Description
SALA seeks a Chief Financial Officer to lead financial operations, supervise accounting staff, strengthen internal controls, and ensure compliance with GAAP, LSC requirements, 2 C.F.R. Part 200 (Uniform Guidance), and funder rules. The CFO advises the Executive Director, Audit/Finance Committee, and Board and serves on SALA's management team. SALA provides civil legal aid in nine southeastern Arizona counties and to eleven tribal communities.
Requirements
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead accounting operations, budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow monitoring, financial reporting, and risk management.
- Maintain accounting policies, internal controls, fraud-prevention safeguards, records retention, and asset protection systems.
- Ensure compliance with GAAP, LSC accounting and regulatory requirements, Uniform Guidance, grants, contracts, and funder restrictions.
- Oversee grant and restricted-fund accounting, cost allocation, reimbursement requests, billings, expenditure monitoring, and funder reports.
- Prepare and present financial statements, budget reports, cash-flow analyses, and revenue/expense projections to leadership and the Board.
- Support annual and grant-proposal budgets and provide strategic financial guidance to management and the Audit/Finance Committee.
- Ensure compliant procurement, property inventory, asset disposition, depreciation, and related financial reporting.
- Direct the annual audit and financial reviews, serve as auditor liaison, prepare schedules, and implement corrective actions.
- Oversee financial systems, finance-related cybersecurity controls, and disaster recovery planning.
- Supervise, train, evaluate, and develop accounting staff; provide fiscal oversight of payroll,
benefits, insurance, leases, and vendor agreements.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Five years of progressively responsible financial management experience, including three years in senior financial leadership.
- Experience with nonprofit, governmental, or federally funded finances; federal grants; restricted funding; cost allocation; and financial reporting.
- Knowledge of GAAP, nonprofit fund accounting, internal controls, budgeting, financial analysis, and computerized accounting systems.
- Experience supervising accounting or finance staff.
- Strong leadership, organizational, communication, team-management, and people skills.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- CPA credential.
- Experience with LSC regulations, grants, reporting, and Uniform Guidance.
- Experience with nonprofit boards, audit/finance committees, legal aid, public-interest organizations, or federally funded nonprofits.
- Experience with financial management systems and financial cybersecurity controls.
