Summary: The Vice President of Finance is a member of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), responsible for providing strong leadership, management, and vision to ensure efficient and effective financial systems and integrity for the organization. Leads fiscal operations of ASTHO including finance, federal and private grants, contracts, and provides strategic management of the accounting and finance functions. This position requires extensive knowledge and experience in federal grants administration and federal grants compliance, as ASTHO receives a majority of its revenue through federal funding, primarily HHS, CDC and HRSA.

Location: Remote

Application Duration: We will be accepting applications up until February 28, 2025

Anticipated salary: $177,000 Extended experience: up to $205,500 if experience exceeds expectations

Principal Functions:

This position supervises the accounting, federal and private grants administration, and financial planning and analysis teams and holds primary overall responsibility in the following areas:

• Oversees the financial operations for the organization at both the strategic and tactical level
• Supervises a fiscal team of up to 4-5 direct reports and 30+ staff, setting clear and specific performance goals and expectations, and periodic performance reviews
• Ensures compliance with all aspects of federal grants and ensures organization’s policies and procedures are compliant with federal grant requirements
• Assesses and evaluates financial performance of the organization regarding long-term operational goals, budgets, and forecasts
• Ensures the timely and accurate submission of monthly financial statements, federal and private grant reporting, and other key financial data
• Reviews estimates, and cost/benefits analysis in the areas of finance, grants, and contracts
• Oversees the annual organization operating budget process
• Manages financial planning and analysis, including actual to budget and rolling forecasts
• Supervises creation of reports, software implementation, and tools for budgeting and forecasting
• Manages cash flow planning process and ensures funds availability
• Represents organization to banks, financial partners, institutions, auditors, and officials and maintains banking relationships and strategic alliances with vendors and business partners
• Oversees annual financial audit, Single Audit and 990 Tax Return
• Ensures compliance and timely reporting including Lobbying and various state and local registrations and tax filings
• Ensure the organization’s policies and procedures reflect strong and effective internal controls
• Remains current on audit best practices as well as state, federal and local laws regarding organization operations
• Directs accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls
• Identifies and manages business risks and insurance requirements
• Identifies, acquires, and implements systems and software to provide critical financial and operational information
• Creates and establishes yearly financial objectives that align with the organization’s plan for growth and expansion and provides insight for both short-term and long-term growth
• Utilizes forward-looking models and activity-based analyses to provide financial insight into the organization’s plans and operating budgets
• Directs the planning, development, and implementation of grant proposals; budgeting; analyses of grant-related activities and performance; grant progress and final reporting requirements; and expense and vendor contract authorizations
• Negotiates the organization’s indirect cost rate agreement with cognizant agency
• Primarily responsible for planning, communications, and reporting to the ASTHO Audit and Finance Committee of the Board of Directors

Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Finance, MBA, or relevant advanced degree preferred (CPA desired)
• Minimum 8 years of managerial experience at both the strategic and tactical level in financial management in an organization like ASTHO including successful management of:
  • Federal grants and contracts including negotiating indirect cost rates
  • Reporting systems to share financial information with appropriate staff
  • Monitoring and control overall all aspects budget development
  • Reporting key metrics on organizational performance
  • Federal audits and related OMB requirements
• Provides leadership with financial reports and prepares reports for and presents to the Board of Directors on all fiscal matters
• Hands on experience with ERP financial systems
• Demonstrated experience in financial planning and analysis
• Demonstrated success developing and monitoring systems to manage both operational and programmatic work that involve high levels of collaboration
• Knowledge of the Federal grants, contracts, and procurement processes as they apply to a large 501c3 organization
• Outstanding knowledge and understanding of GAAP, IFRS, and SOX compliance
• Knowledge of public health organizations preferred
• Commitment to employee's professional development
• Strategic thinker with an open and collaborative style of leadership
• Ability to anticipate emerging issues and proactively implement policy and programmatic solutions
• Excellent people skills and excellent internal and external customer service orientation
• Personal qualities of integrity, credibility, and commitment to values and mission and vision
• Ability and willingness to travel

Benefits:

• Vacation leave, Sick leave, Personal days
• 12 Holidays (with some floating options for personalization)
• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Retirement Plans – 403B and Roth 403B, eligible employees can receive a company contribution up to 11.75%
• Infertility benefits
• Electronic communication stipend
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Short and Long-term disability insurance
• Additional Benefits include: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Pet Insurance, Legal Resources, Health & Wellness reimbursement, Flexible Spending accounts, Tuition Reimbursement, and Professional Development Assistance

About Us: ASTHO is the national nonprofit organization representing the public health agencies of the United States, the U.S. territories and Freely Associated States, and the District of Columbia, as well as the more than 100,000 public health professionals these agencies employ. ASTHO members, the chief health officials of these jurisdictions, are dedicated to formulating and influencing sound public health policy and to ensuring excellence in public health practice. ASTHO is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia with a regional office in Atlanta, GA. ASTHO was incorporated on March 23, 1942, with the goal of helping health officials navigate a rapidly changing public health landscape and remains a strong voice in governmental public health.