Director of Finance

Vision: Helping generations thrive, neighborhood by neighborhood

Mission: Sharing God’s love by walking with children cradle to career, supporting their families, and engaging in neighborhood transformation

Core Values: Christ Centered | Strategic Relentlessness | Nurturing Dignity | Excellence | Life Together

Position Title: Director of Finance

Reports to: Executive Director

Job Type/ Classification: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt

Compensation: $70,000/yr

Position Summary: Dream Center Evansville exists to help generations thrive, neighborhood by neighborhood, by sharing God’s love through walking with children cradle to career, supporting their families, and engaging in neighborhood transformation.

The Director of Finances provides strategic, mission-aligned financial leadership to ensure Dream Center Evansville operates with excellence, integrity, and long-term sustainability. This role serves as the organization’s internal final control system builder, strengthening financial infrastructure, ensuring GAAP compliance, safeguarding assets, and building systems that protect and advance Dream Center’s mission.

The Director of Finances collaborates across all departments and works closely with the Executive Director, Finance Committee, auditors, and third-party accounting partners. This role also partners closely with Human Resources for payroll oversight and personnel-related financial processes, and represents Dream Center Evansville in vendor relationships connected to facilities, grounds, fleet, rental properties, and physical and digital infrastructure.

The Director of Finances pursues the strongest possible financial position for Dream Center through people-minded processes that place mission above all.

Principal Responsibilities:

1. Financial Strategy & Stewardship

• Lead annual budgeting and multi-year financial planning in partnership with the Executive Director, the Board of Directors, and team leads.
• Provide financial forecasting, scenario planning, and analysis to guide strategic decision-making.
• Monitor organizational performance against budget and provide variance analysis and recommendations.
• Oversee reserve strategy, liquidity planning, and long-term sustainability planning.
• Promote disciplined stewardship aligned with mission and board-approved financial policies.

2. Accounting Systems, Controls & Compliance

• Oversee implementation and maintenance of GAAP-compliant accounting systems.
• Serve as the organization’s internal control system builder, ensuring appropriate segregation of duties, safeguards, and accountability structures.
• Oversee accounting operations including payables, receivables, payroll (in partnership with HR), and financial reporting.
• Supervise internal finance staff and serve as liaison to the third-party accounting firm.
• Coordinate annual audit preparation and ensure audit readiness.
• Oversee IRS Form 990 preparation and filing.
• Ensure compliance with nonprofit accounting standards, regulatory requirements, and board financial policies.

3. Treasury & Asset Management

• Oversee treasury management, banking relationships, and cash flow forecasting.
• Maintain oversight of multiple revenue streams and funding types within a $2.4M+ annual operating budget.
• Develop and manage systems for stewardship of organizational assets including facilities, vehicles, equipment, and capital improvements.
• Monitor risk exposure and recommend policies that protect financial and physical assets.

4. Grant & Revenue Financial Oversight

• Oversee financial management of grants and restricted funds, ensuring accurate tracking and compliance.
• Collaborate with Development and Program teams to support responsible deployment of funds.
• Provide timely financial reports for leadership, the Board, and funders.
• Support revenue forecasting and financial modeling aligned with fundraising strategy.

5. Infrastructure & Vendor Stewardship

• Oversee the care and maintenance of our buildings and grounds. Manage and supervise the work of the Building and Grounds Maintenance Worker.
• Represent Dream Center Evansville in vendor relationships related to facilities, grounds, and operational infrastructure.
• Provide financial oversight of fleet management, kitchen operations, and rental properties to ensure sustainability and compliance.
• Oversee financial aspects of capital improvement planning and major contracts.
• Ensure compliance with insurance, safety, and regulatory requirements tied to organizational assets.

6. Board & Leadership Partnership

• Prepare clear, timely financial reports for the Executive Director and Finance Committee of the Board of Directors.
• Present financial insights and risk analysis in a professional, strategic manner.
• Support board-level fiduciary oversight through transparency and proactive communication.
• Strengthen financial literacy across departments to reinforce shared stewardship.

Job Specifications Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field required.
• 5–7 years of nonprofit finance or accounting experience required.
• CPA or advanced accounting credentials preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-revenue nonprofit budgets and audits.
• Strong understanding of GAAP and nonprofit regulatory compliance.
• Proficiency in QuickBooks and financial reporting systems.
• Professional presence and ability to engage effectively with board members, auditors, and executive leadership.
• Commitment to Dream Center Evansville’s core values: Christ-Centeredness, Strategic Relentlessness, Nurturing Dignity, Excellence, and Life Together.
• Models behavior that is consistent with Christ’s teaching.
• Has a personal saving relationship with Jesus Christ.

Access to Benefits Including But Not Limited To:

• Taxable Wage Increase for Marketplace Health Insurance Plans
• Simple IRA with 3% Employer Match
• Voluntary Supplemental Benefits
• Group Short-Term Disability Benefits
• Employee Gym Membership
• Deaconess EAP & Clinic At Work
• IYI First Stop Health
• Vacation & Sick PTO
• 15 Paid Holidays per Year

Conditions of Employment:

• Pass a Department of Motor Vehicles background check and hold a valid driver’s license.
• Criminal background check must show no conviction of a felony or misdemeanor crime including, but not limited to abuse, drugs or alcohol, neglect, theft or fraud.

Education Requirements:

Bachelors in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration and/or related work and volunteer experience.

Dream Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Dream Center Evansville to provide equal opportunity in employment to all employees and applicants for employment. No person will be discriminated against in employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal or state law.

This job description is designed to provide guidelines and direction for accomplishing program, organizational, regional and individual goals and objectives. It covers the primary responsibilities and activities involved in the effective execution of this position. It is not meant to be all encompassing or all-inclusive.

Dream Center Evansville Statement of Faith

The Bible: We believe that the Old and New Testament Scriptures, given by inspiration of God, contain all truth necessary for faith and Christian living (2nd Timothy 3:16).
God: We believe in one God, eternally existing in three distinct persons: The Father, The Son, and The Holy Spirit.
Jesus: We believe that Jesus Christ, the Second Person of the Triune Godhead, eternally one with the Father, became a man by the Holy Spirit and was born of the Virgin Mary, fully God and fully man. Jesus, though sharing in our humanity completely, lived a perfect and sinless life. (John 6:35, John 14:6, Philippians 2:5-7, Colossians 1:15-20, John 1:1-3, Luke 22:66-71, John 5:14-18).
Salvation: All have sinned and the wages of sin is death. We believe that because of God’s divine love for us, Jesus Christ, by His suffering, the shedding of His blood, and His death on the cross, made a payment in our place for all human sin, and that this sacrifice is the only ground of salvation.