Terch & Associates LLC
Location
Duluth, MN | United States
Job description
Assistant Director of Finance
Terch and Associates Consulting on behalf of Churches United in Ministry (Chum) is seeking a nonprofit accountant to serve as the Assistant Director of Finance.
About the Organization
Chum is a charity founded to provide local help to the members of our community who need it the most and is governed by 40 Duluth area faithbased congregations. Chum works to provide emergency shelter and medical attention to the unhoused to provide food to the hungry to address social issues through outreach and advocacy and to provide longterm housing solutions to those affected by our housing shortage.
Chum helps over 8000 people per year: a number equal to about 10% of the population of Duluth. Among other properties Chum operates the Chum DropIn Emergency Shelter the Chum Clinic two food shelves the Steve O Neil and St. Francis Apartment buildings and has plans for large development and capital investment projects in the near future.
Outside of its properties Chum provides street outreach to those who cannot or will not enter shelter to help them meet their basic needs overcome barriers and stabilize their housing to reduce the need for law enforcement intervention. Finally Chum s advocacy is aimed at making stays in its emergency shelter short and nonreoccurring by engaging with statewide partners and lawmakers to achieve support services and permanently affordable housing for all in need.
To achieve this noble mission Chum receives funding from its member congregations; charitable individuals in our region; foundations and other grantors; and the local state and federal government. Because of the wide variety of funding and the diverse ways through which Chum supports its neighbors it takes a consummate accounting professional to ensure it all runs smoothly.
About the Role
The Assistant Director of Finance is an accounting role which learns from and supports the Director of Finance to ensure appropriate segregation of duties and succession planning. The Assistant Director of Finance also shares responsibility in every accounting and financial duty including:
Requirements
To fill this role we re seeking an accountant with some exposure to those duties in a nonprofit environment and a desire to advance their career. There are some differences between nonprofit and forprofit accounting and so applicants from a forprofit environment should be prepared for substantial learning opportunities.
The ideal candidate will:
To Apply
Please submit a resume cover letter and three professional references anywhere this position is shared or on the careers page of
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