Wycliffe Golf & Country Club is seeking an experienced, strategic, and service-minded Chief Financial Officer to serve as a key member of the Executive Leadership Team. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the CFO provides financial leadership, fiscal stewardship, operational insight, and executive oversight of the Club’s financial operations.
The CFO works closely with the CEO, Board of Directors, Finance Committee, executive leadership team, department heads, and outside professional advisors to ensure the Club’s financial strength, transparency, compliance, and long-term sustainability. This role oversees accounting, finance, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, audit, tax, treasury, risk management, compliance, internal controls, member billing, capital planning, financial analysis, and executive oversight of the Information Technology Department.
As a private golf and country club operating within a homeowners association environment, Wycliffe requires a CFO who understands the financial complexity of member-owned, hospitality-driven, seasonal operations. The ideal candidate will balance fiscal discipline with service excellence while supporting the Club’s long-term strategic plan and exceptional member and employee experience.
Financial Leadership & Strategy
- Serve as a trusted financial advisor to the CEO, Board of Directors, Finance Committee, executive leadership team, and department heads.
- Develop and execute financial strategies that support the Club’s mission, values, operational priorities, and long-term strategic plan.
- Lead short- and long-term financial planning, including operating budgets, capital budgets, reserve planning, cash flow forecasting, dues modeling, and strategic projections.
- Provide financial modeling, scenario planning, and business analysis for capital projects, strategic initiatives, member programs, and long-range planning.
- Evaluate financial performance and identify opportunities to improve efficiency, cost management, revenue performance, internal controls, and resource allocation.
- Offer thoughtful financial discipline, respectfully challenge assumptions, and translate complex financial data into practical business decisions.
Accounting, Reporting & Internal Controls
- Direct all accounting operations, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, member billing, bank reconciliations, journal entries, fixed assets, depreciation schedules, and monthly close processes.
- Ensure timely and accurate preparation of monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc financial statements and reports.
- Prepare and present financial reports, dashboards, forecasts, variance analyses, and supporting schedules to the CEO, Board, Finance Committee, and other committees as needed.
- Establish, maintain, and improve accounting policies, procedures, workflows, internal controls, segregation of duties, and financial reporting processes.
- Monitor budget-to-actual performance and partner with department leaders to explain variances, identify trends, and recommend corrective action.
- Oversee member billing, collections, aging reports, payment processing, and member account communications in accordance with Club policies.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Capital Planning
- Lead the annual operating and capital budget process in partnership with the CEO, department heads, Finance Committee, and Board of Directors.
- Develop budget timelines, templates, assumptions, presentations, and supporting documentation.
- Review departmental budgets for accuracy, reasonableness, strategic alignment, and consistency with Club standards.
- Track operating and capital budgets throughout the year and provide regular variance analysis and updated projections.
- Support reserve planning, debt analysis, funding strategies, capital project tracking, and long-range financial models for major infrastructure, amenity, and facility investments.
Compliance, Governance & Risk Management
- Coordinate the annual external audit process and serve as the primary liaison with auditors, tax advisors, banking partners, insurance representatives, legal counsel, and other professional advisors.
- Ensure compliance with applicable tax requirements, regulatory reporting obligations, accounting standards, HOA-related financial requirements, and Club policies.
- Maintain a strong internal control environment and proactively identify opportunities to reduce risk, prevent fraud, improve accountability, and strengthen financial governance.
- Oversee cash management, liquidity planning, banking relationships, credit facilities, investments, reserve funds, and cash flow forecasting.
- Safeguard Club funds and ensure appropriate controls over bank accounts, deposits, disbursements, wire transfers, electronic payments, credit card activity, and check processing.
- Support insurance renewals, claims reporting, contract review, vendor financial analysis, purchasing controls, and financial due diligence.
Leadership & Operational Partnership
- Lead, supervise, develop, and evaluate the Accounting Department and provide executive oversight of the Information Technology Department.
- Build a high-performing, service-oriented team that demonstrates accuracy, professionalism, responsiveness, discretion, and accountability.
- Oversee staffing, scheduling, work allocation, training, performance management, succession planning, and professional development for direct reports.
- Partner with Human Resources on recruitment, onboarding, performance reviews, coaching, corrective action, compensation, and development.
- Serve as a strategic business partner to department heads by providing financial guidance, analysis, and education to strengthen business acumen, budget accountability, and operational decision-making.
- Support cross-departmental planning, vendor and capital decisions, financial systems, reporting tools, technology platforms, cybersecurity priorities, and process improvements.
- Promote a culture of transparency, collaboration, continuous improvement, financial stewardship, and operational excellence.
Member, Board & Committee Relations
- Represent the Club with professionalism, discretion, and integrity in all interactions with members, employees, vendors, auditors, advisors, committee members, and Board members.
- Communicate financial information clearly and appropriately to audiences with varying levels of financial knowledge.
- Respond to member financial inquiries, billing concerns, and account matters with professionalism, confidentiality, empathy, and sound judgment.
- Attend Board, Finance Committee, leadership, budget, audit, capital planning, and other meetings as required.
- Prepare financial materials for annual meetings, budget presentations, committee meetings, and strategic planning sessions.
Supervisory Responsibilities
This position provides direct leadership to the Accounting Department, including the Controller, Assistant Controller, Staff Accountant, Accounts Receivable Specialist, Executive Assistant to the CFO, and part-time/per diem Staff Accountant. This position also provides executive oversight of the Information Technology Department.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field required.
- CPA designation preferred.
- Minimum of ten years of progressive financial management experience required, with at least five years in a senior financial leadership role.
- Private club, country club, golf club, hospitality, resort, HOA, community association, or member-owned organization experience required.
- Experience working with a Board of Directors, Finance Committee, Audit Committee, or volunteer governance structure preferred.
- Experience overseeing accounting, finance, budgeting, audit, capital planning, treasury, insurance, compliance, and IT functions preferred.
- Experience with NorthStar preferred.
- Strong knowledge of GAAP, internal controls, audit preparation, tax compliance, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, cash management, and financial reporting required.
- Experience managing seasonal operations, multi-department budgets, capital projects, and complex member billing environments preferred.
Core Competencies
- Strong financial acumen and ability to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insight.
- High level of integrity, judgment, discretion, and confidentiality.
- Executive presence and strong communication skills with Board members, committee members, senior leaders, department heads, employees, members, vendors, and outside advisors.
- Ability to serve as a trusted advisor who can respectfully challenge assumptions and provide financial discipline without creating unnecessary barriers to operational progress.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, coach, develop, and hold teams accountable.
- Strong analytical, organizational, planning, and project management skills.
- Understanding of private club operations, HOA financial structures, member billing, capital planning, reserves, and hospitality service expectations.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with attention to detail and day-to-day execution.
- Strong technology aptitude, including financial systems, reporting platforms, cybersecurity priorities, and IT-related operational needs.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel, and financial modeling.
- High-agency, ownership-oriented mindset with initiative, urgency, resourcefulness, and follow-through.
