Chief Financial Officer

Organizational Leadership

• Inspire, motivate, and lead a Finance Team of 27 in the execution of all financial functions and manage, mentor, and coach six direct reports to ensure individual growth and success.
• Identify opportunities for the finance team to continue to build strong relationships across the organization and establish the team as collaborative and focused on customer satisfaction.
• Serve as a thought partner and member of the Executive Team in setting organizational vision and strategy.
• Maintain and promote development of an environment in which finance and program are aligned, integrated and transparent with each other, and both are working to achieve mission success.

Financial Management and Oversight

• Ensure that end users of financial information receive relevant and useful financial reports, forecasts, and cash flow analyses on a timely basis to enable use in decision making and facilitate senior management’s monitoring of programmatic fiscal performance.
• Review current financial systems and processes – recommending and overseeing changes and enhancements that will further our efforts to generate information efficiently and economically.
• Maintain key banking and investment firm relationships, and develop new relationships as appropriate.
• Identify existing and potential risks involving the company and ensure appropriate insurance coverage as well as compliance with insurance requirements of all contracts and regulations.
• Direct oversight of the company’s tax accounting and audit activity and ensure that the company’s tax returns and audit reports are filed in a timely manner.
• Ensure that fiscal policies and procedures comply with requirements of funders and regulatory agencies.

External Relationships

• Serve as HELP USA’s primary liaison on all financial matters with the municipal, state, and federal agencies that provide the majority of HELP’s funding.
• Collaborate with the CEO to advocate with funding agencies for reasonable and timely contract renewals and payment practices. 
• Establish and maintain relationships with CFOs from peer organizations and with relevant trade organizations such as Homeless Services United, Supportive Housing Network of New York, Human Services Council, etc.
• Play a leadership role in policy and advocacy efforts on issues that impact HELP’s financial performance.

Planning

• Take a leadership role in strategic and financial planning for the organization, collaborating with other senior staff to develop both short-term and long-range strategic and financial goals and to assess the financial implication of new programs and ventures.
• Work in partnership with the Chief Operating Officer and SVP Program Development to explore and secure new sources of public and private funding.
• Lead and implement the annual budgeting and planning process, including interim updates and interpretation of financial results against planned performance.

Reporting Relationships

The Chief Financial Officer reports to the President and CEO, oversees a team of 27 through six direct reports, and is a key member of the seven-person Executive Team.