Director of Finance Job Description - First Nations Health Council

• Analyze cash flow, cost controls, and expenses to guide business leaders. Analyze financial statements
to pinpoint potential weak areas
• Establish and implement short- and long-range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating
procedures.
• In collaboration with the SMT developing and implementing investment strategies.
Accounting:
• Maintain the day to day control of financial activities for the FN Health Society
• Budgeting/Project analysis
• Oversee Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
• Develop a disaster recovery plan of financial records
• Manage monthly, quarterly and year end close
• Approve and coordinate changes and improvements in automated financial and management
information systems for the company
• Oversee the processing of revenue, expenditure, and position control documents, department
budgets, general ledger account maintenance and data entry.
• Monitor banking activities of the organization
• Initiate invoicing of funding organizations
• Oversee the performance of GL account analysis and reconciliations
• Attend to statutory compliance requirements as required
Financial & External Reporting:
• Oversee the management and coordination of all fiscal reporting activities for the organization
including: organizational revenue/expense and balance sheet reports, reports to funding agencies,
development and monitoring of organizational contract/program budgets.
• Coordinate the preparation of special analyses, and information reports to assist with decision making
processes
• Provide overall financial oversight monitoring and accounting practices
• Attend Senior Management, Board and Finance Committee meetings; including being the lead staff for
the external Audit.
• Prepare annual budget based on department programs and anticipated operations expense
• Prepare for and facilitate ad-hoc audits by governments or funding agencies
• Manage reporting and invoicing requirements of government funders
Contract and Procurement Management:
Manage and oversee the contracts and procurement management functions including:
Development and provision of all legal activities such as Letters of Engagement, contracts, and other
legal documents and agreements as requested by Sr. Management
Negotiation and management of all external and internal procurement (excluding HR/Operations) and
contracting arrangements
Ensure that all procurement and contracting activities are carried out in accordance with legislation,
Society’s policies and procedures and principles and best practices
Build and strengthen the existing contracting approaches and structural arrangements for contracting
Regularly monitor and review all contracts to ensure services are effective, meet requirements and
deliver required outcomes
Governance and Compliance:
• Interface with service agencies
• Develop effective financial controls and policies to meet growing needs of Society