The client seeks a mission-focused and analytically minded Deputy Chief Financial Officer (Deputy CFO) to support the Chief Financial Officer and senior leadership in advancing leadership, strategy, modernization, and best practices. This role will help establish and build financial systems, processes, and controls that increase financial sophistication and support organizational complexity and continued transformation.
The Deputy CFO will serve as a strategic thought partner on financial planning and budgeting, financial infrastructure and operational needs, and investments. Responsibilities typically include providing leadership and guidance across budgeting, planning and analysis, investments, treasury, and endowment management, while delivering the tools, analyses, and insights needed to meet organizational goals with a strong service orientation.
The ideal candidate is expected to be an experienced, responsive, proactive, and data-informed leader with deep familiarity with nonprofit finance and management. The client values candidates who are well attuned to nonprofit finance trends and best practices, and who can advise on opportunities for transformation and innovation in financial operations and systems, budgeting, planning and analysis, investments, treasury, and endowment management; leadership in change management and relationship-building is essential.