Finance Director
Company: Shine Early Learning Inc.
Location: Philadelphia
Posted on: May 29, 2023
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Job Description:
Are you a socially conscious, dedicated individual who is
committed to building a better future for children, families, and
their communities? If so, join us as we support early childhood
education programs across the country to create positive outcomes
for the children and families served. Job Summary:
The Finance Director is responsible for delivering high-quality,
efficient, and professional financial services to Shine partners,
wrapped in an exceptional customer experience. These services may
include conducting in-person and online coaching, providing
technical assistance, assisting in the completion of budgets for
various grant submissions, providing training to support fiscal
staff, serving as a financial strategic thought partner, and
supporting the implementation of financial tools and processes.
This role will support multiple projects simultaneously for
programs that are at various implementation stages and
organizational maturity. Through strong collaboration, a successful
Finance Specialist will be engaged with the development and
exceptional delivery of fiscal supports agreed upon in individual
scopes of work.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
--- Assists or supports the completion of budgets for various grant
submissions related to new funding award announcements, baseline
applications, continuation applications, and enrollment or
conversion applications.
--- Provides a series of trainings to support fiscal staff that
will allow for an understanding of key financial Head Start
regulations that will include topics such as:
--- Provides ongoing coaching for fiscal staff that will build upon
the initial learnings.--- - Provides technical assistance services
to Shine partners on budgeting, financial strategy, Head Start -and
Early Head Start financial regulations or Performance Standards,
early learning/child care fiscal regulations, and financial
analysis and planning.
--- Serves as a financial strategic thought partner supporting the
partner on analysis, forecasting, and budgeting initiatives,
including ad hoc projects.
--- Provides strategic support and assists in the development of
strong processes regarding program revenue dynamics, including the
strategy for in-kind / non-federal share sources, state pre-K,
CACFP, CCDF, and other state and local funding opportunities.
--- Performs landscape and opportunity analysis in collaboration
with executive leadership to explore new avenues for profitable
growth for Shine Early Learning.
--- Assists in developing and refining financial policies and
procedures that are appropriate and compliant with contract funding
sources.
--- Supports implementation of reporting tools, fiscal management
systems, budgeting tools and enhanced FP&A capabilities.
--- Represents team and/or department at meetings, events, and
training as required.
--- Participates in assigned meetings, events, and training as
required.Job Requirements:
1. Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred. Finance,
business management or related fields not required but strongly
preferred.
2. Minimum of 5 years of Head Start fiscal experience and knowledge
of Head Start Performance Standards.
3. Experience submitting applications in the Head Start Enterprise
System and Grant Solutions
4. Minimum five (5) years experience in financial
management/planning in a leadership capacity required.
"Leadership capacity" here means responsibility for oversight
and/or execution on the holistic financial management of a specific
business unit or portfolio of business lines within an
organization, as well as the direct supervision of one or more
staff members.
5. Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
6. Travel required locally or long-distance up to 10% of the time
for work-related meetings and functions.
7. Physical exam and background checks are required for this
position.
8. Must have a valid driver's license and/or reliable
transportation.Salary : $100,000 - $100,000This position earns up
to 100,000.00 AnnuallyWhy Acelero Learning or Shine Early
Learning?
- Ability to make an impact in the lives of the children, families,
and partners we serve
- Career growth and professional development opportunities
- Supportive working environment
- Average of 5 weeks of paid time off during 1st year of
employment
- Comprehensive benefits, including 401K matching and 100% vesting
program
We are an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a
diverse and healthy work place. Still have questions about this
role or our company? Submit an anonymous question by copying and
pasting this link, https://forms.gle/8Wb1t1bQVZi2SfxQ9 , into your
browser. Or feel free to contact - recruiting@acelero.net . Thank
you for considering employment with us! - Shine Early Learning is
committed to proving that every child can succeed at the highest
levels - and demonstrating that high-impact, evidence-based
approaches can help early childhood programs truly make the
difference in a child's life. Shine Early Learning offers dedicated
resources and an integrated programmatic approach to help Head
Start and early education programs reach their own ambitious
goals.
The Shine Early Learning approach is developed, implemented, and
continuously refined at Acelero Learning, a high-performing Head
Start and Early Head Start program serving more than 5,000 children
across the nation. Acelero Learning was named an Exemplar Head
Start provider by Bellwether Education Partners, a leading
education research and consulting firm. Through the implementation
of an integrated programmatic approach, Acelero Learning has
produced some of the largest child outcome gains ever recorded at
an individual Head Start program. Acelero Learning's evaluation
study conducted by NIEER show children served for two years make
twice the gain of average Head Start participants, as compared to
the 2009 FACES data.
Keywords: Shine Early Learning Inc., Philadelphia , Finance Director, Accounting, Auditing , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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