Job Description

Position Overview

Healthier Colorado is looking for a talented, motivated and organized Senior Director of Finance and Accounting to join our dynamic and growing team. This position reports to the CEO, and will be the point person for our financial operation. The duties associated with this position include cash forecasting, closing month end financials, management of our time and annual budgeting. Two positions report to the Senior Director of Finance and Accounting – the Finance and Operations Manager, who supports accounting and other organizational infrastructure, and the Community Director of Colorado’s Health Capitol, which is a collaborative workspace that is home to Healthier Colorado and over 40 other nonprofit organizations. This is a salaried position that requires work at our office in Denver in an in-office/remote hybrid scenario, and may occasionally require travel, and work on nights and weekends.

About Healthier Colorado

Healthier Colorado is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to raising the voices of Coloradans in the public policy process to improve the health of our state’s residents.
Healthier Colorado believes every Coloradan should have an equal opportunity to live a healthy life. Healthier Colorado aims to make meaningful changes to improve people’s health throughout our state’s diverse communities.

Healthier Colorado is the flagship, 501(c)(4) nonprofit entity in a family of separately branded organizations. The family includes The Fund for a Healthier Colorado, our 501(c)(3) sister organization; Healthy Air and Water Colorado, dedicated to addressing climate change for the sake of public health; Colorado’s Health Capitol, a collaborative workspace that is home to dozens of mission-aligned organizations; and Open Answer, a non-profit providing direct outreach and field strategy for mission-driven efforts in communities across Colorado.

Healthier Colorado runs both legislative and regulatory campaigns at the local, state, and federal levels of government, and engages in political candidate races at the local and state levels. We are the only health advocacy organization in the country that deploys the full range of political activity-from political giving and lobbying to grassroots organizing and running an in-house canvass to further our mission. Healthier Colorado believes informed voters are powerful participants in our democracy and that public policy is crucial to changing the lives of all Coloradans. Mixing politics and health is uncommon work, but we’re comfortable being different.

Position Responsibilities

Finance and Accounting Responsibilities

• Oversees all aspects of finance and accounting, including cash management, banking relationships, funding structure and financial planning and analysis.
• Collaborates with Senior Staff to lead our annual budget process.
• Ensure compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Maintains accurate records, including journals, ledgers, receipts and invoices.
• Manages our time and expense system to ensure efficiency and accuracy.
• Forecasts cash needs to enable movement of funds as needed and supports departmental needs for variance analysis.
• Runs bi-monthly payroll.
• Closes month-end financial statements for each of our organizations.
• Compiles monthly financial statements along with department/program reports for leadership.
• Grant management – able to assist grant managers in proper accounting for grant revenue and expenses.
• Presents to the boards of directors regarding financial matters as necessary.
• Works with an outside firm to smoothly facilitate our annual audit along with 990s and other required returns.
• Collaborates with senior management on issues regarding human resources, including onboarding employees and the provision of benefits.
• Supervises the Finance and Operations Manager, who supports the above activities, in a manner that promotes professional growth, personal happiness and alignment with organizational values.

Colorado’s Health Capitol Responsibilities

• Manages the overall operation of Colorado’s Health Capitol, with objectives that include a high level of satisfaction for our tenant partners and sound financial and operational performance.
• Supervises the Health Capitol’s Community Director, who is responsible for the daily management of the workspace.
• Collaborates with the Development Director on opportunities for grants and other fundraising.
• Collaborates with the Vice President of Communications & Advocacy regarding marketing and communications needs.
• Collaborates with the Community Director, CEO and Executive Vice President regarding programming, along with negotiations with new and existing tenants.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of accounting and finance experience, with non-profit experience preferred.
• Multi-year experience in budget management and financial forecasting.
• Experience working with multiple grants is desirable.
• Staff management experience.
• Bachelor’s or higher degree in accounting or finance is preferred, but work experience that has built equivalent expertise will be considered as well.

Preferred Competencies

• Can build and refine systems to meet the needs of dynamic organizations
• Keen attention to detail and accuracy of financial information
• Self-directed and results-oriented, handling multiple tasks and deadlines
• Clearly communicates expectations to reports and consistently provides constructive feedback
• Can ably manage change, as projects, grants and other needs evolve rapidly
• Excellent organizational, time management, and follow-through skills, as this is a deadline driven role
• Proactive and independent problem solver
• Ability to handle confidential information, including financial information, professionally
• Exceptional ability to communicate technical and financial information to individuals without a financial background
• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to interact effectively with all levels of management and staff
• Proficiency in Quickbooks, Google Suites, Insperity, Tallie
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

Compensation and Benefits

Compensation

Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. Salary range is $105,000 to $115,000 annually.

Benefits

Healthier Colorado offers a very generous benefits package. We value the opportunity for our employees to support their physical, mental, and social health as well as practice a work and life balance. Our benefits package includes:

• Health, vision, and dental insurance;
• Retirement plan (no match requirement);
• 20 days of PTO to start;
• Eight paid holidays;
• Professional development stipends;
• Wellness, parking and cell phone benefit reimbursed monthly; and
• Paid sabbatical after five years of employment

Healthier Colorado Non-Discrimination Policy

Healthier Colorado is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity in any term, condition or privilege of employment. Healthier Colorado does not discriminate in employment or advancement opportunities on the basis of race, sex, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, sexual orientation (including gender identity and gender expression), disability or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

We believe that traditional hiring practices have historically and systemically marginalized entire groups of people — including people of color, people from different socio-economic backgrounds, women, and people in the LGBTQIA+ community, to name a few. We believe that we are better as an organization when we work to deconstruct barriers and build a team that has authentic representation from diverse communities, backgrounds and beliefs. Hence, we strongly encourage qualified candidates from those mentioned, as well as other marginalized communities, to apply for roles within our team.

How to Apply

Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 100,000 and above.

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