Chief Financial Officer

Responsibilities

• Serve as a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, helping shape and execute MSH's strategy, growth agenda, and long-term sustainability plans.
• Act as the President and CEO's principal advisor on financial strategy, business performance, organizational investments, strategic pricing, enterprise risk, and capital allocation.
• Provide independent, data-driven counsel that improves strategic decision-making and promotes accountability for organizational performance.
• Evaluate strategic opportunities, investments, partnerships, restructuring initiatives, and business models to ensure alignment with MSH's mission and long-term financial sustainability.
• Partner with senior executives, country leaders, and operational teams to strengthen business performance and improve decision quality.
• Challenge assumptions, evaluate trade-offs, and ensure that leadership decisions are informed by sound financial analysis.
• Advise on resource allocation and investment priorities, balancing mission impact, financial performance, and organizational capacity.
• Lead the development and execution of MSH's long-range financial strategy and multi-year financial plans.
• Establish the vision and systems necessary for robust organizational financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling, and performance management capabilities.
• Establish financial and operational performance metrics that enable leadership to assess organizational health, profitability, efficiency, and growth.
• Provide forward-looking analysis and recommendations regarding financial trends, funding risks, cost structures, and revenue diversification opportunities.
• Develop financial scenarios and strategic options that support informed decision-making under changing market and donor conditions.
• Collaborate with executive leadership to identify and evaluate new revenue streams, partnerships, and funding opportunities.
• Ensure pricing, cost recovery, indirect cost management, and business development strategies support organizational growth and sustainability.
• Partner with business development and program leaders to evaluate market opportunities and ensure financial viability of strategic initiatives.
• Foster an entrepreneurial culture that encourages innovation, disciplined risk-taking, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure the financial integrity, stability, and sustainability of the organization through effective stewardship of resources.
• Maintain effective systems of internal control that safeguard organizational assets and ensure accountability.
• Oversee cash flow, treasury management, investments, liquidity planning, and working capital optimization.
• Continuously assess financial risks and develop mitigation strategies to strengthen organizational resilience.
• Ensure compliance with nonprofit accounting standards, donor regulations, tax requirements, and all applicable legal and regulatory obligations.
• Provide strategic financial guidance and analysis to the Board of Directors and Audit Committee.
• Serve as the liaison with the Board Finance Committee.
• Present financial performance, forecasts, strategic investments, and enterprise risks in a clear and compelling manner to governance bodies.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the Board on financial sustainability, growth strategy, capital deployment, and risk oversight.
• Oversee external audits and ensure timely resolution of audit findings and management recommendations.
• Provide executive oversight of accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, treasury, payroll, financial systems, grants financial management, and related finance functions.
• Ensure accurate, timely, and transparent financial reporting for leadership, donors, regulatory bodies, and the Board.
• Drive standardization, simplification, and harmonization of finance processes across MSH's global operations.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, accountability, and customer service within the finance function.
• Build, develop, and lead a high-performing global finance organization.
• Establish clear expectations, performance standards, and development opportunities for finance staff.
• Strengthen leadership capabilities across the finance team and develop succession plans for critical roles.
• Promote collaboration and strong partnerships across functions, geographies, and organizational levels.
• Model MSH's leadership values and organizational culture while fostering an inclusive and accountable work environment.

  Qualifications

  • Advanced degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance required.
  • Minimum of 20 years of experience of progressive financial leadership experience.
  • Experience working in a complex, high-performing non-profit organization with the ability to make timely decisions and obtain effective buy-in from colleagues and staff.
  • Experience with diverse donors required.
  • Proven experience successfully working with boards, audit committees, and executive leadership teams.
  • Demonstrated success leading complex budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes.
  • Proven cross-functional leadership and business partnership skills.
  • Strong budgetary experience including developing budgets for organizations with multiple segments and diverse funding streams.
  • Ability to review and communicate financial results, balance sheets, statements of cash flows, and to build financial models.
  • Strong understanding nonprofit accounting principles, financial controls, and regulatory compliance.
  • Experience managing and/or coordinating global partnerships and collaborative working relationships at both executive and operational levels among multiple organizations, donors and international counterparts.
  • Experience in international development preferred.
  • Ability to work in an office environment; ability to travel to and work in countries in which MSH operates (10%).