Accounting Manager

Nexus Family Healing is looking to hire an Accounting Manager to join our fantastic team! 

For more than 50 years, Nexus has empowered thousands of children, families, and adults to find hope and healing. What started in 1972 as a single program in Minnetonka, Minnesota has grown into a nationally recognized network across five states. As a progressive leader in youth and family mental health, we’re driven by a clear mission: to close gaps in care and create brighter futures for those we serve.

At Nexus Family Healing, we embrace diversity, promote equity, and foster inclusion. As a national mental health organization, we serve a diverse group of youth and families, and we strive for our workforce to support and represent that diversity.

Pay and Schedule:

• Full-time hybrid opportunity within Minnesota
• Starting salary range: $90,000-$100,000 annually

Nexus’ Comprehensive Benefits Include:

• Four weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment
• Multiple options for health insurance coverage
• No-cost life insurance
• Short/long-term disability insurance
• 401k match
• NEW - Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family
• NEW - Hinge Health Benefit for the whole family
• NEW – Carrot Fertility Benefit
• Tuition assistance and training opportunities
• Advancement pathways and internal promotion
• And much more!

Position Summary: Our Accounting Manager provides fiscal and general business office management by directing and monitoring the assigned business unit’s accounting functions, budgeting processes, and required fiscal reporting/support to the agency's Finance Director and the organization’s Home Office. 

Primary responsibilities:

Fiscal Strategy

• Ensures the fiscal integrity of the agency by managing all financial, accounting and business office functions under the direction of the Finance Director. 
• Provides consultation and guidance regarding the assigned business unit’s financial issues and/or inquiries to agency staff and Finance Director. Manages the accounting/financial function of the assigned business unit and ensures appropriate reporting to staff, as well as the home office. 
• Collaborates with the organizational leadership in the financial evaluation of growth opportunities and program expansions. 
• Plans, prioritizes, organizes and problem solves to effectively manage multiple projects and activities; responds to change in a flexible manger to meet the needs of the position, accounting department and business.  
• Provides consultation and guidance regarding agency financial issues. 
• Collaborates with the executive director, finance director, and the home office in the review processes of all internal and external contracts and/or agreements. 

Fiscal Leadership

• Builds an effective team through team building, communication, setting clear direction and expectations, outlining common goals and promoting shared accountability for clear and definitive outcomes and goals. 
• Collaborates with the home office, executive director, finance director, and department managers to develop the annual working budget for the agency. 
• Supervises general purchasing processes for the agency and monitor/approve expenditures for all departments, within established guidelines. 
• Leads the education processes of non-financial staff in understanding departmental finances and the budgeting process. 
• Ensures effective and appropriate usage of computer equipment and technical resources, and site compliance with all related company policies and legal requirements. 

 Agency, Financial Oversight

• Participates in the selection, onboarding and training of assigned staff; lead, coaches and develops assigned staff and provides ongoing performance feedback including annual performance evaluations.  
• Identifies areas of opportunity or risk that can inhibit team/staff development and facilities strategies to help achieve team goals; ensures responsibilities are covered when staff is absent. 
• Understands and ensure compliance with licensing, governmental and other regulatory entities. 
• Advances timely and accurate statistical reporting as required by state, federal or local agencies. 
• Carries out compliance with funding source rules and regulations relative to accounting and financial functions. f. Provides consultation and guidance on compliance issues. 
• Remains current on all company policies, assigned trainings and/or certification requirements; exhibits a high degree of ethical conduct, discretion and confidentiality while exemplifying professional behavior.  

 Required Education and Licensure:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field. 
• Minimum 3 years of relevant accounting experience.  
• Minimum of 1 year of supervisory experience. 
• Valid driver’s license required. Must meet state regulating agency and Home Office driving requirements 

Preferred Education and Experience:

• Minimum 5 years of relevant accounting experience.  
• Minimum of 2 year of supervisory experience. 
• Demonstrated competence with general ledger software preferred, and medical billing experience a plus. 
• Non-profit accounting experience. 

At Nexus Family Healing, our voices and actions are focused on recognizing, affirming and respecting people of every race, ethnic background, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, gender expression and faith.

Our ICARE Values:

• Innovation: Leading the way and implementing creative, cutting-edge ideas and approaches
• Compassion: Listening, honoring differences, and showing respect, kindness, empathy care, and concern
• Agility: Exhibiting flexibility and adapting quickly
• Responsiveness: Being quick, positive, and accurate
• Excellence: Demonstrating quality results that surpass ordinary standards

APPLY TODAY TO BE CONTACTED BY OUR RECRUITING TEAM! When you work at Nexus, you have the opportunity to change lives — including your own!