Chief Financial Officer

• Serve as a key strategist and trusted advisor on IJM’s Global Leadership Team
• Steward IJM’s global financial resources and align financial strategy with program impact, growth, and long-term sustainability
• Build and develop a high-performing, spiritually grounded global finance team
• Advise the Chief Operating Officer on fiscal health, financial structure, budget performance, cash flow, investments, and controls
• Recruit, manage, develop, and inspire the finance team
• Collaborate across divisions and provide objective financial perspective on multi-divisional projects
• Prepare for Finance, Administration and Audit Committee meetings and provide committee updates
• Serve on the Global Leadership Team and Global Operations Council
• Establish budgetary policies, strategic milestones, and financial and operational metrics
• Develop forecasts and analysis, identify risks and opportunities, and drive corrective measures
• Provide consolidated global, regional, and local financial reporting
• Oversee payroll, expense reimbursement, partner payments, and supplier payments
• Strengthen financial systems and enhance IJM’s ERP system
• Maintain internal controls, accounting compliance, revenue recognition, asset controls, and record retention
• Manage external audits, NICRA audits, statutory filings, and tax filings
• Develop treasury strategies, manage cash flow and reserves, investments, debt, credit facilities, and global funds flows
• Create and maintain global financial policies and standardized processes
• Train and cross-train Finance staff
• Participate in IJM’s community of spiritual formation

Requirements

• Graduate degree in business management, or equivalent combination of bachelor's degree and relevant work experience
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in strategic financial leadership, including leadership and management of a business unit of $50 million or more in annual revenue
• Demonstrated success in building successful internal partnerships with key executives
• Demonstrated success achieving aggressive and sustained enterprise growth and taking operations to scale
• Demonstrated success in leading the development of global processes and design and implementation of global systems
• Demonstrated success in building and leading diverse teams
• Expertise in enterprise-wide financial strategy, multi-year planning, capital allocation, and scenario modeling
• Knowledge of nonprofit accounting standards, fund accounting, restricted and unrestricted revenue management, and donor restrictions preferred
• Experience managing federal and institutional grant portfolios, NICRA negotiations, indirect cost recovery, grant revenue recognition, and donor requirements
• Expertise in global funds flow management, foreign currency risk, cash forecasting, investment portfolio oversight, and credit facilities
• Command of internal control frameworks, risk-based audit programs, and financial governance
• Experience implementing, enhancing, or optimizing ERP systems
• Familiarity with multi-jurisdictional statutory filing requirements, tax compliance, and audit management
• Ability to translate complex financial data into decision-ready insights
• Experience developing organizational strategy
• Current authorization to work in the United States; visa sponsorship unavailable
• Mature Christian faith and ability to lead others in Christian spiritual formation
• Confident public speaking and superb written and verbal communication skills
• Resume, cover letter, and Statement of Faith required in one PDF
• Background check, police clearance, and reference review required

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in strategic financial leadership, including enterprise-wide financial strategy, multi-year planning, and capital allocation. Proven ability to build and lead diverse teams while managing complex financial systems and ensuring compliance with nonprofit accounting standards.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Strategic Financial Leadership
• Nonprofit Accounting Standards
• Global Funds Flow Management
• ERP System Optimization
• Public Speaking

Hard Skills

• Financial Strategy
• Budget Performance
• Cash Flow Management
• Financial Reporting
• Risk-Based Audit Programs
• Capital Allocation
• Scenario Modeling
• Grant Revenue Recognition
• Internal Control Frameworks
• Financial Governance

Soft Skills

• Leadership
• Team Development
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Public Speaking

Industry Keywords

• Nonprofit Accounting
• Fund Accounting
• Donor Restrictions
• NICRA Negotiations
• Statutory Filings
• Tax Compliance

Tools & Technologies

• ERP Systems
• Financial Management Software