Organization: Sustainability Solutions Group http://www.ssg.coop
Location: preferrably BC, Ontario, Quebec or Nova Scotia, but could
work from anywhere in Canada (see below)
Job purpose
Sustainability Solutions Group is seeking to hire a Financial Director
to work 2 days a week, with potential for increas
ed employment over
time. The Financial Director is responsible for overseeing and
organizing SSG’s finances and financial planning.
Qualifications
The candidate will have academic and 3 years experiential
qualifications in some or all of these areas: finance, commerce, MBA,
accounting, bookkeeping.
Duties and responsibilities
The Financial Director’s duties and responsibilities include the following:
Cash flow management and invoicing
• Prepare and issue invoices and maintain contact with clients on
financial aspects.
• Manage transactions with suppliers and customers.
• Monitor and manage accounts and report on cash flow.
• Banking.
Strategic
• Develop capitalization strategies with the Board.
• Oversee budgeting and financial goal setting.
• Support the development of key performance indicators (KPIs) for the
directors, members and staff.
Monthly financial analysis
• Oversee the close of month end by the 14th of the month.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial statements and KPIs, and
analysis of the results.
• Report to the Directors on monthly budgets and actuals, provide
further analysis and recommend actions.
• Provide a rolling 12 month cash flow projection.
• Participate in management team meetings, strategic planning,
business planning, etc.
• Prepare monthly report of all active projects.
Financial management
• Participate in preparation of financial projections in close
cooperation with SSG Directors.
• Collate annual projections and forecasts with SSG Directors.
• Develop, implement and monitor financial policies and procedures.
• Recommend and complete financial analysis and systems improvements.
• Manage the year end, including liaising with auditor.
• File taxes (including but not limited to Revenu Quebec, Revenue
Canada, HST, T4s).
• Model financial scenarios to inform management decisions when needed.
Admin
• Undertake general bookkeeping.
• Manage insurance and workers compensation documentation and accounts.
• Prepare and reconcile Payroll and T4 Remittances.
• Review and file contracts.
Software
SSG uses tools including Simply Accounting, Wagepoint, Google docs,
Excel, Harvest and Expensify so it is expected that the candidate
would continue to use these tools.
Qualifications and attributes
Qualifications include:
• Experience with financial management
• A commitment to continual improvement and best practice
• A high degree of self-motivation
• A high degree of competency in individual and team working arrangements
• Creativity and ability to think out of the box
• Ability to problem solve
• Flexibility to adapt to different levels of workloads and schedules
• Proficiency with bookkeeping
• Proficiency with financial management and reporting
• Experience with Simply Accounting, Excel and Google doc
• Familiarity with and enthusiasm for workers co-operatives
• Ability to work in a non-hierarchical environment
• Comfortability with working virtually
• Excellent communications skills
Working conditions
The Financial Director will work from home or a shared office (eg:
HiVE Vancouver). SSG staff and Directors work in Vancouver, Montreal,
Tatamagouche, NS, Bristol, UK and New York, thus proficient virtual
communications (ie: online) is required. The successful candidate can
work from their place of choosing.
Application submission instructions
Please send a cover letter and CV to:
Rebecca@ssg.coop
in PDF by midnight Eastern time, June 1, 2015.