Chief Financial Officer

Overview of Clifford Beers Community Health Partners

Clifford Beers Community Health Partners (CBCHP) builds on the legacy of our founder, Clifford Beers to establish an innovative model for expanding and enhancing human services to meet the needs of children, youth, and families in our community. In everything we do, CBCHP centers the voices of children, youth, and families; activates equity and anti-racist practices; and prioritizes strategy, innovation, and advocacy to effect systemic improvements in our systems of care. Network affiliate organizations share values and commitment to holistic care and seek to expand and enhance services in order to better serve our communities. CBCHP provides the core services of grants management, advocacy, compliance, risk management, financial management, and human resources, and information technology while also supporting network affiliates to identify service gaps, learn from one another, and collaborate to expand program and service portfolios.

CBCHP’s structure and approach allows for reduced overall administrative costs, economies of scale, collaboration and innovation, and increased resources available for programs and services. While CBCHP carries out shared services, each affiliate’s leadership team and Board of Directors makes all key decisions regarding its operations. This pioneering model enables network affiliate organizations to serve more families, fill gaps in the continuum of care, enhance collaboration and advocacy, and work innovatively to improve systems of care that meet the needs of children, youth, and families.

We strive to create a sustainable, diverse workforce committed to excellence and we work to be leaders in developing better ways to serve individuals, families, and communities. The CFO plays a pivotal role in ensuring the network and its partners’ financial sustainability, strategic growth, and effective utilization of external funding to advance its mission and objectives. Our values are shared by all of our affiliates: We keep individuals and families at the core of everything we do. We ensure that actions to achieve equity are taken across everything CBCHP does.

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Position Summary
Clifford Beers Community Health Partners (CBCHP) seeks a strategic, mission-oriented change leader to serve as its next Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The new CFO joins CBCHP at a moment of ambitious organizational transformation of its work and the business model to support it. Over the past 1 year, it has created a sole member corporation, and has partnered with multiple nonprofit affiliates (subsidiaries). The ideal CFO candidate will have the confidence, experience, management acumen, and people- skills to guide CBCHP through this ongoing transition, assisting the CEO with the development of infrastructure and organization to support current and expected growth while operating within budget parameters. The CFO is a trusted member of the Leadership Team, a strategic partner to the CEO and Board committees, and a Financial Officer of the parent and subsidiary companies’ total revenue of $35 million providing financial insight and data to guide the Leadership Team in making strategic and forward-looking financial decisions.

The CFO has primary day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all financial-related activities of the agency and of the agency’s subsidiaries, including strategic planning, long-term forecasting and planning, M&A, accounting systems and functions, management of reserves and cash, budgeting and fiscal functions, internal controls and financial procedures, financial and management reporting, monthly revenue reconciliation and budget monitoring, grants/contract compliance, annual audit, and banking relationships.

Key responsibilities of the position will include the following:

Leadership & Executive Management
Supervise a Finance staff of 8 through a Vice President of Finance (Direct Report) and a Director of Grants & Budgeting (Direct Report) and build the Finance team to support agency growth.
Create team focused decision making, with diversity and mentoring as center of management strategy.
Act as lead staff for Board of Trustees Finance, Investment, and Audit activities.
Present financial analysis and strategies to Leadership Team which support developing and implementing short- and long-range strategic goals, objectives, and plans; align with CBCHP strategic planning goals around patient/market growth, revenue, costs, and provider productivity; and balance the desire for broad change with what is realistically achievable.
Develop and utilize forward-looking, predictive models and financial analyses to provide insight into the organization’s operations and business plans and make actionable recommendations on both strategy and operations.
Collaborate and support with department heads on budgeting, establishing objectives, and financial management. Develop the management team’s financial literacy by demystifying and teaching finance in lay terms.
Work closely with COO and CBDO to improve technology and administrative systems.

Finance & Accounting
Assess organizational performance against the organization’s annual budget and long-term strategy.
Support and collaborate with the Human Resources Department regarding payroll, insurance benefits, and retirement plan management.
Lead & manage external audit and serve as key point of contact.
Develop and maintain capital budget.
Manage the company’s business corporate & liability insurance programs.

Strategy: Mergers & Acquisitions, Growth & Scalability
Oversee long-term M&A, budgetary planning, and costs management especially as the organization considers potential acquisitions and partnerships.
Play lead role in acquisition and integration planning and implementation.
Manage the company’s real estate affairs consisting of leases with various landlords; negotiate new leases or lease renewals.

Our ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting; CPA and/or MBA preferred
At least eight years experience in progressively responsible financial leadership roles, in an organization with a revenue of at least $10 million, including experience in nonprofit finance and experience with both acquisitions and integrations

Experience in nonprofit operations
Experience with mergers and acquisitions (M&A)
Demonstrated track record of leading a Finance team in adherence to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in the United States
Effective at developing, mentoring and motivating teams, and evaluating talent
Demonstrated history of supporting and integrating equity, inclusion, and belonging practices into day-to-day operations; readiness to commit to Clifford Beers focus on trauma informed anti-racism (TIAR)
Strong written and oral communication and interpersonal skills, with all levels of the organization, including making finance accessible to lay audiences
Entrepreneurial, results-oriented, resourceful, pragmatic, proactive, adaptable
Demonstrated history of developing innovative ideas that stretch the organization and create opportunities for growth
Comfort with ambiguity and uncertainty; the ability to adapt nimbly and lead others through complex situations, scenarios, and models
Ability to juggle multiple priorities and manage multiple entities in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Strong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses.