Are you an outstanding financial strategist and collaborative leader? If so, we’re looking for someone like you to help us create a financial foundation that will help deliver on strategic initiatives and propel the organization forward.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer with a dotted line to the Chief of Staff, the Senior Director of Finance leads, directs, and oversees the financial health of the AANA.  As a senior level leader within the AANA, this role has overall accountability for financial strategy and operations and will be integral to the success of the AANA. All staff are expected to foster a workplace culture that promotes divergent thinking, openness, respect, trust and the desire to be epic.

MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Financial Strategy:

• Develop the Financial Strategy for the organization.

Financial Oversight:

• Direct, plan, develop, organize, implement, and evaluate the organization's fiscal function and performance.
• Oversee all financial results, profitability, capital expenditures, tax planning, ensuring compliance with all federal, state, local, payroll, and property taxes.
• Manage all key relationships with outside vendors that impact finance, including legal, accounting, auditor, and insurance vendor relationships. Coordinate and develop relationships with lending institutions.
• Oversee the annual plan and long-range plan and ensuring proper measurement, reporting and forecasting performance against both.
• Direct and ensure the development of supportive quantitative analytics for the organization.
• Attend and present at Board meetings.
• Responsible for staffing the Finance Committee including attending and presenting at Finance Committee meetings.

Leadership:

• Serve as the key financial ambassador to staff and volunteer leadership of the AANA.
• Provide timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial reports and financial trends in order to facilitate effective decision making at all levels of the organization.
• Provide technical financial advice and knowledge to all management in the organization.
• Collaborate with department managers and other leadership within the organization on budgeting and forecasting.
• Provide strategic financial input and leadership on issues affecting the organization; i.e., evaluation of potential investments.
• Provide strategic guidance around capital financing options to support company growth needs.
• Be an advisor from the financial perspective on any contracts into which the AANA may enter.
• Work cross-functionally on strategic initiatives and projects.
• Directly supervise the Controller, including feedback, goal-setting and performance management. 

Process:

• Continual improvement of the budgeting process through education of department managers on financial issues impacting department budgets.
• Evaluate the finance division structure and team plan for continual improvement of the efficiency and effectiveness of the group as well as provide individuals with professional and personal growth with emphasis on opportunities (where possible) of individuals.
• Enhance and/or develop policies and procedures of the organization that will improve the overall operation and effectiveness of the AANA.
• Other duties as assigned.