Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

The Company is seeking a hands-on Chief Financial Officer to lead finance, accounting, planning, compliance, and financial systems for a growing, mission-driven organization. The CFO will oversee budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow planning, financial reporting, and long-range planning, while advising senior leadership and the Board on performance, risk, investments, and strategic decisions. Responsibilities include ensuring accurate financial statements, effective internal controls, audit readiness, and regulatory compliance, as well as overseeing government grants, contracts, restricted funding, cost allocation, billing, and reporting. The role will also modernize financial systems, improve data quality, automate workflows where appropriate, and build an accountable, service-oriented finance team. Candidates should have at least 10 years of progressive finance and accounting experience, including senior leadership responsibility, and deep knowledge of accounting principles, budgeting, forecasting, audits, controls, and financial systems. Significant nonprofit or similarly complex, multi-program experience involving restricted funding is required, along with hands-on experience in government-funded programs, reimbursement contracts, compliance, and grant finance. Applicants must have experience presenting to and advising a board or board committee, and a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field. High integrity, clear communication, sound judgment, and a genuine connection to the mission are essential; an advanced credential and prior executive finance experience are preferred.