About This Role
This executive leadership role is for a Chief Financial Officer within a mission-driven community development organization. The CFO will lead financial strategy, accounting, treasury, financial planning and analysis, compliance, risk management, financial reporting, and operational finance. This individual will partner with the CEO, Board of Directors, funders, lenders, and community stakeholders to ensure strong financial stewardship and organizational effectiveness.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a strategic advisor to the CEO, executive leadership team, and Board of Directors
- Translate organizational objectives into a clear financial roadmap
- Support decision-making through planning, forecasting, analytics, and strategic partnership
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning
- Oversee philanthropic, public, debt, and mission-oriented investment capital
- Evaluate financing opportunities and resource allocation strategies that support organizational priorities
- Oversee treasury, accounting, financial reporting, audits, internal controls, and liquidity management
- Ensure compliance with donor requirements, financing agreements, nonprofit accounting standards, and regulatory obligations
- Lead grant administration, stakeholder reporting, and risk management activities
- Enhance reporting, analytics, automation, and financial infrastructure
- Improve visibility, scalability, and operational effectiveness across the organization
- Ensure financial information is timely, accurate, and actionable
- Serve as the primary financial liaison to the Board, Finance Committee, and Audit Committee
- Maintain strong relationships with funders, lenders, auditors, and community stakeholders
- Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing finance team
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related discipline required
- 15+ years of progressive financial leadership experience, including 5+ years in a senior executive finance role
- Broad expertise across financial strategy, accounting, budgeting, FP&A, treasury, compliance, risk management, governance, and organizational leadership
- Demonstrated success building scalable financial infrastructure, governance frameworks, and high-performing teams
- Proven success managing diverse capital sources, including philanthropy, grants, debt financing, public funding, and mission-oriented investment capital
- Strong understanding of nonprofit accounting, financial compliance, reporting, stewardship, and governance best practices
- Credible executive presence with boards, executive leadership teams, funders, lenders, and external partners
