Buchhaltung/Head Of Finance

2 weeks ago

Newmarket, Canada Itechpost Full time
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Permanent Full-Time

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

The York Region Children’s Aid Society (YRCAS) is a non-profit community organization legally mandated to ensure the well-being, best interests and protection of children and youth from abuse and neglect. As a leader within the child welfare sector, we partner with parents, caregivers, and community to provide a safe environment for children and youth, through equitable, culturally aligned services.

YRCAS is fully committed to a culture of belonging and an inclusive environment that encourages every team member to lead within their role, generate innovative ideas that reinforce our mission and goal to create a healthy workplace and community where children, youth, and family well-being is prioritized.

To support us on our journey, YRCAS is seeking a person with inclusive leadership and entrepreneurship skills to join our executive management team. This position will guide the strategic vision and operational deliverables of the Chief Financial Officer to continue to strengthen our agency’s financial and operational sustainability efforts related to the child welfare mandate.

We are seeking a visionary leader with a track record of managing high performing teams in the fields of Finance, Payroll, Information Technology, and Facilities. The successful incumbent’s empowering leadership and mentorship skills will motivate a team to achieve results while also fostering collaboration, innovation, financial risk management, and sustainability.

SUMMARY OF DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a key member of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT), the successful incumbent will lead both the Finance and Corporate Services functions of the organization and provide both operational and program support to the Society.

The Chief Financial Officer is responsible for the financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and controllership of the Society’s financial resources. This includes the Society’s accounting, payroll processing, auditing, and risk. In addition, this position oversees the Society’s information and telecommunication technology, property and facilities management, and shared services functions.

This visionary leader will also be responsible for strategically designing, integrating, and unifying a variety of shared service opportunities the Society can offer to external stakeholders and identified community-based partners utilizing deliberate entrepreneurship approaches to broaden sustainable service-based opportunities and program funding initiatives for the Society.

NATURE OF POSITION:

Finance Accounting & Payroll:

Provide strategic direction to the Finance, Accounting, and Payroll teams, ensuring they have the resources and support needed to excel. Specifically, provide leadership and support to the teams as they work to:
  1. Formulate corporate tools, policies on accounting, cost control, and systems to support critical financial and operational information for senior leadership and decision making.
  2. Develop the annual financial planning process and maintain the annual operational budgets and assess agency performance against both the annual budget and the Society’s long-term strategic plan.
  3. Engage the SLT, the Finance Committee of the Board (and other board committees) around issues, trends, and changes in the funding model(s), provincial activities, and operational impacts.
  4. Advise and assist the CEO and other members of the SLT in the application of business procedures with respect to the control of costs and expenditures and to draw attention to material deviations of actual expenditures from approved budget and any extraordinary specific financial activity.
  5. Oversee payroll to ensure bi-weekly payroll process, annual and year-end statutory reporting requirements.
  6. Ensure processes and practices are in place for the accuracy and completion of payroll payment to all staff in accordance with the collective agreement and employment standards./>
    1. Lead the planning and implementation of information systems to support operations and achieve more effective and cost beneficial enterprise-wide Information Services operations.

    Property and Facilities Management:

    Provide strategic direction to the facilities team, ensuring they have the resources and support needed to excel. Specifically, provide leadership to:
    1. Arrange for appropriate property/ building maintenance, repairs, and applicable renovations.
    2. Negotiate/review mortgage requirements, new leases, or lease renewals in line with the Society’s long-term plan.
    3. Appropriately maintain security requirements of the premises as well as ensure compliance to building code requirements.

    Society Shared Services:

    To provide strategic direction to:
    1. Design, integrate, and unify a variety of shared service opportunities the Society can offer to external stakeholders and identified community-based partners.
    2. In collaboration with (SLT) Develop and implement service level agreements with identified key external stakeholders and community partners with the goal to provide operational resource support such as payroll, accounting, legal, human resources, and data analytic service offerings to enhance program funding initiatives for the Society.

    Other:

    To oversee other functions and/or projects that may be assigned that support the Society’s long-term plan.

    REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE
    1. Professional knowledge of Finance, Accounting, Payroll, I.T, Facilities, and Procurement practices.
    2. Extensive problem-solving skills and abilities within the finance and corporate services environment regarding multi-faceted issues on a wide range of public sector funding challenges and opportunities.
    3. Proficient in contract negotiating and strategies.
    4. Ability to commit to actively upholding and consistently practicing personal diversity, inclusion, and cultural awareness, as well as safety and sensitivity approaches in the workplace.
    5. Experience in the child welfare sector is considered a plus.

    QUALIFICATIONS

    Education and Experience

    Successful completion of a bachelor’s degree in a related field from an accredited educational institution coupled with a professional accounting designation that is in good standing as recognized within the province of Ontario.
    A minimum of ten (10) years of related experience, preferably within a related broader public sector not for profit/ Human Services field with demonstrated experience leading interdisciplinary high performing and diverse teams within a unionized environment.

    Internal Applicants: Please apply for this opportunity using your Agency ADP account.

    External Applicants Apply Here:

    Kelly Cline, Executive Search Consultant, Feldman Daxon Partners

    45 St. br/>
    Employment at York Region Children’s Aid Society is conditional upon the verification of credentials, a satisfactory vulnerable sector check, a class “G” driver’s license with daily access to an insured vehicle, and proof of COVID-19 vaccination (2 doses required), as per YRCAS’ Mandatory COVID-19 policy.
    Accommodation at YRCAS

    We are committed to a selection process and work environment that is inclusive and barrier-free. Accommodation will be provided in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code. br/>
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