Director, Finance

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At Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge, every role matters in helping people overcome addiction and find a new path forward. Whether you’re working directly with clients or supporting behind the scenes, your contributions make recovery possible. In return, we offer a values-driven workplace, supportive managers, and opportunities to grow. That commitment has earned us recognition from Newsweek as a Best Addiction Treatment Center and seven straight Star Tribune Top Workplace awards.

The role requires regular on-site attendance in the Minneapolis office at least three days per week, including required in-office attendance each Wednesday, consistent with operational needs

Job Summary
Provides strategic and operational leadership, financial planning and analysis for Minnesota Adult & Teen Challenge's budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and analytics. This role partners with senior leadership to support sound financial decision-making and ensure timely and accurate reporting.
The Finance Director directly supervises the Financial Analyst, developing finance team members while strengthening financial processes that support MnTC’s mission, long-term goals, and operational accountability.

Essential Job Responsibilities:

Budgeting and Forecasting

• Lead the annual budget process in partnership with senior leadership and department leaders.
• Develop financial forecasts that identify trends, operational risks, staffing impacts, program
  needs, and actions required to achieve organizational goals.
• Complete quarterly reforecasts and communicate material changes, assumptions, and recommended actions to senior leadership.
• Maintain metric-driven budget drivers that support reliable projections for revenue, expenses, staffing, utilization, and program performance.
• Provide financial modeling for new initiatives, program changes, funding shifts, and capital investments.

Financial Reporting and Analysis

• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports for leadership, governance, and operational decision-making.
• Lead financial performance reviews with senior and departmental leadership, including budget to-actual results, variances, trends, and corrective actions.
• Perform financial analysis as directed by the Finance Committee, President, and SVP of Finance, including pro forma, return-on-investment, cost, and sustainability analyses.
• Translate financial and operational data into actionable recommendations that support company priorities, Scorecard metrics, issue resolution, and organizational accountability.

Management and Supervision

• Lead the daily operations, workflows, and service standards for the Finance team.
• Set team priorities that support MnTC’s long-term goals, financial stewardship, program operations, and organizational accountability.
• Supervise, coach, and develop staff through clear expectations, regular feedback, training, and performance accountability.
• Strengthen cross-functional partnerships with accounting, program, development, operations, and executive leadership teams to improve financial clarity, accountability, and decision-making.

Required Skills & Experience (Minimum Qualifications):

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting,
• CPA or equivalent experience strongly preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive accounting, finance, or financial management experience, preferably within a nonprofit healthcare, behavioral health, human services, and/or multi-site organization.
• Minimum of 2 years of leadership experience with direct supervision of staff or managers.
• Demonstrated experience within finance and/or accounting operations, preferably for a nonprofit healthcare, behavioral health, or social services setting.
• Strong understanding of nonprofit financial management, fund accounting, grant accounting, internal controls, financial reporting, and budgeting principles.
• Advanced proficiency in financial reporting systems, ERP/accounting software, Microsoft Excel, and business intelligence tools.
• Proven leadership experience managing, coaching, developing, and holding finance team members accountable for performance and organizational outcomes.
• Ability to analyze financial and operational data and translate findings into actionable improvements.
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to partner effectively with finance, clinical, and admissions teams.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate financial information effectively to executive leadership and stakeholders.
• High level of accuracy, organization, and integrity in handling sensitive financial and client data.
• Ability to successfully complete background check.
• Demonstrate MnTC’s mission, Culture of Honor, core values, and Putting Honor in Action principles through daily interactions, fostering a welcoming, respectful, and relationship centered environment.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 10 pounds at a time.
• This position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement upon successful completion of training and demonstration of independent job performance.

Target Compensation Range (Negotiable based on Qualifications):

$85,000/year - $95,000/year

Our robust benefits package includes medical, HSA, dental, vision, PTO, dependent care FSA, disability, life insurance and 403b retirement plan.

We seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool in order to successfully meet our mission of helping every Minnesotan find help and healing from addiction. 

Mn Adult & Teen Challenge is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate based on any category protected by federal, state or applicable laws.

Reasonable accommodation can be provided upon request.