CFO

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“Every day, we work to support and build inclusive, powerful, and healthy communities characterized by racial equity and economically just systems.” With this as our purpose, Health Forward Foundation is building the future of our region by grasping the issues that cause health injustice at their roots.

Health Forward’s mission is to achieve health equity and secure a fair and just region through leadership, advocacy, and resources. We support direct services and systems change for healthy people, community power, and equitable and just places. We support and partner with community-based and cross-sector organizations to improve health on all fronts through our purpose plan. Our work includes supporting equitable health services;

working to advance safe and affordable housing, pathways to home ownership and broadband access; amplifying the power that exists in our communities through civic engagement; and increasing the effectiveness of small community-based nonprofits. We also support organizations in their practice of race equity, changing narratives and amplifying personal experiences.

Purpose of the Position

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the Health Forward Foundation is an adaptive, forward-thinking financial strategist and enterprise leader. The CFO uses deep finance and accounting skills with the ability to quickly gather and synthesize clear and accurate information and insights. They will serve as a teammate, leader and manager with Health Forward, the finance and administrative staff, executive leadership team and organization board to drive rigorous planning, forecasting and decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

The Chief Financial Officer provides partnership to the CEO and leadership team, proactively addressing issues and strategic opportunities and making recommendations supported by rigorous financial analysis and review, scenario modeling, and assessment of risk, and due diligence. They lead and manage a team of seven (three direct reports including administrative support) and are a leader in the organization, representing the organization at a senior level and embodying the mission, vision and values of Health Forward.

They provide strategic advice and counsel around options for how the organization can diversify financial structures (e.g., LLCs, 501(c)(4) s) to navigate regulatory constraints and enable flexibility and long-term sustainability for the Foundation.

Strategic Business Leadership, Financial Leadership and Implementation

• Identify opportunities for innovation through continuous monitoring of shifts in the marketplace and philanthropy, assessing and adapting the Foundation’s models, systems, practices, and stewardship policy for best use of the organizational resources and maximum community impact.
• Develop and refresh new or updated policies and systems to support the strategic decisions of the organization including impact funding and investing portfolio engagement.
• Enable effective decision-making and accountability by delivering clear, accurate and timely information and insights to the CEO, Board, leadership, and staff.
• Strengthening the organization’s internal capacity to operationalize strategic decisions including accounting systems and policies, impact investing and diversified funding.
• In partnership with the CEO and executive leadership team, support strategic development resulting in actionable plans and operations that fulfil the organization’s mission, vision and values.

Financial Function Oversight, Management, and Organizational Planning

• Develop and execute the financial strategy and operational plan for both the organization and department. Establish goals, objectives, policies and procedures in alignment with the purpose plan and vision for the organization.
• Drive financial modelling and forecasting, ensuring financial sustainability for major initiatives, impact, programs and investments.
• Collaborate with the leadership team to plan and implement diversification of financial structures and practices for long-term sustainability;
  Seeks to understand the impact goals and creates and clears…