Finance Director

Position Title: Finance Director
Location: Syracuse, NY
FLSA Status: Fulltime Exempt
Report to: Executive Director

Job Summary:

The Finance Director will oversee and manage all financial activities, including supervision of Accounting Department personnel. This role involves grant management, financial reporting, handling payroll and benefits, insurance renewals, asset management, and coordination of annual audits. The Finance Director will ensure an adequate control environment that will reduce and mitigate risk for undetected errors or misappropriation of assets and will play a key role in collaborating with management and those charged with governance in executing the 2025 Strategic Plan. 

Key Responsibilities:

1. Supervision and Management

  • Supervise Accounting Department Personnel (including an Accountant and Bookkeeper)

2. Payroll and Benefits Management

  • Reviewing time cards
  • Establish payroll deductions for medical, dental, vision, AFLAC, United Way
  • Manage participation and deductions related to 403B plan
  • Manage salary changes
  • Develop, document, and oversee payroll allocation schedules for grant claim and reporting purposes
  • Record and reconcile all payroll activity in QuickBooks, including payroll accruals and allocations
  • Collaborate with the Office Manager as necessary 

3. Insurance and Workers Compensation

  • Handle all insurance renewals and workers compensation coverage offerings
  • Attend annual broker meetings
  • Manage adjustments to premiums and rates and deduction elections as applicable
  • Summarize and present information to employees

4. General Accounting Support and Oversight

  • Prepare the annual budget for approval
  • Review and approve bank deposits
  • Review and approve bank reconciliations

5. Monthly Financial Reporting

Prepare and provide a monthly financial reporting package to management and governance on a timely basis that will include:

  • Profit and Loss Statements
  • Actual to Budget and Previous Year comparison
  • Balance Sheet
  • Statement of Cash Flows
  • Detailed Accounts Receivable Aging Summary and Schedule of Deferred
  • Financial narrative report highlighting information in the detailed financial statements

6. Grants Management

  • Prepare budgets for grants
  • Maintain a profit and loss by grant award
  • Accumulating necessary information for claims and prepare both quantitative and qualitative data for grant reporting
  • Report final budgets

7. Fixed Asset Management

  • Maintain Fixed Asset Register, including additions, deletions, and depreciation
  • Oversee the accounting entries and management of supplies and laptop inventory

8. Audit Coordination

  • Coordinate and supervise the annual fiscal year F/S Audit
  • Oversee the preparation of Federal Form 990 and NYS CHAR 500

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field and CPA preferred
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in financial management, including supervisory experience
  • Proficiency in QuickBooks and Microsoft Office Suite
  • Strong knowledge of payroll systems and benefits administration
  • Experience with grants management and reporting
  • Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Salary:

  • $75,000-$80,000 per year / 40-hour work week / 9:00am – 5:00pm / Monday thru Friday

Benefits:

Holidays include Martin Luther King Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Black Friday.  We also offer paid leave from 12/24 thru 1/1 for full-time employees.

On Point also:

  • Covers 90% of the Health Insurance cost (individual or family plans)
  • Offers Dental and Vision Plans that are covered by the employee
  • Pays the premiums for a $10,000 Life Insurance Policy while employed
  • Offers an employer contribution to a 403B retirement plan (like 401K for non-profits) after the 1st year of service
  • Pays the membership fees for COSTCO or BJ’s
  • Covers AAA membership while employed
  • Reimburses mileage for work-related travel
  • Offers supplemental AFLAC healthcare plans and Dental plans (these are optional employee-paid programs)

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EOE Statement

On Point for College is committed to creating and supporting a diverse and inclusive work environment that is free of all forms of discrimination. This organization does not tolerate discrimination or harassment on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, parental status, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or veteran status.

We promote access, inclusion and diversity for all students, staff, and programs, believing that these qualities are foundational components in keeping with our mission. On Point is interested in candidates whose experience and qualifications support an ongoing commitment to this core quality.