Director of Finance

As a Director of Finance at Communities Connected for Kids, you will work with other dedicated professionals who share your passion for helping individuals in need. We offer:

• Opportunities to make a positive impact in the lives of children in need of support
• Unique rewards that come from seeing families improve and flourish with the services you referred them to
• A hybrid remote work environment, allowing for flexibility and limited in person or in-office expectations
• Salary for the Director of Finance position starts at $65,000 annually
• Excellent benefits including low-cost, high-coverage health insurance, generous time-off, and competitive retirement

Our Communities Connected for Kids Program provides services for children and families in the child welfare system, to ensure a community without abuse, neglect and abandonment. Based out of Port Saint Lucie, FL, this position leads the operations of financial accounting, accounts payable, and accounts receivable to ensure timely and accurate financial records, financial reporting, analysis, and forecasting. This position requires the following essential job functions and professional skills:

Main Responsibilities

• Responsible for timely and accurate data in the accounting software system, state-approved web-based system (FSFN), and ancillary systems used by the department, ensuring data integrity.
• Responsible for processing deposits, disbursements, petty cash and client fund transactions.
• Prepare and review files and payment batches from FSFN and process in accounting software.
• Review invoices for accuracy and reasonableness and research and resolve any discrepancies.
• Accurately code transactions and verify supporting documentation where applicable.
• Process credit card applications on behalf of staff, and review & approve credit card transactions made and coded by staff.
• Communicate with vendors, employees and other stakeholders to resolve any account discrepancies and/or field inquiries.
• Assist CFO with month-end closings, journal entries, reconciliations, analyses and financial reporting.
• Provide timely and accurate financial information to other departments, management and stakeholders as required.
• Assists CFO in the preparation of DCF monthly invoices and reports and other tasks to ensure compliance with contracts, laws and regulations, and policies.
• Maintain effective mechanisms to promote accounting and internal controls.
• Responsible for being knowledgeable in funding streams and FSFN as they relate to eligible client services within multiple DCF program, including knowledge of DCF’s Other Cost Accumulators (OCAs) and how they fit into financial operations.
• Works closely with independent and other auditors and agencies, providing information needed during inquiries, audits and reviews and responds as needed.
• Administrative support includes but is not limited to scanning, filing, faxing, printing, phone support, and cross-training to back-up other Financial Specialists.
• Supervises Finance and Master Trust Specialists.
• Lead new staff orientation (post- and pre-service training) on finance policies and procedures.
• Attends staff meetings, in-service training and other meetings, staffings, conferences or other events as necessary – virtual and in-person. Requires periodic travel.
• Other duties as assigned.

Lead FSFN Data Entry Functions

• Oversee the operations and approvals of client-related services and payments in FSFN, including the input, processing and approvals of foster board, adoption subsidy, stipend batches, respite payments, group home invoices as well as any ancillary client-related payments ensuring timeliness, completeness and accuracy.
• Create and maintain data in FSFN, including providers, service types, placement and payment activities.
• Generate & pull reports for review to ensure payment issuance accuracy, and for reconciliation, analyses and special projects.
• Any other FSFN duties that may be required with programmatic implementation or changes to allowable funding sources.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

• This list of essential functions is not intended to be exhaustive. CCKids reserves the right to modify this job description to ensure compliance with the actual job requirements.