The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) serves as the YMCA of Central Kentucky's senior financial leader and is responsible for the overall financial health, integrity, and sustainability of the organization. Reporting directly to the President & CEO, the CFO provides strategic financial leadership and partners with the CEO and senior leadership team to support organizational priorities, growth, capital investments, informed decision-making, and long-term sustainability.
The CFO oversees all financial operations of the YMCA, including accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash management, investments, internal controls, audit, compliance, capital project financial management, and financial analysis. The CFO ensures that financial practices are accurate, effective, transparent, and aligned with the mission and strategic direction of the YMCA.
The CFO serves as the primary staff partner to the Board's Finance and Audit Committee and provides leadership and support to the committee in fulfilling its fiduciary responsibilities.
The successful candidate will be a strong, experienced leader who combines technical financial expertise with excellent judgment, communication, collaboration, and people-management skills. Experience in nonprofit financial management is preferred but not required. Experience with significant capital projects and capital financing is strongly preferred.
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Required
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field.
- Significant progressive experience in accounting and financial leadership.
- Demonstrated experience managing and developing a finance/accounting team.
- Strong knowledge of financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, internal controls, audit, and financial analysis.
- Demonstrated experience providing financial oversight for capital projects, including budgeting, forecasting, financing, expenditure monitoring, and financial reporting.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to both financial and non-financial audiences.
- Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a complex, mission-driven organization.
- High degree of integrity, discretion, sound judgment, and accountability.
Preferred
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation (strongly preferred).
- Previous financial leadership experience in a nonprofit organization.
- Experience working with a nonprofit Board of Directors and Finance or Audit Committee.
- Experience with SGA or a comparable nonprofit accounting/financial management system.
- Experience with significant capital construction or renovation projects, including project financing and long-term financial planning.
- Experience with capital campaigns and integration of philanthropic commitments into capital project financial planning.
- Experience working with lenders, architects, contractors, developers, investment advisors, and other external partners.
- Experience with debt financing, tax-exempt financing, real estate transactions, investments, or mergers and acquisitions.
- Experience working in a multi-site or multi-department organization.
- Familiarity with nonprofit accounting, including restricted funds, contributions, grants, and fund accounting.
