Finance Director, Macomb County Community Mental Health

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CLASSIFICATION TITLE:

Finance Director, Macomb County Community Mental Health

SALARY:

$97,449.67 - $126,043.03

DEPARTMENT:

Community Mental Health

Opening Date:

09/17/2026

Closing Date:

When Position is Filled

FLSA STATUS: Exempt

EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP: At-will

CURRENT HOURS AND STARTING TIME: Full-time (37.5 hours per week) position. The starting time for this position is currently 8:30 a.m.

GENERAL SUMMARY

Under direction, directs and supervises financial planning and accounting practices, as well as financial relationships with funders and contracted providers for Macomb County Community Mental Health (MCCMH) . Finance services include the development and monitoring of all revenue and expenditure budgets necessary for the operation of all MCCMH service programs.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Plans, directs, and administers Department planning, budgeting, and operations, including development of goals, objectives, and performance measures.

Oversees and directs treasury, budgeting, audit, tax, accounting, purchasing, payroll, and insurance activities for the organization.

Directs and supervises MCCMH Finance Department team members.

Establishes, modifies, documents, and coordinates the implementation of the procedures and systems necessary to maintain proper records and to afford adequate accounting controls and services.

Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare entries to general ledger accounts, documenting business transactions.

Analyzes financial information detailing assets, liabilities, and capital, and prepares balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports to summarize current and projected company financial position.

Reports to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the MCCMH board forecasts that provide financial analysis and funding trends that lead to data-driven decisions that support operations and secure quality service delivery reports.

Audits contracts, orders, and vouchers, and prepares reports to substantiate individual transactions prior to settlement.

Oversees the compliance and quality of contracts, orders, and vouchers, and prepares reports to substantiate individual transactions prior to settlement.

Ensures compliance with the Michigan Behavioral Health System, costing and cost allocation methods, system budget development and forecasting, healthcare analytics, managed care rules and regulations, and outcome-based funding development and implementation.

Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local fund sources and their rules and regulations; governmental accounting; the Code of Federal Regulations; Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) compliance audits; and single audit expectations and guidelines.

Develops, tracks, and budgets projections for Federal, State, and local grants and funding.

Directs continuous evaluation and review of budgetary and accounting methods and procedures to ensure compliance with administrative and legislative requirements.

Assures that all Federal, State, and county financial reporting requirements are met.

Ensures the financial program development is in the submission of all State and Federal grant requests.

Serves as a liaison with the MDHHS and County Finance Department regarding financial issues.

Works on problem solving with program directors, agency supervisors, contract agency directors and State directors.

Directs continuous evaluation and review of budgetary and accounting methods and procedures to ensure compliance with administrative and legislative requirements.

Serves as liaison with auditors for the MCCMH financial statements.

Attends routine meetings and collaborates with other Community Mental Health Service Program (CMHSP) and Pre-paid Inpatient Health Plan (PIHP) organizations.

Maintains regular communication with vendors and stakeholders and manages the collection, organization, and distribution of relevant reports and data.

Works with the provider network and contracts to ensure that financial requirements related to administrative and contracted service providers are met including advising internal teams and working with external providers on rate development.

Ensures provider claim payments comply with contracts and policies that incorporate outbound billing to third parties and claim submission compliance with those contracts and requirements.

Compiles and analyzes financial information to prepare and/or review entries to general ledger accounts, documenting business transactions across all transaction cycles.

Reviews and authorizes agency accounts payable voucher payments in claims payments for multiple funding streams.

Operates an automobile to perform assigned job functions.

Performs related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field

Five (5) years of experience in financial and management information systems administration within a large organization

Three (3) years of experience in staff supervision and management

Previous mental health or related human services experience

Preferred Education and Experience

Master’s degree from an accredited college or university in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field

Previous experience working in a Pre-paid Inpatient Health Plan (PIHP) or Community Mental Health Service Program (CMHSP)

Experience in financial operations of a behavioral health organization providing direct service to individuals

Experience working with Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) funding and the associated clinical service delivery model

Required Licenses or Certifications

Possession of a valid Michigan driver’s license and operable, insured automobile for authorized travel

COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE OF JOB DUTIES

Knowledge of:

Cash flow, allowable investments for governments under State law, and best practices around cash/treasury management and disbursements

Financial statements for governments and ability to prepare understandable, actionable information based on financial results

Governmental accounting standards and best practices (GAAP, GASB)

Public sector budgeting, financial reporting, grant management, and auditing

Applicable computer applications

Billing practices for Medicaid, Healthy Michigan, and other funding sources

Third-party insurance procedures and requirements

Medicare insurance procedures and requirements

American Physicians Association CPT and HCPC code definitions and uses

Michigan Mental Health Code and provided services

Financial information on patient resources

Credit collection laws and procedures

Skill in:

Communication to speak to a variety of audiences and convey complex financial concepts

Using good professional judgement and initiative

Assigning, prioritizing, monitoring, and reviewing work assignments

Strong written and verbal communication

Problem-solving

Ability to:

Implement large and complex reporting models required by the State of Michigan and Federal regulations. This includes, but is not limited to, multiple financial status reports (FSR) submissions, encounter quality initiative (EQI) reports, CCBHC cost reports and related supplemental documents

Merge costing and grant requirements in the 2 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 200 and the State-mandated standard cost allocation model

Collaborative: Approaches all situations with a teamwork and solution focused mindset demonstrated through active