Director of Finance

About the role

This CFO position at Ardmore is both highly strategic and deeply operational. As is common in nonprofit leadership, the role requires hands-on involvement in day-to-day financial and organizational operations while also providing high-level strategic leadership in close partnership with the executive team. We are seeking a hands-on, mission-driven CFO to support our growing organization. This role is deal for a financial leader who thrives in collaborative, nonprofit environments.

Responsibilities

• Personally oversee and participate in month-end close, including journal entries, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation, while strengthening processes to improve accuracy and efficiency.

• Review and approve AP/AR transactions, payment runs, and general ledger activity, ensuring compliance with internal controls and nonprofit accounting standards.

• Manage daily cash flow, banking activity, and investment accounts while developing strategies to maintain liquidity and support organizational growth.

• Maintain hands-on responsibility for LTSS/DDA billing, revenue recognition, and collections, while evaluating trends to improve reimbursement performance.

• Build practical, repeatable workflows for record retention, contract management, and audit readiness.

• Develop the annual operating and capital budgets line-by-line, working directly with program leaders to align staffing, services, and funding realities.

• Produce clear monthly budget-to-actual analyses, explaining variances and recommending real-time operational adjustments.

• Create cash projections and funding models to guide hiring decisions, program expansion, and risk planning.

• Translate financial data into actionable guidance for non-financial managers to support responsible spending.

• Directly supervise payroll processing, tax filings, and benefit remittances, ensuring staff are paid accurately and on time.

• Partner with HR on wage and hour compliance, compensation practices, and benefit cost management.

• Evaluate payroll processes and implement improvements that reduce errors and manual work.

• Prepare audit schedules and workpapers, serving as the primary day-to-day contact for external auditors.

• Update and enforce internal controls, segregation of duties, and approval processes.

• Oversee Form 990, DDA cost reports, and other regulatory filings, ensuring deadlines are met without last-minute fire drills.

• Monitor insurance, contracts, and risk exposures and recommend practical safeguards.

• Present financial information to the CEO and Board in plain language that supports informed decision-making.

• Work alongside a small finance team, rolling up sleeves when needed while coaching staff to build capacity.

• Identify cost-saving opportunities and process improvements that balance mission impact with financial discipline.

• Partner with program directors to evaluate new funding opportunities and service changes from both mission and financial perspectives.

• Hands-on oversight of grant and contract budgets, reporting, and compliance.

• Preparation of funder reports and audit documentation.

• Cost allocation management aligned with funding rules.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience as a hands-on CFO or senior financial leader, ideally in a nonprofit or mission-driven organization.

• Comfortable operating at both the strategic and operational levels.

• Strong collaborator with the ability to work effectively across departments.

• Practical, solutions-oriented, and willing to engage directly in execution.

• Committed to the mission and values of the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, or a closely related field required; Master's degree strongly preferred.

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred.

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in full-cycle accounting or fiscal management; not-for-profit experience strongly preferred.

• At least 5 years’ experience in accounting or fiscal management in a not-for-profit environment funded by Medicaid or other government source.

• At least 5 years’ experience managing a team of accounting and/or finance professionals.

• Extensive knowledge of the principles, practices and procedures of accounting, finance, budgeting and planning for a not-for-profit agency.

• Knowledge of Development Disability Administration funding and billing preferred.

• Strategic thinker with the ability to conceptualize and act upon the agency’s financial objectives and operationalize these objectives.

• Knowledge of laws, procedures, regulations, and best practices relating to not-for-profit accounting practices and financial reporting.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and financial management skills.

• Collaborative leadership and team management abilities.

• Strong communication and presentation skills.

• Experience with nonprofit accounting and financial management.

• Knowledge of Medicaid and other government funding sources.

Benefits

Ardmore offers a competitive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.

Pay

The salary range for this position is $120,000 - $150,000 annually, commensurate with experience.

Schedule

This is a full-time position with standard business hours.