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Talence Group

Chief Financial Officer

Corporate Finance & FP&AConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timePortland, OR, USA$275k - $325k

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 15 years of progressive finance experience, including senior leadership of multi-layer finance and accounting teams in healthcare, affordable housing, human services, or another complex, highly regulated environment.
  • Experience leading finance in a complex organization with multiple revenue streams and the ability to quickly learn new funding models.
  • A record of leading organizations through funding contraction, restructuring, or transformation, with sound judgment on difficult resource-allocation and portfolio decisions.
  • A strong track record building multi-year scenario plans, cash forecasts, and program-level risk models, and translating financial and operational data into clear options for leadership.
  • Experience leading a strong internal-control environment and external audit process, with a clean audit and compliance history.
  • Exceptional communication skills, including experience staffing board finance and audit committees and translating complex funding matters for boards, funders, lenders, elected officials, and staff.
  • A genuine commitment to serving people experiencing homelessness, addiction, and poverty, with empathy, respect, and personal accountability.
  • A bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business is required.

Responsibilities

  • Build an understanding of the organization's programs, operations, and culture, establishing credibility with the Executive Leadership Team, Board, and program leaders as a foundation for change.
  • Serve on the Executive Leadership Team and act as a strategic thought partner to the CEO, leadership team, and Board, helping shape organizational strategy and define its direction over the next three to five years.
  • Integrate the financial perspective across health services, housing, recovery, and employment programs, creating an enterprise view of performance.
  • Support data-informed decision-making by presenting options and trade-offs and recommending decisive courses of action when needed.
  • Develop strategies to protect and grow revenue amid federal Medicaid changes and shifting public funding, including evaluating alternative payment models and reimbursement opportunities.
  • Navigate federal, state, regional, county, and city funding relationships; strengthen contract terms; apply disciplined criteria to new funding; and decline opportunities that do not support long-term sustainability.
  • Partner with Philanthropy to diversify revenue and strengthen long-term financial resilience.
  • Lead the annual budget and develop a multi-year forecast and scenario plan for measuring organizational performance, including cash forecasting for variable public payment cycles.
  • Establish financial guardrails, risk tests, and sustainability standards for growth, new programs, partnerships, and contracts.
  • Lead cost-of-service and project-feasibility analysis; assess program and investment financial and operational risks; and recommend, implement, and monitor mitigation strategies.
  • Partner with Housing & Development, program, and operations leaders on asset and disposition modeling, including tax-credit, refinancing, and transfer options, to guide real-estate portfolio decisions and timelines.
  • Guide capital planning and financing for facilities, housing, and program investments.
  • Lead Accounting, Billing, Business Information Systems, and Purchasing, ensuring accurate tax filings and consolidated financial reporting across the organization, affiliated entities, and partnerships.
  • Lead the annual independent financial audit, single audit, and partnership audits, and maintain internal controls that protect public and philanthropic funds.
  • Ensure compliance with federal, state, county, and city funding and contract requirements, partnering with legal and compliance colleagues on regulatory matters.
  • Serve ex officio on the Board Finance and Audit Committees and prepare agendas, materials, and reports.
  • Build trusted relationships with lenders, funders, elected officials, and government partners; navigate the public-funding and policy environment; and represent the organization's financial position clearly and credibly.
  • Lead, develop, and retain the finance team, maintain clear communication, and advocate for the team's needs with leadership.
  • Partner with Human Resources on compensation philosophy and workforce investment, including collective bargaining, while balancing represented and non-represented workforce needs with long-term financial sustainability.
  • Build the business case and phased roadmap for modern finance systems while delivering timely financial and KPI reporting to program leaders and the Board.

Desired Qualifications

  • A master's degree in business, finance, accounting, health administration, or public administration.
  • Healthcare finance experience, including reimbursement and cost reporting.
  • Affordable housing or real-estate finance experience, including asset management.
  • Health plan, payer, or value-based payment experience.
  • Experience working with Medicaid or other public payers.
  • Experience with government grants, contracts, and single audits.
  • Experience managing cash through variable public payment cycles.
  • Experience leading finance-systems modernization.
  • Experience evaluating partnerships, affiliations, or asset transfers.
  • Experience with philanthropy, endowments, or unionized workforces.

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