Chief Financial Officer

About the role

Akin seeks a visionary financial leader to fortify and modernize the growing and evolving statewide organization’s financial infrastructure, ensuring the organization has the systems, processes, controls, and talent necessary to support sustainable growth and long-term mission impact. The ideal candidate will bring a rare combination of strategic leadership, financial sophistication, operational discipline, and people development, serving as Akin's chief financial strategist, a trusted advisor to executive leadership, an effective partner to the Board, and a mentor to a talented finance team. This full-time, hybrid opportunity is located in Seattle, Washington.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted thought partner to the President & CEO and Executive Leadership Team, partnering on operational and strategic priorities and providing recommendations informed by financial analysis, forecasting, scenario planning, cost allocation, and revenue and expense analysis.
• Participate as an integral member of the Executive Leadership Team, contributing to organizational strategy, workforce planning, operational excellence, and long-term sustainability.
• Provide financial modeling, scenario planning, and strategic analysis to support organizational growth, innovation, emerging opportunities, and major business decisions.
• Lead financial modeling and analysis related to new programs, service line expansions, funding opportunities, capital investments, partnerships, acquisitions, mergers, and other strategic initiatives.
• Support the development of multi-year financial plans aligned with organizational strategy and long-term sustainability goals.
• Work closely with the SVP of Development and other organizational leaders to align financial planning, projections, and resource allocation with short- and long-term organizational goals.
• Translate complex financial information into timely, actionable insights that support executive decision-making, organizational performance, and strategic planning.
• Help evaluate new revenue opportunities, healthcare initiatives, service line expansion opportunities, and strategic partnerships.
• Assess, strengthen, and continuously improve financial systems, controls, policies, procedures, reporting practices, and operational workflows to support organizational effectiveness, scalability, and informed decision-making.
• Establish, develop, and maintain scalable financial infrastructure, standardized operating procedures, internal controls, documentation, and accountability mechanisms across all finance functions to support organizational growth, operational excellence, and informed decision-making.

Compensation and Benefits

In addition to a competitive base salary of $250,000 to $275,000, Akin also provides a comprehensive benefits package which includes access to robust health, vision, and dental insurance; 401(k) with up to 3% employer contribution; Employee Assistance Plans (EAP); Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA); Health Savings Account (HSA); Voluntary Long-Term Care Plan; Voluntary Life & Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance; short-term disability insurance; Critical Illness, Hospital, and Accident Insurance; Financial Wellness & Identity Protection; Voluntary Long-Term Care; and 14 days of vacation accrued in the first year, 12 days of sick pay accrued per year, 2 Employee Appreciation days, as well as 14 observed paid annual holidays per year.

Application and Nominations

Akin has retained the services of Scion Executive Search, a national executive search firm specializing in nonprofit recruitment, to assist in conducting this important search. For immediate consideration, please apply with your resume and cover letter, formatted in Microsoft Word, via: https://scionexecutivesearch.com/job/14731. Please address applications to: , Senior Executive Search Principal
Scion Executive Search
(888) 487-8850 Extension 142