriate controls over cash receipts, disbursements, and account reconciliations.
• Monitor liquidity and working capital from an operational and control perspective, in alignment with CFO direction.
• Authorize banking arrangements and ensure compliance with signing…