Director of Finance and Administration

Director of Finance & Administration (Santa Rosa - Yolanda)

POSITION TITLE: Director of Finance & Administration
STATUS: Exempt
DEPARTMENT: 5862 - Finance
REPORTS TO: President & CEO
SAFETY SENSITIVITY: HIGH – This position is designated as safety sensitive and is subject to pre-employment, drug, and alcohol screening.
Location - Yolanda Administrative Offices - 651 Yolanda Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA 95404.
The starting salary for this position is $130,000 - $150,000, DOE

The Director of Finance & Administration is the agency’s senior financial leader and is responsible for the oversight of financial operations, fiscal integrity, financial planning and analysis, and designated agency-wide administrative functions. The position serves as a strategic member of the Senior Leadership Team while maintaining a primary focus on Controller-level financial operations and accountability. Administrative responsibilities include oversight of designated business infrastructure and services, including third-party IT, commercial insurance, contracts and leases, and related risk-management functions.

The position does not have direct responsibility for People Operations, including human resources; retail operations; facilities operations; or program administration. These functions remain under the respective agency leaders.

The position is primarily internally focused, with an emphasis on financial operations, internal controls, reporting, compliance, and fiscal integrity. The position also has secondary responsibilities that are externally focused and forward-looking, including financial strategy, forecasting, banking and investment relationships, and other key external partnerships.

As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, the Director of Finance & Administration serves as a strategic partner in developing and executing initiatives that advance the agency’s vision, mission, and long-term organization goals. The position is expected to bring a broad organizational perspective to financial decision-making and help ensure that agency resources are aligned with strategic priorities, organizational sustainability, and mission impact.

Finance team members and IT associates

• Direct and oversee accurate, timely, and meaningful financial reporting, including monthly financial statements, cash-flow forecasting, budget-to-actual reporting, variance analysis, and financial analysis to support sound operational and strategic decision-making.
• Lead and facilitate the agency’s annual budgeting and forecasting processes, partnering with leaders across the organization to develop, monitor, and manage operating, grant, capital, and other budgets.
• Provide financial insight and strategic counsel to the President & CEO and Senior Leadership Team, including financial forecasting, scenario analysis, resource allocation, and evaluation of financial opportunities and risks.
• Conduct financial analysis and feasibility assessments for new programs, locations, capital investments, partnerships, and other strategic initiatives.
• Oversee cash management, liquidity planning, banking relationships, investments, debt obligations, and other treasury functions.

• Oversee the agency’s annual financial audit, grant fiscal monitoring, CARF financial requirements, tax filings, and other financial and regulatory compliance activities.
• Develop, maintain, and implement financial policies, procedures, and internal controls consistent with GAAP, applicable laws and regulations, and nonprofit best practices.
• Oversee internal audit, reconciliation, and financial control processes across the agency’s financial and operational systems…