Director, Accounting

As the Director of Accounting at Catalight, you will be responsible for overseeing all daily accounting operations and financial reporting for a family of non-profit companies, including Catalight Care Services, Easterseals Northern California and Easterseals Hawaii. This role involves directing the preparation of financial statements in compliance with GAAP and nonprofit healthcare standards. You will also manage month-end and year-end close processes, supervise a team of accounting managers and staff, and serve as the key contact for annual audits. This is an opportunity for an experienced financial leader to drive process improvements and help a mission-driven organization address complex societal problems, such as healthcare access, and to create a more equitable world.

Core Responsibilities & Essential Job Functions

• Oversee daily accounting operations, including general ledger, accounts payable/receivable, and grants accounting.
• Direct and review the preparation of accurate and timely monthly financial statements in accordance with GAAP and nonprofit healthcare standards.
• Manage the month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
• Implement and monitor internal controls to safeguard assets and ensure compliance with policies and regulations.
• Serve as key contact for annual audit activities, supporting the preparation of audit schedules, Form 990, and other required filings.
• Ensure compliance with Uniform Guidance and grant reporting requirements.
• Partner with the Finance leadership and operations leaders on budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning.
• Supervise and mentor accounting managers and staff, fostering a high-performance and collaborative culture.
• Recommend process improvements and support financial system enhancements to improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Oversee financial systems, recommending and implementing process improvements and technology upgrades to optimize efficiency and accuracy.
• Ensure the organization has strong financial systems capable of supporting multiple funding streams, complex grant tracking, and donor reporting.

Qualifications

Minimum Education, Experience & Training Equivalent to:

We believe that individuals with a diverse range of experiences may be well suited for this role. While we strive to minimize education and experience requirements because we recognize that such barriers have historically excluded talented individuals, we want to be transparent that this position does require a bachelor’s degree and CPA designation due to the nature of its responsibilities. This role is best suited for someone with demonstrated expertise in financial leadership. The ideal candidate will bring substantial progress experience in accounting, a proven ability to lead complex financial functions and teams, and a background in healthcare financial management. Experience managing external audits and ensuring regulatory compliance is also essential.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field required; Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation required.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, nonprofit accounting, and healthcare compliance requirements.
• Proficiency in accounting and reporting systems (e.g., Workday, NetSuite, Adaptive Planning, Power BI, Tableau, Excel).
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage audits, and drive process improvement.

Knowledge & Skills:

Community oriented:

• Seeks to understand the underlying needs, desires, and values of colleagues.
• Proactively builds spaces for others to engage in learning and doing.
• Appreciates and demonstrates collaboration across teams.
• Serves as a role model, bringing our core values to life in your work.
• Works well with employees at any level of employment.

Equity informed:

• Knowledge of multiple historically excluded groups with subject matter knowledge in I/DD (intellectual and developmental disability) communities.
• Interest in working with and elevating employee needs.
• Approaches work with a growth mindset, welcome feedback, and understand that humans all have biases and are imperfect as a baseline.

Bold:

• Challenges the status quo in service of creating advocacy informed systems and external partnerships.
• Experience coaching, facilitating, or working in advocacy spaces.
• Navigates ambiguity with an excitement for problem solving.
• Effectively manages programs from visioning to implementation + impact measure.
• Commitment to meet agreed upon deadlines on time or ahead of schedule.
• Transparent on action, pursuits, and outcomes.

Wellbeing driven: