Finance Director

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY:World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that is fighting for change that lasts, right here in the U.S. and across the globe. We bring sustainable solutions to the world’s greatest problems – disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. The organization is approximately 75 years old and has worked in over 100 countries around the world since its founding.  In the United States, we come alongside local churches, community organizations and hundreds of individual volunteers to support newly arriving refugee and other immigrant families. Today, we are proud to partner with over 6,000 local churches, and 95,000 volunteers globally to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable.
POSITION SUMMARY:Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten?  Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?
If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.
World Relief Quad Cities seeks a Finance Director to oversee and control all financial transactions, financial reporting, and budget development and execution in order to ensure financial stability of the Quad Cities office. The Finance Director oversees a team of Finance Specialists and serves on the Leadership Team.  

Role & Responsibilities

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Staff Supervision     
• Hire, onboard, train, supervise, and coach Finance staff 
•  Provide leadership to the team by holding one-on-one meetings with all direct reports, delegating duties and responsibilities, providing consistent and ongoing feedback and communication, and mentoring and coaching team members, supporting their professional development   
• Engage direct reports in annual performance management cycle including goal setting, quarterly progress check-ins, and annual performance evaluations     
• Address performance concerns proactively and manage disciplinary action as needed       
•  Revenue and Expense Accounting   
• Oversee and implement procedures for revenue to ensure timely, accurate, and controlled receipt and recording of funds received for the Quad Cities Office 
•  Oversee and implement procedures for expenses to ensure timely, accurate, and controlled cash disbursements, check payments, and credit card charges and the detailed recording of such expenditures for the Quad Cities Office 
•  Utilize an Organization software (Enterprise Resource Planning) for the processing of payments, detailed recording of expenditures, and generation of reports      
Program and Fiscal Budgets   
• Work closely with the Executive Director and Program Managers to create program budgets incorporating anticipated revenue, direct and indirect expenses, and other requirements as dictated by the program   
• Develop an annual fiscal budget with the Executive Director, incorporating active and projected program budgets, other anticipated revenue and expenses, and specific Home Office requirements   
• Update and distribute monthly Tracking Budget (Excel workbook that tracks actual income and expenses vs. budget) and meet quarterly with Executive Director and each Program Manager to ensure Programs are staying within budget   
• Function as primary liaison with Home Office on finance related issues, local financial institutions, and other entities as involvement or need arises   
  Internal Communication & Collaboration 
•  Actively participate on the Leadership Team of WRQC, attending meetings and collaborating about services/initiatives 
• Embody the mission, vision, and values of World Relief, setting an example for the office staff, volunteers, clients and churches and the community   
• Support the development of a strategic plan and clear, achievable goals, assuring that department and program goals and directions are consistent with the overall direction of the Quad Cities office   
• Support the creation and maintenance of a healthy office culture that fosters staff and missional growth   
Other duties as assigned by the office director     
• In partnership with Program Managers, create monthly invoices for various grants and run detailed expense reports for the submission of invoices to the various funders 
•  Maintain client expenses and generate reports as needed for the administration of Resettlement programs   
• Oversee the collection of payments from ILS clients 
• This role is responsible for supervising others and includes responsibilities consistent with supervising employees including but not limited to monitoring dai