The posting
At Eckerd Connects, our mission-driven work impacts thousands of individuals and families across the country through workforce development, youth services, education, and workforce programs. We are seeking an accomplished Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join our Executive Leadership Team and help guide the future of a complex, nationally recognized organization operating within government-funded and highly regulated environments.
Reporting directly to the President & CEO, the CFO serves on the Executive Leadership Team as the organization's chief financial strategist, steward, and advisor. This executive will play a pivotal role in ensuring financial strength, regulatory compliance, liquidity management, and sustainable growth while supporting critical decisions that advance our mission.
This is not a purely strategic position. We are looking for a hands-on executive leader who understands the details behind the numbers, can anticipate risks before they become problems, and can translate financial insights into meaningful business decisions for executive leadership and the Board of Directors.
Make more than a Living, Make a Difference
Our Benefits
- Low-Cost Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- 19 days of Paid Time Off the first year
- 11 paid holidays
- Retirement savings plan with employer match up to 5%
- Flexible spending accounts
- Paid short-term and voluntary long-term disability
- Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
- Voluntary term life insurance
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Eligible Employer
- PTO Exchange
Annual Salary: $260,000–$320,000 Location: Remote, U.S.-based Travel: Regular travel to program locations, corporate offices, and Board meetings
Key Responsibilities
Financial Stewardship and Federal Compliance
- The CFO will lead financial strategy, stewardship, liquidity, compliance, forecasting, and the evaluation of contracts, investments, and growth opportunities; building a stronger, more forward-looking finance function without losing command of the underlying financial details.
- Own the integrity of financial statements, budgeting, treasury, banking, investments, reserves, audits, tax reporting, financial policies, and internal controls.
- Ensure the organization meets financial requirements associated with federal and state contracts, grants, cost allocation, reimbursement, and reporting; anticipate exposure before it becomes a compliance or cash issue.
- Review monthly financial and operating results with appropriate detail; identify variances, contract risks, and corrective actions, and hold leaders accountable for follow-through.
- Oversee financial risk and insurance decisions in partnership with the appropriate enterprise leaders; exercise delegated authority for material financial commitments and agreements.
Financial Planning, Liquidity, and Decision Support
- Lead annual budgeting, long-range financial planning, rolling forecasts, and scenario analysis that reflect funding changes, contract cycles, labor costs, and operating demands.
- Maintain clear visibility into short- and long-term cash needs, working capital, liquidity risks, and the timing of government reimbursements and other receipts.
- Turn financial information into practical choices for the CEO and Board, including the likely consequences of each option and the point at which action is required.
Contracts, Growth, and Capital Allocation
- Partner with Operations, Strategy, and Development to assess new programs, large grants, partnerships, affiliations, acquisitions, restructuring, and potential new entities.
- Lead the financial evaluation of opportunities: pricing, total cost and overhead recovery, cash requirements, contract terms, financial due diligence, and downside scenarios.
- Develop decision criteria for major investments, use of reserves, and acceptance of financial risk; recommend when to pursue, restructure, improve, or exit an opportunity.
CEO, Board, and Enterprise Partnership
- Serve as a candid financial advisor to the CEO, with regular engagement before significant funding, investment, growth, or risk decisions are made.
- Lead financial presentations and discussions with the Board and Finance & Audit Committee; explain complex issues accurately and plainly, including uncertainty and trade-offs.
- Maintain effective relationships with auditors, banks, investment advisors, insurers, funders, and contracting partners.
Finance Modernization and Talent
- Assess the Finance function and establish clear accountabilities across the CFO and Finance leadership, financial planning and analysis, payroll, and other related functions.
- Improve the reliability, speed, and usefulness of reporting through sensible systems, automation, analytics, and stronger financial data practices.
- Develop Finance leaders and succession depth; build a team that partners with operations while maintaining clear financial standards and controls.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related field. Masters in Business Administration or other relevant graduate degree preferred. Certified Public Accountant credential preferred.
- Progressively responsible senior Finance leadership in a complex government-funded, contract-intensive, or similarly regulated environment; able to lead at enterprise scale.
- Substantial firsthand experience with liquidity and cash management, forecasting, contract economics, financial reporting, internal controls, audit, and compliance.
- Demonstrated understanding of the financial and operational requirements of federal contracts or grants, including cost allocation, restricted funding, reimbursement, and regulatory obligations.
- Experience advising a CEO or equivalent enterprise leader and communicating financial matters effectively to a Board or comparable governing body.
- Evidence of leading Finance teams through change while staying engaged in operational and financial detail.
- Direct nonprofit or human-services experience is preferred but not required when experience includes strong government-funded or comparable regulated-industry experience.
- Experience with mergers and acquisitions, affiliations, restructuring, business integration, or formation of new entities preferred; experience with multi-state or multi-entity finance leadership; Finance systems or analytics modernization; large foundation grants and diversified revenue sources preferred.
About Eckerd Connects
With more than 2,000 employees and programs across the country, Eckerd Connects is a national nonprofit working across Workforce Development, Job Corps, and Children & Family Services. For decades, Eckerd Connects has partnered with communities and individuals to make a difference where it matters most. More than 250,000 students, clients, and families have benefited from our programs—proof that when we invest in people, the impact carries forward for generations. What began as a single therapeutic wilderness camp nearly 60 years ago has become a nationwide network of programs creating opportunities and lasting change. Across 20 states and the District of Columbia, our teams deliver community-based, data-driven services that meet individuals where they are—with compassion, dignity, and measurable results. Through education, job training, employer connections, and wraparound support, Eckerd Connects helps people overcome barriers and build pathways to lasting employment and economic mobility.
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