Career Opportunities for Community Impact
Open Position: Director of Finance and Administration
Creating a more equitable future for Eastern Massachusetts
Posted January 14, 2025. Interested candidates should apply by submitting a cover letter and resume to: siggersbentonconsulting@gmail.com.
Job Summary
Atrius Health Equity Foundation is hiring a Director of Finance and Administration to support its mission of closing the gap in life expectancy across neighborhoods in Eastern Massachusetts. The Director of Finance and Administration will play a critical role in the efficient and effective management of the Foundation, including responsibility for budgeting and finance, and finance, payment and operational components for grant-making. The Director of Finance and Administration will be supervised by the President of the Foundation.
Education & Experience Required
Bachelor’s degree and at least 10 years of financial and operations management experience required, preferably within a mission-aligned grant-making organization.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities
Responsibilities include:
Financial Management: Working closely with the Foundation’s outsourced financial services firm, the President, Treasurer, and Board and Committees, the Director will:
Manage all aspects of the Foundation’s budgeting and finance, including maintaining and updating the Foundation’s accounting policies and procedures
Review monthly financial closes and quarterly financial reports.
Oversee invoice processing.
Manage the Foundation’s bank accounts.
Develop annual budget in concert with staff, President, and Treasurer. Prepare annual budget for Board approval.
Prepare content for and staff the Finance/Audit and Investment Committee meetings, working closely with the committee chairs.
Lead RFP process to procure an auditor, and work with selected auditor to coordinate and oversee the organization’s financial audit.
Ensure all legal and regulatory documents are filed on time and monitor compliance thereof, including state and federal filings, payroll compliance, and financial reporting.
Serve as primary point of contact for foundation’s accounting firm.
Negotiate all vendor contracts including for new vendors and vendor renewals.
Maintain Foundation insurance policies.
Record retention: ensure the Foundation is maintaining accurate electronic and, where needed, hard copy records pertaining to the Foundation’s business, including financial and grant-making files.
Grants Management:
Oversee grants management processes and procedures.
Review proposed budgets developed by grant applicants and provide feedback to program staff about the budgets’ reasonableness and consistency with Foundation policy.
Review grantee expenditure reports for reasonableness and completeness.
Assess financial health of potential grantee partners by reviewing their financial statements and 990 forms, to understand their ability to absorb and manage Foundation grants as well to identify debt, revenue risk, or other financial factors that could jeopardize the financial stability of the partner over the expected term of the grant.
Work with the investment committee to assess financing of program-related investments, including financial health and capabilities of partner, sources of financing, cash flows, debt service coverage and other relevant factors.
Monitor compliance with legal and policy requirements.
Administer the Foundation’s grants management database and serve as quality control and compliance officer; procure vendors as needed to support building out functionality of database.
Operations:
Oversee Foundation’s office space, telecommunications and virtual office infrastructure.
Manage outside vendors, including outsourced IT management services.
Provide leadership around technology and organization efficiencies.
Work with outside vendors to institute, maintain and update data security policies and practices, to ensure security of the organization’s data.
Human Resources:
Partner with HR Consultant to ensure:
Management of vendor selection and contracts, such as for payroll.
Reviewing and updating of employee benefit plan.
Management of all finance reports (tax, unemployment, FMLA, payroll reports) related to payroll and ensuring compliance with applicable state and federal
requirements.
Oversight of retirement plan contributions and reporting.
Skills & Knowledge Required
A successful candidate will have:
Significant experience overseeing finance and administrative functions, and familiarity with HR and IT activities.
Strong technical and analytical skills with the ability to build financial models and forecasts, and to analyze projects and organizations’ budgets and financial health.
Outstanding project management and organizational skills and ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks with meticulous attention to detail.
Demonstrated ability to work independently and effectively under deadlines and tight timelines.
Sensitivity in working with confidential materials.
Commitment to health equity and the mission of the Foundation.
Ability to apply racial justice, disability justice, and gender equity lens to programs and work products as well as staff culture.
Excellent people skills, be able to negotiate sensitive issues gracefully, be cognizant of power dynamics, and demonstrate tact and diplomacy in all settings.
Excellent oral and written communication skills, with experience presenting, facilitating, and interacting in a variety of settings, including with Boards of Directors as well as community-based organizations.
Willingness to work collaboratively as part of a small and mighty team.
Connections to and relationships within our communities of focus are a plus, as are multilingual/multicultural candidates.
Compensation
The compensation range is $140,000-$160,000 but is flexible and dependent on qualifications and experience.This position includes generous time off and great benefits (paid vacation; sick time and holidays; health, vision, dental and life and disability insurance; and retirement).
Hybrid Work Environment
This position includes a mix of remote work with some in-person office days and in-person off-site meetings, as needed.
About Us
The Atrius Health Equity Foundation is a newly formed conversion foundation that aims to have a transformational impact on health equity in Eastern Massachusetts. The Foundation seeks to close the gap in health inequities in Eastern Massachusetts by investing with communities and other partners to dramatically improve health and well-being. In developing its strategy for grantmaking, the Foundation recognizes that the status quo—in which black and brown communities experience lower life expectancy and worse health outcomes—is unacceptable and that we must act differently if we wish to achieve different results.
Diversity Statement
At Atrius Health Equity Foundation, we appreciate the value and richness of different perspectives and experiences. We constantly strive to be a more diverse and inclusive workplace. We work to make you feel welcomed and engaged as a valued member of the team. We provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, Atrius Health Equity Foundation will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and is CORI-friendly.