Finance Manager

**PROGRAM AREA: Management**:
**EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Permanent, Ongoing**

**HOURS/WEEK: 35 hours**

**Our Vision**

A community without barriers to health and wellbeing

**Our Mission**

We reduce health inequities by providing interprofessional primary health services and community programs, focused on our priority populations, in collaboration with community partners.

**Our Values**

Innovation**, **Accountability**, **Person-Centred**, **Health Promotion**, **Excellence**, **Sustainability**, **Accessibility

Are you passionate about the Guelph CHC's Vision, Mission and Values and working with our priority populations who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, low income, newcomers to Canada with language barriers, have moderate to severe mental health and/or addiction issues, experience moderate to severe disabilities, without access to primary care, aboriginal communities, including First Nations, Inuit and Métis, LGBTQ+ populations, other marginalized groups, and vulnerable children and their families experiencing violence, family conflict, social isolation, and attachment struggles? If you are inspired by Guelph CHC's Vision, Mission, Values, want to serve priority populations, and meet the below qualifications, we want to hear from you

**Responsibilities**:
Supporting an $18 million organization with more than 150 employees, the Finance Manager is responsible for leading all financial aspects of the organization, including hands-on activity with journal entries, reconciliations, and on-going investigation and problem-solving activities. The key functions within the position involve planning, decision-making, organizing, and controlling the organization's financial resources. Under the supervision of the Chief Executive Officer, the Finance Manager will:
**Agency Leadership**
- Actively participate as a member of the Leadership Team
- Develop and provide input into the strategic priorities and operational plans of the organization
- Lead the annual budget planning process, which includes liaising with funders and engagement the management team to be actively involved in the process
- Provide financial guidance and coaching to the management team
- Provide input into risk management, community partnership, and other relevant policies/procedures
- Manage the design, development, implementation, and communication of accounting policies, procedures, and controls
- Meet regularly with Leadership Team to develop and implement the agency's strategic priorities and operational plans, and inform high level direction of the organization

**Supervise the Accounting Assistant**
- Provide training, set goals, prioritize work, and monitor outputs
- Provide coaching and mentoring
- Conduct employee performance evaluation
- Ensure that staff are working within the parameters of ESA and all relevant organizational policies & procedures

**Financial Systems and Internal Controls**
- Lead all financial activities
- Have hands-on responsibility for general accounting, financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting functions
- Prepare financial statements for internal and external review
- Work with management to develop budgets, continuously monitor, problem solve, and improve the effectiveness of financial functions
- Review and forecast expenses related to the Ontario Midwifery Program, for which the Guelph CHC is the Transfer Payment Agency
- Complete reconciliations monthly and yearly
- Identify process issues and implement solutions
- Liaise with Accounting firm and prepare all year-end financial statements for auditing purposes
- Ensure all compliance activities are completed, including preparation of government remittances
- Execute systems to track, monitor, and record financial information in accordance with approved accounting and administrative procedures
- Review and provide oversight of bi-monthly payroll
- Manage bank accounts

**Prepare and lead financial reports for Different Stakeholders**
- Prepare all reporting for funders, including, but not limited to, Ontario Health, Health Canada, County of Wellington, and City of Guelph
- Prepare and present executive financial reports to the finance committee and Board
- Prepare monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial reports in accordance with funder contracts and Board Requirements
- Prepare and lead monthly internal financial review and forecasting for management

**Maintain relationships with the Bank, Accounting Firm, Investment Firm and Funders**
- Work with partners to support Agency Organization needs
- Maintain and develop the relationships with relevant stakeholders

**Provide Financial Support for Event and other Agency Activities**
- Provide donation receipts in accordance with Canada Revenue Agency rules and regulations
- Maintain knowledge of any changes that fall under the Charity directorate and the Canada Revenue Agency

**Strategic Planning for New Programs**
- Prepare financial forecasts on new projects.

**Required Qualificat