Chief Financial Officer
The Sierra Business Council is a regional non-profit organization with a mission to pioneer innovative approaches and solutions that foster community vitality, environmental quality, economic prosperity and social fairness in the Sierra Nevada.
We don’t think numbers are boring. We aren’t afraid of numbers. We think numbers can help change the world.
Our society can be entrenched in a culture of division, where challenges are approached as conflicts, and differing interests are interpreted as competing. We see challenges as opportunities; we develop shared values rather than competing interests; we create innovative win-win solutions rather than settling for the constraints of compromise. We believe that from the most challenging circumstances emerge the greatest possibilities. We lead a solution-oriented approach, fusing seemingly contradictory worldviews into new solutions to complex problems.
The principles of sustainability referring to the interdependence of social, economic, and natural systems are widely discussed in our society. The Sierra Business Council is one of the few regional organizations in the world that puts these ideas into concrete action. By implementing and supporting model projects, we seek to demonstrate that vibrant community, fair and prosperous economies, and healthy thriving ecosystems are not competing interests, they are an intricate weave. When all three are allowed to thrive, everyone wins. In demonstrating the interdependence of community, nature, and economy we don’t simply create tools to target specific problems. Rather, our innovative solutions simultaneously respect and address a suite of challenges, and go beyond compromise or resolution to efficiently create models of real progress.
The Sierra Business Council is seeking an innovative and disciplined business mind to help us redefine how we manage our finances. SBC already embrace state of the art best management practices for non-profits. But we want to go from Good To Great. We want someone to help us excel.
We are seeking an experienced coach to take us to the next level, improve our level of service in the region, make us more profitable, and help us fulfill our mission. We need a financial leader who can dramatically improve how we do business. We want to put our numbers to work changing the world.
Position Summary:
The Chief Financial Officer is responsible for creating and monitoring the financial programs and supporting information systems of the Sierra Business Council. The CFO is responsible for making us a more profitable, better managed, and a more accountable and more effective organization so we can improve the lives of people in the Sierra Nevada. The CFO reports to the President. A full time bookkeeper and certified public accountant support the CFO position.
Nature and Scope of Responsibilities:
The Sierra Business Council Chief Financial Officer:
- Creates, coordinates, and evaluates the financial programs and supporting information systems of the Sierra Business Council to include budgeting, real estate, cash management, and conservation of assets, and manages those programs to maximize their effectiveness and makes changes in them as warranted
- Manages SBC’s investment strategy
- Evaluates the organization’s quarterly and annual financial performance and reports to the President, and subsequently to the Board of Directors, on the state of the organizations financial health
- Where appropriate and directed by the President, prepares quarterly financial statements and reports, reviews labor proformas and conducts special analyses
- Ensures compliance with local, state and federal financial reporting requirements
- Advises on the securing of licenses and insurance necessary to the effective management of the business
- Consults with the President and bookkeeper on an as needed basis
- Educates other staff members in the use of sound financial techniques and programs wherever appropriate and beneficial to the health of the organization
- Reviews and recommends approval or adjustments to individual project budgets
- Assists others within SBC, and assumes additional responsibilities as needed, in order to help with specific assignments and requirements
- Possesses strong interpersonal and coaching skills and is capable of designing systems that, if implemented, will assist SBC in the achievement of its financial objectives
- A team player capable of assisting other SBC staff in the pursuit of organization objectives and teaching them in the use of financial programs and techniques
- Maintains the personal drive, energy, motivation, and self-direction necessary to accomplish the CFO responsibility without close supervision
- Dedicated, thorough, diligent, and articulate spokesperson for SBC and its mission
- Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, or similar major course of study at an accredited college or university
- Masters degree in Finance or Business Administration desirable but not required
- At least five years experience as a CFO, Treasurer, or Director of Finance with a company of small or intermediate size
Please send copies of resumes and letters of introduction to:
Mr. Steven Frisch
c/o Anna Toso
Sierra Business Council
PO Box 2428
Truckee, CA 96160
Please also send electronic copies to atoso@sbcouncil.org.
