GENERATIVE CONSULTING PARTNERS & Chinwe Consulting Group are excited to partner with NET Centers in Philadelphia, PA to recruit a Chief Financial Officer at a pivotal moment — focused on strengthening financial discipline, modernizing systems, and ensuring long-range fiscal sustainability across a complex nonprofit environment.
TITLE: Chief Financial Officer
DIVISION: Management Services
REPORTS TO: President and CEO
RELATES TO: President & CEO, Vice President, and Board of Directors
EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Full Time
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
SUMMARY:
The Chief Financial Officer is the senior executive responsible for the financial leadership, fiscal integrity, and long-range financial sustainability of the organization. The CFO serves as a strategic thought partner to the President & CEO, Executive Leadership Team, and Board of Directors, guiding financial planning, decision support, risk management, and stewardship across a complex nonprofit environment with government contracts, grants, fee-for-service revenue, and other mission-driven funding streams.
This role will lead the finance function through a period of organizational transition by strengthening financial discipline, modernizing systems and workflows, building team capacity, and ensuring strong internal controls, audit readiness, and compliance. The successful candidate will bring deep nonprofit finance expertise, strong communication skills, and the ability to align financial strategy with operational decision-making and organizational mission.
ESSENTIAL POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
- Master’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, public administration, nonprofit management, or a related field required; CPA, MBA, MPA, or similar advanced credential strongly preferred.
- Minimum of 8 years of senior nonprofit finance leadership experience required; 10 or more years preferred.
- Demonstrated success leading the full finance function in a complex nonprofit, human services, behavioral health, healthcare-adjacent, or similarly regulated organization.
- Deep expertise in government-funded nonprofit finance, including grants and contracts administration, restricted fund management, fund accounting, cost allocation, and public-sector compliance requirements.
- Proven experience leading annual audits, managing cash flow, overseeing multi-year budgeting, and developing long-range financial sustainability strategies.
- Experience partnering directly with executive leadership, nonprofit boards, and finance/audit committees.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate financial information into clear, actionable insights for non-finance audiences.
- Demonstrated success developing teams, coaching staff, building trust, and strengthening finance department performance.
- Strong systems orientation, including process improvement, internal controls, financial reporting infrastructure, and implementation or optimization of finance-related technology.
- Experience with major payer, public funding, and reimbursement environments s
- Experience with nonprofit ERP and reporting systems such as Great Plains, Power BI, Blackbaud Financial Edge, MIP Fund Accounting, grant management platforms, payroll systems, and analytics tools strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated commitment to equity-centered practice, cultural competence, trauma-informed approaches, and mission-aligned leadership.
- Ability to appropriately handle confidential and sensitive organizational information and comply with all required background clearances and applicable laws, policies, and standards.
ESSENTIAL POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead all aspects of financial strategy, planning, forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and fiscal stewardship for the organization.
- Serve as a strategic advisor to the President & CEO and Executive Leadership Team on sustainability, scenario planning, business decisions, new initiatives, and organizational risk.
- Partner with the Board of Directors and Finance/Audit Committee to provide timely, accurate, and insightful reporting on financial performance, trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Oversee accounting, budgeting, cash management, audit coordination, tax compliance, restricted fund tracking, procurement, facilities and government contract financial administration.
- Ensure strong internal controls, sound financial policies, audit readiness, and compliance with all applicable nonprofit, government, and contractual requirements.
- Lead development of multi-year financial plans and sustainability strategies that align resources with organizational priorities and anticipated funding changes.
- Build, lead, and develop a high-performing finance team – currently composed of 5 persons - through coaching, role clarity, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Strengthen collaboration between finance and program, operations, and administrative leaders so that financial insight supports organizational performance and decision-making.
- Oversee and improve financial systems, reporting tools, dashboards, and workflows to increase efficiency, transparency, and decision support.
- Support payer, contract, and funding relationships by ensuring financial responsiveness, reporting integrity, and readiness for new service and revenue opportunities.
- Monitor receivables, cash position, margins, and related financial indicators, and implement corrective action when needed to protect organizational stability.
- Contribute to organization-wide planning related to restructuring, business lines, facilities, and major initiatives where financial analysis and executive leadership are required
Pay: $180,000.00 - $210,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 403(b)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
