Director of Finance

Why CMHA?

Community Mental Health Affiliates, Inc. (CMHA) is a private non-profit treatment provider headquartered in New Britain, with seven locations throughout the city and in Waterbury. We partner with clients and the community to promote recovery from mental illness and substance use, treating more than 7,500 adults and children each year. CMHA is Connecticut’s first fully Joint Commission accredited Behavioral Health Home and is a SAMHSA Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC).

Visit cmhacc.org to learn more.

Internal mobility and career pathing is a focus at CMHA with many employees growing from individual contributors to leaders.

CMHA is looking to hire a full-time Director of Finance. This position will be located at 233 Main Street New Britain, CT. Mon-Fri 8:30am-4:30pm.

Compensation Range:
The salary range for this position starts at $115,000 per year.

Compensation for each position is determined not only by years of relevant experience, education, and skills, but also by maintaining internal pay equity. CMHA also takes into consideration our benefits and paid time-off package to provide a well-rounded and competitive approach to the applicant’s overall compensation.

Summary:

Responsible for providing leadership, guidance, and oversight of the Finance Department including payroll, accounts payable, grant reporting, third party billing, financial statement reporting, external audits, develops annual budget, including variance to actual analysis, provides finance education in laymen terms to program leadership, and ad hoc reporting to support CMHA goals and objectives, in a well-documented and controlled environment.

Essential Responsibilities and Target Outcomes:
• Provides leadership in the Finance Department on day-to-day activities, including payroll processing.
• Directs and coordinates department’s cash receipts and disbursements through cash management of operating accounts.
• Liaison for fiscal year end reporting in compliance with audit guidelines.
• Ensures that timely and accurate financial reports are submitted to the CFO in coordination with the monthly closing schedule.
• Responsible for compilation and submission of State, Federal and Private grant reporting.
• Analyzes departmental monthly reporting with responsible program management to identify areas in which reductions can be made and allocates operating budget.
• Prepares timely annual agency operating and capital budgets.
• Plans and directs new operational procedures to obtain optimum efficiency and reduced costs within Finance.
• Prepares and presents periodic financial information to Board of Directors.
• Works with CFO on facilitating risk management of Agency with insurance brokers.
• Ensures that timely and accurate financial reports are submitted to the CFO, CEO, Board of Directors and its subcommittees, in support of strategic and program decision-making.
• Ensures that timely and accurate financial reports are submitted to the CFO, CEO, Board of Directors and its subcommittees, in support of strategic and program decision-making.
• Provides control and efficient use of funds by approving and signing documents affecting monetary transactions.
• Through staff, directs activities concerned with safekeeping, control, and accounting for assets.
• Through staff, directs preparation of budgets, financial forecasts and analysis of division or department budget requests to identify areas in which reductions can be made; allocates operating budget.
• Directs preparation of reports which outline agency’s financial position in areas of income, expenses, and profit/loss based on past, present and future operations.
• Prepares directives to division or department administrators to outline policy, program, or operating…