Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Job Description

Finance Director

 

Function: Manage accounting and financial systems for nonprofit organization

 

Reports to: Executive Director

 

Responsibilities:

•         Prepare monthly financial reports for nonprofit corporation.

•         Supervise bookkeeper.

•         Work closely with bookkeeper to maintain bookkeeping processes including but not limited to accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, benefits and check requests.

•         Provide financial requirements of grant and contract applications and close-outs.

•         Review financial content of contracts.

•         Assess, develop and assist implementation of management, budgeting, bookkeeping and internal control systems.

•         Meet with Audit Committee on a regular basis to assess current cash flow and other accounting issues.

•         Maintain system of checks and balances.

•         Help establish and maintain budget controls for programs and administration.

•         Develop and maintain accurate and usable budgets for both operations and specific programs.

•         Provide input for the development of more effective accounting processes.

•         Work with external auditor for annual audit and tax return preparation.

•         Work with the executive director to ensure day-to-day financial operations are consistent with the long term direction of the organization.

•         Assist with Human Resource benefits and administration.

•         Review affiliated partnership company (Coral Street Arts House) financial statements and assist with annual audit and tax returns.

•         Assist with Investment Committee.

 

Qualifications and requirements:

•         Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree in a related field or additional training/certification in non-profit work is highly beneficial.

•         Minimum 3-5 years of accounting experience with a successful track record of reporting on funds from foundations, corporations and government sources.

•         Knowledge of accounting principals and procedures.

•         Ability to work independently, prioritize work, take initiative, manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.

•         Knowledge of Sage MIP.

•         Excellent interpersonal skills, flexibility and attention to detail.

 

Compensation:

Competitive salary with excellent benefits including health plan, long- and short-term disability

insurance, life insurance, paid vacation and 403 (b) retirement plan.

 

Application process:

Send cover letter and resume to Shanta Schachter, New Kensington CDC, 2515 Frankford Avenue,

Philadelphia, PA 19125, 215-427-1302 (fax), sschachter@nkcdc.org (e-mail).

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Tuesday, June 07, 2011

It’s not every day that visitors to the Pennsylvania Convention Center witness firsthand a community’s efforts to transform a vacant trash-strewn piece of land into a colorful community garden. But for visitors to this year’s Philadelphia International Flower Show, that’s exactly what was on display.

Through a partnership with the city’s Office of Housing and Community Development (OHCD), NKCDC showcased “From Blight to Blossom” at this year’s flower show, which took place the week of March 6th. Representing neighborhood revitalization, sustainability, and community partnerships, the exhibit recreated the transformation of a vacant lot in Kensington through simple gardening techniques undertaken by neighborhood youth. The exhibit, which featured hand-painted flower pots and a stepping stone path, was paid for by the Flower Show as part of it’s Backyard Challenge Entry Program. Children from Pop’s Playground worked with NKCDC to paint the stepping-stones, and students from H.A. Brown Elementary School’s OIC after-school program decorated the flower pots with colorful hand-prints.

According to Paul Chrystie, Director of Communications at OHCD, this exhibit was created to tell the story of how simple greening techniques can be used in inner-city neighborhoods, and to inspire others. “The benefits of greening aren’t just aesthetic and environmental, they’re also economic,” Chrystie explains. According to a 2005 study conducted by Wharton Professor Susan Wachter, the greening of vacant land in NKCDC’s service area has resulted in a 30% increase in value of adjacent lots.

NKCDC and OHCD have a long and successful partnership, including the support of NKCDC’s Vacant Land Management program through the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS)’s Philadelphia Green Program. Together with PHS, who each year organizes and hosts the Flower Show, NKCDC has transformed hundreds of vacant lots into green space since the program’s inception in 1995.

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

 

During the spring and summer months of 2010 students at H. A. Brown Elementary School oversaw the transformation of a derelict lot across from their school into a beautiful garden. Through an ongoing service-learning project with the Philadelphia OIC Out-of-School Time Program, NKCDC and Delaware Valley Earth Force, students at Brown became stewards of the garden at Sergeant and Jasper Streets.



The corner lot, which was once a garden not long ago, had fallen into disrepair. Trash and weeds had taken over, creating an eyesore for the  community. Brown students celebrated Earth Day this year by planting vegetables and perennials in newly created raised beds. “It was neat to see their faces when they dissected seeds and realized there was a little plant inside that would grow,” says Zoe Lloyd, NKCDC Vista Volunteer. Over the following weeks students also painted a mural and anti-litter signs and made a rock garden. Throughout the project students learned about the  environment, horticulture and where our food comes from.





“Turning an empty lot into a community treasure was really our theme for this project,” says Aisha Dennis of Philadelphia OIC. “With all the hands-on work these kids did, I really think that is exactly what they made here.”  A special Garden Party took place at H.A. Brown on June 3rd, where students performed a “Grow Green” skit they created in celebration of their new garden. With school out for the summer, community members and students from the neighborhood tended the garden until students returned in the fall. 



This project has been made possible by support of Woods Brothers, the NKCDC Garden Center, Memphis Taproom, Bella Sera and Quick Stop.