Chief Financial Officer
About The Position
Eckerd Connects is seeking an accomplished Chief Financial Officer to join its Executive Leadership Team and guide the financial future of a complex, nationally recognized nonprofit operating in government-funded and highly regulated environments. Reporting directly to the President & CEO, the CFO serves as the organization’s chief financial strategist, steward, and advisor. The role is responsible for financial strength, regulatory compliance, liquidity management, and sustainable growth while supporting decisions that advance the organization’s mission. This is a hands-on executive leadership position requiring attention to financial detail as well as strategic judgment. The CFO anticipates risks, translates financial insights into business decisions for executive leadership and the Board of Directors, and leads financial stewardship, planning, compliance, liquidity, contracts, growth assessments, and finance modernization. The position is remote and U.S.-based, with regular travel to program locations, corporate offices, and Board meetings.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related field.
- Progressively responsible senior Finance leadership in a complex government-funded, contract-intensive, or similarly regulated environment, with ability to lead at enterprise scale.
- Substantial firsthand experience with liquidity and cash management, forecasting, contract economics, financial reporting, internal controls, audit, and compliance.
- Demonstrated understanding of financial and operational requirements of federal contracts or grants, including cost allocation, restricted funding, reimbursement, and regulatory obligations.
- Experience advising a CEO or equivalent enterprise leader and communicating financial matters effectively to a Board or comparable governing body.
- Evidence of leading Finance teams through change while remaining engaged in operational and financial detail.
Nice To Haves
- Master of Business Administration or another relevant graduate degree.
- Certified Public Accountant credential.
- Direct nonprofit or human-services experience; this is preferred but not required when experience includes strong government-funded or comparable regulated-industry experience.
- Experience with mergers and acquisitions, affiliations, restructuring, business integration, or formation of new entities.
- Experience with multi-state or multi-entity finance leadership.
- Experience with Finance systems or analytics modernization.
- Experience with large foundation grants and diversified revenue sources.
Responsibilities
- Lead financial strategy, stewardship, liquidity, compliance, forecasting, and evaluation of contracts, investments, and growth opportunities.
- Maintain the integrity of financial statements, budgeting, treasury, banking, investments, reserves, audits, tax reporting, financial policies, and internal controls.
- Ensure compliance with financial requirements for federal and state contracts and grants, cost allocation, reimbursement, and reporting; anticipate financial and compliance exposure.
- Review monthly financial and operating results, identify variances and contract risks, recommend corrective actions, and hold leaders accountable for follow-through.
- Oversee financial risk and insurance decisions with enterprise leaders and exercise delegated authority for material financial commitments and agreements.
- Lead annual budgeting, long-range financial planning, rolling forecasts, and scenario analysis reflecting funding changes, contract cycles, labor costs, and operating demands.
- Monitor short- and long-term cash needs, working capital, liquidity risks, and the timing of government reimbursements and other receipts.
- Translate financial information into practical choices for the CEO and Board, explaining likely consequences and when action is required.
- Partner with Operations, Strategy, and Development to assess new programs, grants, partnerships, affiliations, acquisitions, restructuring, and potential new entities.
- Evaluate opportunities financially, including pricing, total costs, overhead recovery, cash requirements, contract terms, due diligence, and downside scenarios.
- Develop decision criteria for major investments, use of reserves, and financial risk; recommend whether to pursue, restructure, improve, or exit opportunities.
- Advise the CEO before significant funding, investment, growth, or risk decisions.
- Lead financial presentations and discussions with the Board and Finance & Audit Committee, explaining complex issues, uncertainty, and trade-offs clearly.
- Maintain relationships with auditors, banks, investment advisors, insurers, funders, and contracting partners.
- Assess the Finance function and establish accountabilities across Finance leadership, financial planning and analysis, payroll, and related functions.
- Improve the reliability, speed, and usefulness of reporting through systems, automation, analytics, and stronger financial data practices.
- Develop Finance leaders and succession depth, and build a team that partners with operations while maintaining financial standards and controls.
Benefits
- Low-cost medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 19 days of paid time off in the first year.
- 11 paid holidays.
- Retirement savings plan with employer match up to 5%.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- Paid short-term and voluntary long-term disability.
- Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance.
- Voluntary term life insurance.
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer.
- PTO Exchange.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
