Chief Development Officer - Higher Ed. oversees the development program for a college or university. Develops goals and strategies for all fundraising, public relations, and alumni relations. Being a Chief Development Officer - Higher Ed. may require a master's degree. Typically reports to a top executive officer. The Chief Development Officer - Higher Ed. manages a departmental function within a broader corporate function. Develops major goals to support broad functional objectives. Approves policies developed within various sub-functions and departments. Comprehensive knowledge of the overall departmental function. To be a Chief Development Officer - Higher Ed. typically requires 8+ years of managerial experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
GENERAL FUNCTION:
Under the immediate supervision of the CEO, executes and manages the financial and accounting processes for a smaller, established, and growing company in the Columbia, SC metropolitan area. The person will have the ability to architect teams, process, and structure to support growth. The CFO must have ability to navigate and support our efforts to obtain capital to grow. Initial title would be Controller with a desire to see the selected person promoted to Chief Financial Officer. Included would be a 33 – 50% bonus potential, car allowance, and cell phone expense. Benefits are available immediately as well.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
Finance / Accounting
· Oversees accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash requirements and check processing.
· Handles and reconciles all checking accounts and credit card accounts.
· Participates in period-end closing process.
· Prepares and maintains internal reporting.
· Tracks and reports on operational performance benchmarks and actual results for weekly scorecard. Performs trend analysis on bench marking data.
· Maintains internal accounting controls to ensure professional and secure handling of company’s finances.
· Serves as finance office liaison with closing attorney, contract administrator and customers for deposits, wires, HUD postings, etc.
· Manages the accounting software for the company.
· Creates, manages, and continually improves the rebate program with company vendors.
· Responsible for the prototyping process, VPO’s, change orders and uploading job-specific POs to QuickBooks.
Executive Oversight
SKILL REQUIREMENT:
· Strong interpersonal skills to articulate and professionally handle communication with customers, employees and vendors and treat all stakeholders with respect and consideration.
· Accounting and Finance ability to maintain accurate records, schedules, and financial statement accuracy.
· Computer aptitude and willingness to learn to process needed data and to communicate via reports, spreadsheets, and other written communication.
· Ability to hold confidential information that is proprietary to the management of the company.
ACCOUNTABILITY MEASUREMENTS:
· Timeliness in processing cost adjustments and ancillary worksheets to management for decision making.
· Net operating profitability at goal with a sliding scale
· HR systems in place for quarterly growth review and incentive program calculations complete for each position.
· Cash management skills to control interest expense to goal and to ensure interest income form cash float to goal or better with a sliding scale measurement.
· Leverage of Capital to support growth.
SUPERVISES: Admin, Accounting, HR
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