Who We Are

At the Washington Association for Community Health, we bring community health centers together to collaborate and expand access to high-quality health care statewide. We help community health centers navigate state and federal policy, provide evidence-based health care, and problem solve as a group. Our services include workforce development programs, technical assistance and training, and policy advocacy.

We are committed to building a culturally diverse workplace and strongly encourage women, persons of color, LGBTQ individuals, veterans, persons with disabilities, and persons from other underrepresented groups to apply.

The Association is looking for a strong and highly professional individual capable of anticipating issues and addressing opportunities independently and effectively. This team player will hold the utmost standard of compliance and able to navigate communication styles between executive leaders and public leaders.

Position Summary

The Director of Finance is responsible for oversight of all strategic and tactical accounting and financial-related activities of the Washington Association for Community Health.

Essential Functions

• Establishes internal controls and guidelines for accounting transactions and budget preparation.

• Prepares business activity reports, financial forecasts, and annual budgets.

• Produces periodic financial reports; ensures that the reported results comply with GAAP or other financial reporting standards.

• Maintains full integrity of all revenues, ensuring organization policies and procedures, as well as state and federal laws and regulations, are followed.

• Oversees capital assets projects, ensuring organizational goals are being met.

• Compiles fiscal estimates and prepares fiscal reports as requested.

• Audits accounts to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations; coordinates with outside auditors and provides needed information for the annual external audit.

• Ensures compliance with accounting procedures through observation, supervision, and testing.

• Hire and oversee staff in the finance and accounting department, including giving directions and delivering periodical evaluation.

• Ensuring that all statutory requirements of the organization are met including taxation, and other legal requirements.

• Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Position Requirements

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Demonstrated competency in analyzing and interpreting organizational data to support accuracy, quality assurance, and improvement.

• Federal grant compliance and accounting experience.

• Ability to lead and manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.

• Knowledge, skill, and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a diverse variety of people, personalities, lived experiences and opinions.

• Excellent communication skills, both informal and formal communications, including listening, speaking, writing and facilitation of discussions where diverse opinions exist.

• Ability to think strategically and deliver technically.

• Ability to self-direct with a high degree of organization.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Business Administration.

• 5-7 years’ relevant finance management.

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Master’s degree in Accounting or Business Administration.
• Non-profit and government finance including grant funding sourcing.

Additional Requirements

• Must possess reliable and dependable transportation.

Work Environment

• Working indoors in an office setting.
• The Association supports hybrid models of work, both in person and remote.
• The hybrid model requires at least 2 days in the office.

Position Information:

FLSA: Full-Time Exempt

Salary Range: $96,500 to $125,400 DOEE

Location: Hybrid Olympia, WA

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance.
• Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance including supplemental Life Insurance.
• Eleven (11) paid holidays and three (3) Floating Holidays.
• 1.75 Paid Time Off (PTO) days accrued monthly (21 days annually) for the first year of employment (increasing one day per year of employment).
• 403(b) Retirement Plan Employer Contribution (following 90-day new employee probationary period) with three percent (3%) employer contribution).
• Technology subsidy.
• Wellness reimbursement.
• Family & Bereavement Leave.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Washington Paid Family & Medical Leave tax premiums.
• Washington Worker's Compensation Fund tax premiums.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. We reaffirm our collective commitment to a workplace free of unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation