Finance and Contract Manager

Reports to: Program Manager

Primary Purpose: Directs and oversees all the financial activities of the corporation, including preparation of current financial reports as well as summaries and forecasts for future business growth and general economic outlook. Provides strategic leadership for the company by working with the executive management team to establish long-range goals, strategies, plans, and policies.

Essential Functions:

• Directs the preparation of all financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets, reports to stakeholders, tax returns, and reports for government regulatory agencies.
• Oversees accounting departments, budget preparation and internal audit functions.
• Reviews reports to analyze projections of sales and profit against actual figures, budgeted expenses against final totals and suggests methods of improving the planning process as appropriate.
• Analyzes company operations to pinpoint opportunities and areas that need to be expanded, reorganized, downsized, or eliminated.
• Confers with President, Executive VP, VP of Sales, and company controller to coordinate and prioritize planning.
• Oversees financial inputs and cost modeling for competitive bid submissions
• Studies long-range economic trends and projects company prospects for future growth in overall sales and market share, opportunities for acquisitions or expansion into new product areas. Estimates requirements for capital, land, buildings, and increases in the work force.
• Supervises investment of funds; works with banks and/or investors to raise additional capital as required for expansion.
• Continual improvement of the budgeting process through education of department managers on financial issues impacting their budgets.
• Advise on financial implications of any contracts into which company may enter.
• Performs other duties as assigned or required.

Required Education/Experience: Masters Degree (MA) or equivalent requires CPA or equivalent and 10 years relevant experience, as well as experience in leadership positions. Must be proficient with MS Office and an accounting/financial recording computer program.. Must be detail-oriented and possess superior clerical/customer service skills. Must be able to follow written and oral instructions, and must be able to speak the English language in an understandable manner.