Finance Director

About This Role

The Finance Director will have overall financial management responsibility for CLUA and FPC, playing an instrumental role in shaping the finance & accounting department infrastructure. This role oversees budgeting, financial forecasting, cash flow, and audit coordination, managing a small team.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic financial leadership during organizational evolution, assessing and strengthening financial structures, systems, and policies.
• Identify and implement changes needed to support resilience, compliance, and long-term sustainability across jurisdictions.
• Lead in the development and maintenance of an organization-wide financial strategy and long-term financial planning.
• Develop financial forecasts and lead a multi-year financial planning scenario and contingency planning process.
• Lead the annual operating budget development process and present it to the Finance Committee and Board.
• Manage the organization’s finance and accounting department and staff, including playing a participatory role in all functions.
• Coordinate with Development and Operations teams in the preparation of grant proposal budgets and allocations.
• Prepare timely monthly financial close and internal financial reports for the SMT, Board and Program Leads.
• Oversee tracking and reporting on the use of grant and other funding resources, both internally and externally.
• Maintain up to date finance policy and procedure manuals and ensure adherence.

Requirements

• 7+ years of relevant combined education and experience in the nonprofit sector
• Experience with reorgs, new entity registration, and related activities
• Excellent mathematical, analysis, auditing, and accounting skills
• Ability to lead departments and individuals
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Knowledge of financial accounting and general ledger software
• Experience creating usable budgets at different levels of detail and maintaining shared cost allocations
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Commitment to CLUA’s mission and focus on climate, nature, and justice

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration or a related field
• 7+ years of relevant combined education and experience in the nonprofit sector, preferably in a grant-funded environment, with experience scoping and implementing changes related to financial systems as part of a structural reorganization.

Nice to Have

• Experience working as part of an international team
• Intacct experience

Skills

* Required skills

Certifications