Job Summary: The Chief Financial Officer will coordinate, administer and supervise day to day financial activities of the organization. The Chief Financial Officer leads, manages and carries out the full range of controllership and financial activities including budgeting, analyses, accounts receivable and payable, preparation of financial statements, month and year end reports, and a variety of financial reporting. The Chief Financial Officer develops and implements financial policies, systems and procedures, and monitors compliance. The Chief Financial Officer is also responsible for the coaching and mentoring of financial staff and training of the senior management team on preparation of budgets and understanding of financial documents and reports.

Job Duties:

• Leads, focuses, builds, develops, and motivates the staff in the successful achievement of OLHBI’s financial plans, goals, and objectives.
• Develops and implements financial training and development opportunities for the organization, supports staff, and provides one-on-one mentoring and coaching when requested or necessary.
• Leads, manages and carries out the full range of controllership and financial activities, including budgeting, job costing, capital accounting, analyses, accounts receivable and payable, payroll activities, preparation of audit papers and a variety of financial reporting.
• Develops and implements financial policies, systems and procedures, and monitors compliance.
• Acts as an “Internal Auditor” reporting any irregularities or activities of a fraudulent nature, misappropriation of funds, assets that are unaccounted for, and questionable expenditures or purchases to the Director of Health and/or OLHBI health board.
• Works closely with the Director of Health and senior management to develop and monitor budgets on a timely basis for all departments.
• Oversees the preparation of journal entries, reconciliations, financial statements, estimates, summaries and carries out a wide variety of financial analyses.
• Ensures the timely and accurate preparation of month and year-end adjusting, correcting, recurring, accruals and prepaid journal entries, bank reconciliations, audit working papers and financial statements.
• Provides information and advice to management on strengthening internal controls and compliance and works closely with the external auditors.
• Builds strong and effective relationships and networks both internally and externally to advance the objectives of OLHBI and promote its positions, policies and interests.

Job Skills & Qualifications:

·         A minimum of five years’ experience, with preference given to ten plus years, in finance, accounting, payroll management, budgetary planning, development and implementation.

·         Demonstrated management experience supervising, mentoring, coaching, and training finance staff and senior managers. Ability to manage, motivate, guide and mentor a support staff.

·         Must be able to balance: empowerment, avoid micromanaging, have a strong willingness to pitch in and do any detail accounting task, even entry-level task if required to support the Finance team.

·         Demonstrated superior written and verbal communication skills.

·         Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality; Demonstrated meticulous attention to detail.

·         Advanced level of knowledge of computer accounting software (preferably Xyntax).

·         Ability to work in politically sensitive, changing and uncertain environment.

·         Self-motivated and highly organized, results oriented; Demonstrated strong personal ethics.