Vice President, Finance

Use your skills to transform your local community. Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina offers numerous career opportunities with competitive pay, excellent benefits, and the reward of knowing your hard work is helping others.

Why work for Goodwill?

Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina, Inc. (Goodwill) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC. We employ more than 1,100 team members who are dedicated to our mission of providing employment and training services that help people find jobs and reach financial stability. With 51 retail stores, 28 career centers, and dozens of attended donation centers across a 31-county territory, Goodwill is a complex enterprise offering a wide range of career opportunities.

At Goodwill, the work we do makes a difference in the lives of the individuals we serve and, in turn, in the community in which we live. Our business operations provide stability for our organization, which is not always enjoyed by nonprofit organizations solely funded by outside sources. Our employees enjoy excellent benefits and a unique work environment that is professional, fast paced, and fulfilling.

Our organization’s values shape our culture and guide our interactions with program participants, customers, and each other. Our shared commitment to Living the Mission; Promoting Teamwork; Driving Improvement; Taking Responsibility for Actions and Behaviors; and Respecting and Appreciating Others is what makes us successful and inspires us all that we do.

Want to learn more about Goodwill? Go to: www.goodwillnwnc.org.

Job Description

The Vice President of Finance is responsible for the strategic leadership, direction, and operation of accounting processes, financial analytics and reporting, forecasting, accounts payable, payroll and grant accounting for the organization and affiliates. As a trusted advisor and business partner, the Vice President of Finance will provide strategic counsel to leaders in support of the organizational objectives.

Essential Responsibilities

• Providing strategic leadership and operational oversight for Finance functional areas.
• Analyzing financial information to recommend or develop efficient use of resources and procedures, provide strategic recommendations on major contract negotiations/business expenditures/ business strategies, forecast future revenues/ expenditures, and provide advice/ support to other management team members.
• Managing and leading monthly and annual operating budgets, reports, debit financing, audits, ledgers, fixes assets and databases ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Building positive and effective relationships, gaining trust with leadership and throughout the organization.
• Leading and implementing short and long term strategic, operational plans and budgets, including annual objectives, goals, gaps, training, safety, and process improvements in support of the organization’s mission, vision, values, and strategic plans.
• Effectively lead talent strategy in area of responsibility to ensure high-performing, high-growth and engaged team.
• Communicating accounting policies, laws, standards, and government regulations across the organization.
• Conducting a continuing study of all finance and accounting operational policies, programs, and practices, recommending action based on new developments.
• Conducting risk management assessments throughout finance and accounting function, contributing to the development of a healthy and safe work environment.
• Partnering with IT and People teams to lead implementations, upgrades, development, and maintenance of HR’s technology systems.
• Developing employee relations practices to establish a positive employer-employee working environment.
• Mentoring and coaching direct reports to assist and challenge them to think through their strategic and operational plans.
• Creating and encouraging a great place for team members to work resulting in a sense of belonging and culminating in employer of choice.
• Working cross-functionally with all departments to identify cost savings initiatives and efficiencies to drive unit growth.
• Leading and/or sponsoring cross-functional projects in alignment with the organizational strategic plan.
• Evaluating industry and business trends for potential impact on operations.
• Recommending, evaluating, facilitating, and participating in employee and team development events throughout the organization.
• Representing the organization at various community, business, and civic functions to increase general visibility and awareness of Goodwill programs, services, and enterprises.
• Overseeing internal accounting audits and controls to ensure accuracy of information and that legal requirements are met.
• Leading monthly comparative reports to staff of actual budget quotas and periodically reports to Insurance, Wage and Hour Division of U.S. Department of Labor, Social Security Administration, State Government and Tax Returns.
• Preparing or ensuring preparation of balance sheet, profit, and loss Essential (Primary) statement and other reports through analysis of financial information detailing assets, liabilities, etc.
• Primary liaison with independent auditors during audits of annual financial statements, Money Purchase Pension Plan and 990 preparations.
  
  
  

Educational Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Business Management or a related field required. CPA strongly preferred. Master’s degree in business administration is preferred.

Qualifications

• Eight years of financial management experience, including auditing and designing internal controls and preparation of periodic and annual financial statements, required.
• Experience with operational financial budgeting and analysis.
• Proven leadership, with track record of leading complex organizations.
• Proven leadership in polices and decision making for an organization.
• Demonstrate effective leadership and management skills, including coaching, performance management, training and developing leaders and team members.
• Demonstrated proactive approach and ability to influence and communicate at all levels, as well as cross-functionally.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with financial and non-financial partners.
• Strong project management skills reflecting an ability to manage shifting priorities and handle numerous time-sensitive projects with multiple deadlines.
• Exceptional analytical and data gathering skills, logical decision making and troubleshooting skills with the ability to solve problems in a timely manner.
• Adept in project and system development for process improvement.
• Comfortable challenging the status quo to make an impact and drive change management.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
• Strong customer focus and consistently performs with a sense of urgency.
  
  
  

Benefits

Goodwill believes strongly in supporting our team members and offers excellent benefits, professional development, and opportunities for internal career growth. We are continuously looking for opportunities to expand our benefits program to accommodate the needs of our team members. While this list is not all-inclusive, some of the many benefits we offer to all employees are:

• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Money Purchase Pension Plan
• 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Free Telehealth
• Employee Referral Program
• Quarterly Incentive Programs (for all retail positions)
• Corporate Discount Programs
  
  
  

In addition, we offer the following benefits for our full-time team members working 30 or more hours per week:

• Medical Insurance
• Prescription Coverage
• Dental and Vision Coverage
• Flex Spending Accounts (Medical and Dependent Care)
• Short & Long-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement
  
  
  

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