Finance Director

About the role

The Director of Finance (DoF) serves as a strategic member of the Executive Leadership Team and is responsible for the overall financial stewardship, fiscal strategy, and long-term sustainability of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Executive Director, Board Finance Committee, and senior leadership team to align financial resources with our priorities and mission outcomes.
• Lead financial planning across the organization, including annual budgets, multi-year projections, and long-range sustainability strategy.
• Oversee accounting operations, ensuring accurate reporting, strong internal controls, and full GAAP compliance.
• Manage grants, contracts, and restricted funding sources, ensuring compliance and strong performance against funder requirements.
• Serve as the key financial voice to the Board Finance Committee, presenting financials, forecasts, and strategic recommendations.

Requirements

• Knowledge of enterprise-wide financial planning and the ability to align budgets, forecasts, and resources with organizational mission and growth objectives at an executive level.
• Strong command of GAAP, internal controls, audit processes, tax filings, and regulatory reporting to ensure accurate, compliant financial operations.
• Skill in managing diverse and complex funding streams (government contracts, grants, philanthropic dollars) while maintaining compliance and optimizing reimbursement.
• Ability to evaluate business viability, conduct ROI/business case analysis, and identify financial risks to guide sound executive decision-making.
• Possess personal qualities of integrity, patience and commitment to mission. Flexible and able to multitask and prioritize daily responsibilities; can work within an ambiguous, fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum of 7-10 years of progressively responsible financial leadership experience.
• Minimum of 5 years in a senior finance leadership role.
• Experience managing multiple funding sources including government contracts, grants, philanthropic funding, and restricted funds.
• Demonstrated experience utilizing and managing Sage Intacct with ability to optimize financial system of record to support budgeting, forecasting, grant tracking, reporting and decision making.

Skills

• Knowledge of enterprise-wide financial planning and the ability to align budgets, forecasts, and resources with organizational mission and growth objectives at an executive level.
• Strong command of GAAP, internal controls, audit processes, tax filings, and regulatory reporting to ensure accurate, compliant financial operations.
• Ability to manage diverse and complex funding streams (government contracts, grants, philanthropic dollars) while maintaining compliance and optimizing reimbursement.
• Ability to evaluate business viability, conduct ROI/business case analysis, and identify financial risks to guide sound executive decision-making.

Benefits

Compensation Starting from $125,000.00 annually, commensurate with experience.

Pay

Starting from $125,000.00 annually, commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Regular Full-Time classification. General business hours, Monday through Friday, including some evenings, weekends.