Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

The Company seeks a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to provide strategic and operational leadership for its financial affairs, ensuring long-term sustainability, financial integrity, regulatory compliance, and responsible stewardship of resources. The CFO will lead financial strategy across budgeting, forecasting, accounting, reporting, treasury, debt and capital planning, endowment management, tax, procurement, payroll, and risk management. The role partners with senior executives, governing board members, and academic and administrative leaders to turn institutional priorities into sustainable financial decisions. The CFO also represents the organization to external financial, audit, investment, donor, and regulatory stakeholders, while fostering accountability, transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Candidates must hold a bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, or a related field, and have at least 15 years of progressively responsible financial management experience, including five years leading a complex finance organization at the senior executive level. Required expertise includes financial planning and analysis, accounting, reporting, treasury and debt, capital and endowment management, and financial risk management. Candidates should have experience advising executives and governing boards, managing complex budgets and decentralized organizations, and developing long-term strategies through financial modeling and scenario planning. Senior financial leadership in higher education or another complex, mission-driven organization, along with experience in organizational transformation or restructuring, is required.