About the Organization
Our team is passionate about fostering an inclusive, equitable, and collaborative environment for all employees. We believe diverse perspectives drive innovation, and we value team members who bring fresh ideas to identify challenges, design solutions, and create meaningful community impact.
Position Overview
We are seeking a visionary Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join our executive leadership team. Serving as a key strategic partner, the CFO will drive organizational growth and help execute our long-term vision by overseeing accounting, finance, and payroll operations.
This executive leadership role requires a high-caliber finance administrator who can seamlessly balance strategic direction with operational excellence across treasury, budgeting, accounts payable, and system management.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities (Other duties may be assigned)
- Financial Oversight & Controls: Establish, implement, and maintain robust internal accounting systems, controls, and procedures. Coordinate and manage the annual external audit process to validate fiscal integrity.
- Payroll & Systems Administration: Oversee the implementation and optimization of integrated payroll platforms to ensure seamless execution, accuracy, and reporting.
- Reporting & Budgetary Guidance: Provide timely, accurate financial analysis to inform management decisions. Develop, roll out, and maintain organizational budgeting tools to drive cost controls and strategic planning.
- Treasury & Liquidity Management: Design and maintain treasury management controls to safeguard assets, manage cash flow, and secure adequate liquid resources across diverse funding channels.
- Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A): Lead long-term budgetary modeling, variance analysis, and key performance metric tracking to support organizational sustainability.
- Regulatory Compliance & Governance: Direct the preparation and accurate filing of financial disclosures and compliance reporting to federal, state, and local agencies—including the IRS, Department of Labor, HUD, USDA, Social Security Administration, and state/local tax authorities.
Core Competencies
- Executive Leadership & Team Building: Proven ability to build, scale, and lead high-performing teams from the ground up, fostering accountability, operational alignment, and rapid results.
- Strategic Communication & Relationship Management: Exceptional interpersonal and oral communication skills, with a track record of building and sustaining strong collaborative partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Project & Capacity Management: Advanced project management skills with the capacity to drive organizational initiatives, facilitate high-level strategy meetings, and deliver compelling executive presentations.
- Business & Financial Acumen: Strong commercial awareness and strategic insight to evaluate complex organizational challenges and guide sound executive decision-making.
- Time & Operational Management: Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, direct simultaneous cross-departmental projects, and maintain operational efficiency under tight deadlines.
Education & Credentials
- Required: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration with an Accounting concentration.
- Preferred: Master’s degree in a related field.
- Certifications: Certified Public Accountant (CPA) required
Knowledge & Experience
- Experience: Minimum of 10 years of progressive accounting and financial management experience, with proven success in executive or senior leadership roles.
- Financial Governance & GAAP: Deep expertise in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), financial controls, and auditing standards to ensure organizational fiscal integrity.
- Systems & Enterprise Architecture: In-depth knowledge of financial, payroll, and HRIS enterprise tools, with a track record of leveraging technology to streamline operations.
- Process Optimization & Scale: Proven experience planning and executing systemic, cross-functional changes that enhance operational productivity, reporting speed, and organizational capacity.
- Regulatory & Legal Compliance: Comprehensive knowledge of federal, state, and local regulatory mandates to safeguard organizational assets and maintain data, financial, and informational integrity.
Pay: $115,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
