About This Role
Directing the day-to-day accounting, financial, and budgeting functions for the Adult Rehabilitation Centers' (ARC) Command is the primary responsibility of this position. The role ensures compliance with established GAAP and Salvation Army standards and guidelines, and involves developing and recommending procedures to increase efficiency in financial record keeping, controls, and reporting.
Responsibilities
- Manage and direct the day-to-day accounting, financial, and budgeting functions for the Adult Rehabilitation Centers' (ARC) Command
- Ensure compliance with established GAAP and Salvation Army standards and guidelines
- Develop and recommend procedures for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of financial record keeping, controls, and reporting
- Recommend, initiate, and enforce established policies and procedures
- Plan and coordinate all audit functions
- Supervise accounting, bookkeeping, and audit staff
- Plan, develop, organize, implement, direct and evaluate the ARC Command’s fiscal function and performance
- Provide information, instruction, and financial analysis on matters relating to the units throughout the division
- Evaluate compliance with The Salvation Army policy and provide instructions and recommendations for resolving financial operational problems
- Serve as financial advisor to units in the field
- Review operating budgets, monitor revenue and expenses
- Review and provide recommendations regarding expenditures proposed to the ARC Command Finance Board
- Maintain a report of reserve balances in an effort to not overspend reserves
- Meet with ARC Officers as needed to discuss financial matters and provide instruction, information and suggestions for financial problem solving
- Provide oversight and improvements to the budgeting process and other financial issues that impact the budget
Requirements
- Ability to meet attendance requirements
- Ability to read, write, and communicate the English language
- Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing, including providing clear instructions to employees
- Ability to work under the pressure of deadlines and time constraints
- Ability to establish goals and objectives and monitor their effective implementation
- Ability to apply discretion and independent judgment and exercise confidentiality
- Ability to exert mental/visual effort required for sustained periods of concentration, working under the pressure of deadlines, and continual interruptions in concentration from staff requiring assistance
- Ability to travel throughout the Command for extended overnight trips frequently in order to conduct responsibilities of the position
