Chief Financial Officer

Job Title

About the role

The Chief Financial Officer at Greater St. Louis, Inc. will serve as a hands-on financial and operational leader for an organization with approximately $27 million in annual revenue, projected to grow to $40 million over the next five years, supported by a small, collaborative staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning to align resources with mission priorities, strategic objectives, and support long term sustainability.
• Interpret financial performance, budget variances, and spending outcomes to guide leadership decisions, strengthen stewardship of nonprofit resources.
• Advise the CEO, COO, leadership team, and Finance Committee to influence strategic planning, resource allocation, and mission aligned investment decisions.
• Direct accounting operations, financial close, and financial reporting practices to ensure accurate, timely, and transparent financial information.
• Manage cash flow, reserves, and financial resources to maintain stability to protect organizational stability and support ongoing mission delivery.
• Oversee restricted and unrestricted fund accounting to ensure proper stewardship, donor intent compliance, and sound use of charitable resources.
• Lead audit preparation, tax reporting, and required regulatory filings to maintain compliance, protect nonprofit status, and reinforce stakeholder confidence.
• Establish and direct the financial oversight of grants, contracts, and donor restricted funding to ensure compliant use of funds, accurate reporting, and strong funder confidence.
• Present financial insights, recommendations, and risk considerations to the board, committees, and external stakeholders to support governance, credibility, and trust.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
• Five or more years of public accounting experience.
• Strong accounting, reporting, budgeting, and audit experience.
• Ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-finance audiences.

Qualifications

• Nonprofit, grant, or mission driven experience is helpful.

Skills

• Financial planning and analysis.
• Operational oversight.
• Executive partnership.
• Accounting leadership.
• Financial reporting.
• Grant management.
• Donor relations.
• Stewardship of charitable resources.

Benefits

• Opportunity to combine technical accounting depth with executive visibility and mission driven impact.
• Help a growing nonprofit improve stewardship, strengthen financial discipline, and make better use of its resources.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time position.