Finance Director

About the role

The Finance Director oversees and directs treasury, budgeting, audit, tax, accounting, purchasing, payroll, and insurance activities for the organization. They also manage the Financial Services Department team and ensure compliance with various regulations.

Responsibilities

• Plans, directs, and administers Department planning, budgeting, and operations.
• Oversees and directs treasury, budgeting, audit, tax, accounting, purchasing, payroll, and insurance activities for the organization.
• Directs and supervises MCCMH Finance Department team members.
• Ensures compliance with the Michigan Behavioral Health System, costing and cost allocation methods, system budget development and forecasting, healthcare analytics, managed care rules and regulations, and outcome-based funding development and implementation.
• Develops, tracks, and budgets projections for Federal, State, and local grants and funding.
• Audits contracts, orders, and vouchers, and prepares reports to substantiate individual transactions prior to settlement.
• Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local fund sources and their rules and regulations; governmental accounting; the Code of Federal Regulations; Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) compliance audits; and single audit expectations and guidelines.
• Works on problem solving with program directors, agency supervisors, contract agency directors and State directors.
• Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare and/or review entries to general ledger accounts, documenting business transactions across all transaction cycles.
• Reviews and authorizes agency accounts payable voucher payments in claims payments for multiple funding streams.
• Operates an automobile to perform assigned job functions.

Requirements

• Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field, with five (5) years of experience in financial and management information systems administration within a large organization, and three (3) years of experience in staff supervision and management.
• Preferred Education and Experience: Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field, previous experience working in a Pre-paid Inpatient Health Plan (PIHP) or Community Mental Health Service Program (CMHSP), experience in financial operations of a behavioral health organization providing direct service to individuals, and experience working with Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) funding and the associated clinical service delivery model.

Qualifications

• Licenses or Certifications: Possession of a valid Michigan driver’s license and operable, insured automobile for authorized travel.
• Knowledge: Cash flow, allowable investments for governments under State law, and best practices around cash/treasury management and disbursements; Financial statements for governments and ability to prepare understandable, actionable information based on financial results; Governmental accounting standards and best practices (GAAP, GASB); Public sector budgeting, financial reporting, grant management, and auditing; Applicable computer applications; Billing practices for Medicaid, Healthy Michigan, and other funding sources; Third-party insurance procedures and requirements; Medicare insurance procedures and requirements; American Physicians Association CPT and HCPC code definitions and uses; Michigan Mental Health Code and provided services; Financial information on patient resources; Credit collection laws and procedures.
• Skills: Communication to speak to a variety of audiences and convey complex financial concepts; Using good professional judgement and initiative; Assigning, prioritizing, monitoring, and reviewing work assignments; Strong written and verbal communication; Problem-solving Ability; To Implement large and complex reporting models required by the State of Michigan and Federal regulations; This includes, but is not limited to, multiple financial status reports (FSR) submissions, encounter quality initiative (EQI) reports, CCBHC cost reports and related supplemental documents; Merge costing and grant requirements in the 2 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 200 and the State-mandated standard cost allocation model; Collaborative: Approaches all situations with a teamwork and solution focused mindset demonstrated through active participation in meetings, volunteering to assist teammates and other departments as appropriate; Examples include participation in internal and external committees, subcommittees, process improvement groups or other multi-organizational initiatives; Accountable: Takes ownership and empowers others to do the same, as evidenced by identifying solutions and acting on job responsibilities and organizational objectives, daily; Respectful: Treats people with dignity while honoring individual differences demonstrated through use of positive and encouraging statements and/or interactions to, about and/or with colleagues and persons served; evidenced by supervisor observation, feedback from other department staff, and leadership; Engages effectively with diverse communities; interact with people in an inclusive manner that respects cultural and socio-economic differences; Work in an environment which embraces the county’s Dignity Campaign; Effectively speak, write, and understand the English; Effectively speak, write, and understand a language other than English is preferred; Understand and carry out oral and/or written instructions; Accurately organize and maintain paper documents and electronic files; Maintain the confidentiality of information; Work independently.

Pay

$97,449.67 - $126,043.03

Schedule

Full-time (37.5 hours per week) position. The starting time for this position is currently 8:30 a.m.