State Prog Admin Manager Sr; Chief Financial Officer

About the role

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) oversees MnCIFA's financial operations including audits, projections, and budgeting. MnCIFA is a newly established state agency focusing on impact investing for the State of Minnesota, offering a hybrid work environment with three days in-office and two days telework.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a member of the executive team and support the Executive Director by engaging in enterprise decision-making processes to support the overall mission, as well as by providing critical financial information to support and inform fiscal and human resource management decisions and risk management strategies.
• Develop, implement, and oversee internal controls and financial systems.
• Oversee all aspects of the annual audit process, budgeting and cash flow, and tax filings.
• Work with the philanthropic community, the Legislature, public and private funders, and others to increase MnCIFA's capitalization, thus increasing the financial capital stock available for MnCIFA to deploy.
• Develop a risk management framework.
• Supervise staff.

Requirements

• Four (4) years of strategic, high-level management and leadership experience that includes: experience in finance and accounting, risk management, compliance, cash management, and auditing.
• Demonstrated supervisory or leadership experience, organizational and interpersonal skills to direct, develop and engage staff.
• A Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Economics or Finance can substitute for one (1) year of experience.
• An Advanced degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Economics, or Finance can substitute for eighteen (18) months of experience.

Qualifications

• Experience with budgeting, contracting and grants management, and relevant legislative processes.
• Experience in data analysis, financial planning, and forecasting sufficient to project budget issues before they arise.
• Finance experience in State, Tribal, Federal, or local government, or relevant private sector setting.
• Written skills including drafting policies and procedures.
• Interpersonal and communication skills to establish working relationships with diverse clientele.

Skills

• Formal supervisory or management experience of professional staff.
• Knowledge of procedures and operations of state government sufficient to understand and administer applicable laws, regulations, and state policies.
• Familiarity or experience with clean energy project finance and other financing-related structuring and documentation.
• Experience or demonstrated interest in environmental sustainability, environmental justice, climate action, and/or economic development.

Benefits

• Paid vacation and sick leave.
• 12 paid holidays each year.
• Low-cost medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans.
• Fertility care, including IVF.
• Dental and orthodontic care for adults and children.
• 6 weeks paid leave for parents of newborn or newly adopted children.
• Pension plan that provides income when you retire (after working at least three years).
• Employer paid life insurance to provide support for your family in the event of death.
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance that can provide income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury.
• Tax-free expense accounts for health, dental, and dependent care.