Chief Financial Officer Tribal Government

Tribal Government Chief Financial Officer CFO
Finance
  About the job: Serve as a senior leader on the Executive Team and provide visionary financial leadership as well as general business partnerships with internal and external stakeholders. The CFO exercises general administrative direction and control over the Tribal Government accounting functions to maintain and improve the Tribe’s financial soundness; control cash flow and expenditures; and provide accurate accounting information and financial control data in accordance with internal controls, and all applicable tribal, state, and federal gaming regulations. Monitor and manage the continued development and efficiency of investment accounts for compliance with the Investment Policy Statement (IPS) guidelines. Assures compliance with Minors’ Trust Distribution Ordinance and Revenue Allocation Plan. This role will have multiple external partnerships and collaboration with all Tribal entities i.e. Gaming, Gaming Commission, Business Development Corporation, etc. The CFO is expected to maintain strict confidentiality of privileged information and to perform all duties and responsibilities necessary to meet the goals and objectives of the Forest County Potawatomi Community.   Here’s what you’ll be doing:

• Function as a trusted business partner with the Executive Council, Department Administrators and other business leaders serving the Forest County Potawatomi Community.
• Oversee financial and accounting system controls and standards and ensures timely financial and statistical reports; advise the Executive Council with respect to financial reporting, planning, practices, financial stability and liquidity and financial growth.
• Develop financial and tax strategies as well as performance measures that are consistent with strategic goals and objectives.
• Maintain relationships with community, financial institutions, and the investment community.
• Establish major financial objectives and policies; direct the preparation of reports that detail financial position in the areas of income, expenses, and earnings based on past, present, and future operations.
• Develop and monitor capital budgets. Oversee debt service, owner-direct purchasing, and draw requests.
• Manage short-term and money market investments. Oversee the purchasing of money market or short-term investment through authorized money desk services; purchase or sell money market or short-term investments to satisfy IPS guidelines for custody accounts.
• Responsible for overall Risk Management including applicable property and liability insurance.
• Direct the implementation of strategic business and/or operational plans, projects, programs, and systems; ensures effective internal controls, optimum efficiencies, improvement of processes, and compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards (GAS).
• Monitor the Minors’ Trust for compliance with the distribution ordinance and IPS guidelines.
• Prepare and review proformas and budgets of new and existing operations; recommend annual budget for Council approval; achieve the financial objectives of FCP by exercising control and implementation over the budgetary processes of all facilities and capital budgets.
• Review activity reports and financial statements to determine progress and status in attaining objectives; revises objectives and plans in accordance with current conditions.
• Oversee external audits; responds and corrects any deficiencies.
• Oversee and/or coordinate collection, completion, and analysis of program activity data; develop, write, and present comprehensive statistical and narrative program reports.
• Serves on FCPC Investment Committee.
• Serves as Chairman of the CFO Work Group (comprised of all Tribal entities CFOs)
• Oversee and improve senior Finance management's effectiveness by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, coaching, counseling, and disciplining senior managers; communicating values, strategies, and objectives; assigning accountabilities; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; developing a climate for offering information and opinions; integrating functional objectives; providing and participating in educational opportunities.
• Contribute to FCPC’s effectiveness by offering information and opinion as a member of the executive management team
• Host regular staff meetings to ensure accurate and effective communication.
• Continued development of Finance and Accounting team members in accordance with the Forest County Potawatomi Community Tribal Preference Policy.
• Ensure that qualified Forest County Potawatomi Community Members be placed in training positions to manage all tribal departments and enterprises and to