Chief Financial Officer

Georgetown College - Georgetown, KY

Full-time - Senior

Georgetown, KY

Educational Services

About the position

Georgetown College seeks an experienced Chief Financial Officer who is excited to serve at a dynamic Christian college that has just raised $28M and paid off its long-term debt. The successful candidate will combine strategic and technical ability, a commitment to collaborative leadership, and the ability to develop and implement plans and programs that strengthen the financial base of the College. The CFO serves as the chief business and financial officer of the College and provides leadership, oversight, and direction, for the business and financial operations of the College. The CFO is expected to ensure the efficiency, accuracy, and timeliness of key systems and reports. This position requires a hands-on, service-oriented leader who is able to think strategically, provide analytical and decision-making direction for complex issues, and dive into the details on a day-to-day basis when necessary. The CFO reports directly to the President and serves as a member of the Executive Cabinet.

Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee the College's annual operating and capital budgets, and provide effective cash management processes.
• Work with the College's external accountants to ensure the successful completion of all annual audits and tax reporting.
• Develop, implement, and administer programs and processes to improve financial operations and mitigate financial risks.
• Develop and propose strategies to support achievement of college objectives based on analysis of financial strengths and weaknesses.
• Ensure compliance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) accounting principles and other applicable and externally mandated governance, policies, guidelines and laws.
• Provide timely budget and cash flow modeling and assorted financial reports to the President, Trustees, Cabinet, departments, and external agencies as needed and when required that effectively translate financial terms, issues, and complex situations in a manner that is clear, concise, and facilitates decision making.
• Serve as Treasurer to the Board of Trustees, and comply with Board of Trustee fiscal policies.
• Serve as liaison to the Board's Finance Committee, with special responsibility for finances, and investments.
• Manage the College's banking and business relationships, and function as legal liaison for the College with counsel on legal issues and litigation.
• Provide management oversight of human resources and benefit administration, controller function (including financial controls and policies), auditing, cash, investments, information technology functions, business office and student account office services, purchasing, and risk management.
• Participate on College committees as needed and appropriate to the position.
• Ensure all areas of responsibility operate with a service-oriented mind-set.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Successful completion of a four-year college degree in an accounting, finance, or business-related field is required.
• Successful completion of a relevant graduate degree and/or CPA is strongly preferred.
• Minimum of ten years related experience and/or training with demonstrated increases in responsibility, preferably in higher education, healthcare, or non-profit organization.
• Previous experience in supervising professional and non-professional employees.
• Strong accounting, mathematical, verbal, grammatical, interpersonal, and writing skills are required.
• Effective oral and written communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills, and intermediate computer literacy.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to represent the College well to a variety of constituencies in connection with business and financial interests.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Outlook, Internet, and general ledger systems.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of Anaplan would be helpful.
• CPA license is strongly preferred.