Regional Finance Manager

1 Week ago • 7 Years + • $91,436 PA - $100,588 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Regional Finance Director in California provides financial oversight and leadership for the region, ensuring fiscal responsibility, compliance, and strategic financial planning. This role oversees field offices, manages budgets, forecasts finances, and adheres to donor requirements. Responsibilities include supervising finance staff, developing budgets, ensuring internal controls, providing training, and managing financial reporting and compliance. Additionally, the director will act as a primary contact for financial institutions and manage the budget process.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's or Master's in Finance or Accounting
  • 7+ years financial management experience
  • Strong leadership and financial analysis skills
  • Proficiency in financial software and accounting principles
  • Ability to forecast budgets and explain budget concepts
  • Excellent communication skills across departments.
Good to have:
  • Master's Degree in Business Administration

Job Details

Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten?  Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor? If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you. At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering. If you’re looking for a purpose-driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today. ORGANIZATION SUMMARY World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish. Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy. This position is reliant upon funding and may be subject to modification or termination based on resource availability. POSITION SUMMARY: The Region Finance Director provides financial oversight and leadership for the CA region, ensuring fiscal responsibility, compliance, and strategic financial planning. This position plays a key role in oversight of field offices with budget management, financial forecasting, and adherence to donor requirements. 

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • This role is responsible for supervising others and includes responsibilities consistent with supervising employees, including but not limited to monitoring daily work activities, tracking and approving timesheets including approving time off, monitoring performance including entering goals, progress check-ins, and weekly or bi-weekly check-ins, documenting performance concerns, entering staff promotions, transitions, and separations in HRIS within required time frame. Managers at World Relief are also considered spiritual leaders and are expected to lead staff in a manner consistent with our Christian values, including but not limited to praying with staff, leading devotionals, and fostering a Christian environment in interactions with staff throughout World Relief.
    • Embody the organizational mission, vision and values as a leader and an example for staff, volunteers, clients, and the community.    
    • Supervise finance staff at all locations of the region.
    • Travel to these sites may be necessary from time to time.   
    • Work with the Regional Director and Program Directors or department managers regarding overall development and implementation of general office and department budgets.    
    • Determine, with the Regional Director, the overall financial needs of the office and prepare a general office annual budget to meet those needs.    
    • Oversee office financial processes to ensure they are completed accurately and in compliance with standards.
    • Lead and facilitate monthly Budget vs. Actual (BvA) meetings and provide financial forecasting guidance to Regional Director and leadership team.   
    • Ensure internal controls are in place and followed to prevent financial mismanagement or fraud.   
    • Provide training and support to finance staff in field offices, improving their financial acumen and reporting accuracy.   
    • Work closely with leadership to improve financial sustainability and risk management.   
    • Oversee and implement all procedures for spending, revenue accounting and support documentation for proper accountability.   
    • Manage Insurance Coordination (property, liability, and vehicle) with HO.   
    • Along with the Regional Director, approve all budgets and expenses in conjunction with grant and internal requirements.   
    • Manage the financial reporting process for all state, local and private grants and interact with HO finance on US Federal Program reporting.   
    • Oversee accounts payable, including coding and approval of invoices, expense reports and check requests.    
    • Manage accounts receivable, including coding and allocation of donation, fee, and grant income.    
    • Maintain finances for all grants, including copies of approved budgets and amendments, grant reports, and general ledger.    
    • Oversee use of office petty cash funds and credit cards    
    • Act as primary contact and liaison with Home Office accountants, local financial institutions, and all official business relationships between WR and local entities.   
    • Ensure local office compliance with WRHO financial policies, processes, & timelines    
    • Integrate local budgets and budget processes with the ERP as developed by WRHO and work with the OD on all inaccurate reports.   
    • Develop yearly budget goals and procedures with the Regional Director.    
    • Perform other duties as needed.    
    • Ensure all items requested during audits or by corporate finance are accurately prepared and submitted on time. 

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

    • Mature and personal Christian faith
    • Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
    • Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
    • Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Evangelicals For the Health of The Nation document
    • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance, Accounting, or Business Administration.   
    • 7+ years of experience in financial management, with at least 3 years in a senior leadership role.   
    • Strong leadership, strategic planning, and financial analysis skills. 
    • Proficiency in financial software, donor compliance regulations, and nonprofit accounting principles.   
    • Ability to forecast budgets and explain budget concepts in lay terms   
    • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other MS Office programs    
    • Able to work in a fast-paced, challenging, and multi-cultural environment.    
    • Excellent communication skills to work across multiple departments and teams.   
    • Creative critical thinking skills    
    • Strong decision-making skills    
    • Ability to mentor staff  

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

    • Masters Degree in Business Administration
World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time and part-time employees.   World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.   *** Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.   We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.   For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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