Finance Manager

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Larkin Street provides youth between the ages of 12 and 24 with the help they need to rebuild their lives. Each year, more than 3,000 youth walk through our doors seeking help. We give them a place where they can feel safe; rebuild their sense of self-respect, trust, and hope; learn school, life and job skills; and find the confidence to build a future.

We raise the bar by redefining success from securing independent housing to achieving a permanent pathway out of poverty. We have established bold goals for the youth in our services:

• Living-wage employment
• Two years of post-secondary education
• Safe and stable housing
• Physical and emotional well-being

POSITION TITLE:     Finance Manager

 REPORTS TO:           CFO/Executive Director

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY:

This position will be the Finance Manager for 3rd Street Youth Center & Clinic (3rd Street) and will report to the Executive Director. 3rd Street is currently being fiscally sponsored by Larkin Street Youth Services so the position will be working mostly at the Larkin Street offices until June of 2020 at which time the position will work full time in the 3rd Street office.

The Finance Manager is a key role and is responsible for monthly reconciliation and closing.  Creating and updating cash flow projections. Review of AP and AR ledgers as well as account reconciliations.   Manage deposits, audits, and prepare indirect cost rate application and Form 990 worksheets. Finance Manager is responsible for preparation of financial statements, Board and Committee packages. The position requires 5+ years’ experience in General Accounting in the NonProfit Sector.  Knowledge of GAAP, Public and Private funding and invoice processes, as well as supervisory experience.

SUPERVISES:                                   None

EXEMPT STATUS:                            Exempt           

UNION STATUS:                              Non-Union position

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Cash forecasting
• Responsible for month end closing
• Preparation of Financial Statements, Board & Committee Packages
• Manage incoming donations, credit card processing, cash and stock transfers.
• Journal entries
• Reconciliation of credit cards
• Bank statement reconciliations
• 990 worksheet preparation
• Fixed asset depreciation schedule and deferred revenue tracking
• Review and reconcile AR/AP
• Participate in Audits, Single and local funding audits
• Annual budgeting
• Create desk operating procedures for all General Accounting Functions
• Monitor public and private grant spending
• Prepare grant budgets
• Preparation of monthly bills for multiple public contracts
• Financial reports for Private grants

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide information and forms as requested.
• Run reports: monthly and ad hoc reports as requested by CFO and Executive Director
• Assist in the filing of quarterly and annual tax reports, maintain files.
• Review the monthly income & any tax including employment tax accounts such as Federal, State & Disability, Unemployment, FICA (EE & ER), FUTA, SUTA, & SF Payroll Tax

PHYSICAL & LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS:

• Maintain professional standards of performance, demeanor and appearance at all times.
• Perform tasks and responsibilities in a complete and timely manner, complying with agency policies and standards and conforming to the requirements of this job description.
• Maintain a creative, team-building, cooperative approach to job performance and seek to bring a constructive, problem-solving orientation to all tasks.
• Maintain an awareness of the agency’s mission and work to promote the positive individual and social change goals it embodies.
• Exercise discretion and professional judgment at all times keeping with the responsibilities carried personally and by the agency for the care and welfare of staff and to the youth in which we serve.
• Actively strive to upgrade professional skills through engaging in appropriate professional training and experience.
• Maintaining the strictest of confidentiality.
• Ability to work with a diverse staff and excel in a multi-cultural environment.
• Requires ability to lift, transfer, push/pull, maneuver, and reposition 25 lbs.
• Ability to reach, bend and walk.
• Finger manipulation.
• Ability to comprehend complex materials.
• Ability to speak and write English clearly and accurately.

EDUCATION: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting or a related field preferred.
•  BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE:
• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience. 
• 5+ years of experience in the non-profit sector.
• Excellent follow-through skills. 
• Attention to detail.
• Accuracy.       
• Excel skills should be excellent
• Nonprofit experience with MIP accounting software/Quickbooks
• Exceptional organizational skills with reliability and consistency in work performance
• Flexibility with a team player mentality
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• A focus on good judgment with a proactive approach to problem-solving
• Ability to maintain a professional demeanor with great interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to multi-task with the capability to learn quickly and integrate efficiently
• Accurate attention to detail
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access and Outlook)
• Ability to multi-task and efficiently manage priority action items

Experience with Payroll and Time Reporting systems

Larkin Street is an Equal Opportunity Employer