Finance Director

Family Promise of Spokane•Spokane, WA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Family Promise of Spokane is seeking a strategic, hands-on Finance Director to lead our finance function during an important stage of growth. This is a key leadership role for someone who wants to build strong financial systems, support smart decision-making, and help ensure resources are used effectively to advance our mission. The Finance Director serves as the organization’s senior finance leader and works closely with the CEO, leadership team, Finance Committee, and Board of Directors. This position is responsible for financial strategy, accounting operations, budgeting, forecasting, grant financial management, internal controls, reporting, audit preparation, and finance team leadership. This is an opportunity for a nonprofit finance professional who enjoys both strategy and execution — someone who can advise at the board level while also strengthening the day-to-day systems that keep the organization financially healthy and accountable.

Requirements

Significant nonprofit finance, accounting, or fund accounting experience.
Experience with government grants, restricted funds, reimbursement-based funding, grant reporting, and compliance.
Strong understanding of internal controls, reconciliations, audit preparation, financial reporting, and nonprofit accounting practices.
Experience developing budgets, forecasts, dashboards, cash flow projections, and variance analysis.
Ability to explain financial information clearly to non-finance audiences.
Experience supervising or developing accounting or finance staff.
Strong spreadsheet skills and experience with QuickBooks or similar accounting systems.
Excellent judgment, confidentiality, follow-through, and communication skills.
Ability to work both strategically and hands-on in a growing organization.

Nice To Haves

CPA, CMA, MPA, or relevant advanced credential or equivalent experience.
Experience in a nonprofit organization with approximately $5M–$15M+ in annual revenue.
Experience bringing outsourced accounting functions in-house or strengthening internal finance infrastructure.
Experience in housing, homelessness services, social services, behavioral health, or government-funded nonprofit programs.
Experience with grant management systems such as KarmaSuite.
Experience working in an EOS-aligned organization.
Experience presenting to or supporting a nonprofit Board of Directors or Finance Committee.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary financial advisor to the CEO, leadership team, Finance Committee, and Board of Directors.
Lead budgeting, forecasting, cash flow planning, financial analysis, and long-term financial modeling.
Prepare clear, accurate, and useful financial reports for leadership and the Board.
Oversee accounting operations, including month-end close, reconciliations, AP, AR, payroll coding, general ledger accuracy, and financial statements.
Strengthen internal controls, purchasing processes, documentation standards, approval workflows, and financial procedures.
Lead grant financial management, including restricted funds, reimbursement requests, spend-down tracking, allowable costs, reporting deadlines, and compliance.
Help prevent underutilization, returned grant funds, coding errors, missed deadlines, and delayed billing.
Support audit preparation, Form 990 review, funder monitoring, and compliance requirements.
Build dashboards and reporting tools that make financial information clear and actionable.
Supervise, coach, and develop finance staff.
Participate as a member of the leadership team in an EOS-aligned environment, including scorecards, Rocks, issue-solving, and accountability rhythms.
Partner across departments to support program operations, staffing decisions, grant requirements, and organizational growth.