Reporting to the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a strategic enterprise leader responsible for shaping the financial direction of Management Sciences for Health (MSH) and helping position the organization for long-term sustainability and growth.
The CFO serves as the CEO's principal advisor on financial strategy, business performance, organizational investments, enterprise risk, pricing, and capital allocation. Beyond ensuring sound financial stewardship, the CFO helps the Leadership Team make better strategic decisions by translating financial information into clear insights, challenging assumptions, evaluating tradeoffs, and identifying opportunities to strengthen organizational performance.
The CFO leads the transformation of MSH's finance function into a high-performing strategic partner that supports innovation, growth, and operational excellence. This includes modernizing financial planning, forecasting, reporting, costing, pricing, and performance management while ensuring the highest standards of financial integrity, compliance, and accountability.
The successful candidate will combine deep nonprofit financial expertise with strong commercial judgment, an entrepreneurial mindset, and the ability to influence decisions across a complex global organization. They will be equally comfortable engaging the Board of Directors on long-term financial strategy, coaching senior leaders through difficult resource decisions, and building a finance organization capable of supporting MSH's next phase of growth.
This position is US-based remote position with Arlington, VA as a preferred location.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Strategic Enterprise Leadership
- Serve as a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, helping shape and execute MSH's strategy, growth agenda, and long-term sustainability plans.
- Act as the President and CEO's principal advisor on financial strategy, business performance, organizational investments, strategic pricing, enterprise risk, and capital allocation.
- Provide independent, data-driven counsel that improves strategic decision-making and promotes accountability for organizational performance.
- Evaluate strategic opportunities, investments, partnerships, restructuring initiatives, and business models to ensure alignment with MSH's mission and long-term financial sustainability.
- Partner with senior executives, country leaders, and operational teams to strengthen business performance and improve decision quality.
- Challenge assumptions, evaluate trade-offs, and ensure that leadership decisions are informed by sound financial analysis.
- Advise on resource allocation and investment priorities, balancing mission impact, financial performance, and organizational capacity.
Financial Strategy, Planning, and Performance
- Lead the development and execution of MSH's long-range financial strategy and multi-year financial plans.
- Establish the vision and systems necessary for robust organizational financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, scenario modeling, and performance management capabilities.
- Establish financial and operational performance metrics that enable leadership to assess organizational health, profitability, efficiency, and growth.
- Provide forward-looking analysis and recommendations regarding financial trends, funding risks, cost structures, and revenue diversification opportunities.
- Develop financial scenarios and strategic options that support informed decision-making under changing market and donor conditions.
Growth, Innovation, and Revenue Strategy
- Collaborate with executive leadership to identify and evaluate new revenue streams, partnerships, and funding opportunities.
- Ensure pricing, cost recovery, indirect cost management, and business development strategies support organizational growth and sustainability.
- Partner with business development and program leaders to evaluate market opportunities and ensure financial viability of strategic initiatives.
- Foster an entrepreneurial culture that encourages innovation, disciplined risk-taking, and continuous improvement.
Financial Stewardship and Risk Management
- Ensure the financial integrity, stability, and sustainability of the organization through effective stewardship of resources.
- Maintain effective systems of internal control that safeguard organizational assets and ensure accountability.
- Oversee cash flow, treasury management, investments, liquidity planning, and working capital optimization.
- Continuously assess financial risks and develop mitigation strategies to strengthen organizational resilience.
Compliance, Governance, and Board Relations
- Ensure compliance with nonprofit accounting standards, donor regulations, tax requirements, and all applicable legal and regulatory obligations.
- Provide strategic financial guidance and analysis to the Board of Directors and Audit Committee. Serve as the liaison with the Board Finance Committee.
- Present financial performance, forecasts, strategic investments, and enterprise risks in a clear and compelling manner to governance bodies.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to the Board on financial sustainability, growth strategy, capital deployment, and risk oversight.
- Oversee external audits and ensure timely resolution of audit findings and management recommendations.
Global Financial Operations
- Provide executive oversight of accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, treasury, payroll, financial systems, grants financial management, and related finance functions.
- Ensure accurate, timely, and transparent financial reporting for leadership, donors, regulatory bodies, and the Board.
- Drive standardization, simplification, and harmonization of finance processes across MSH's global operations.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, accountability, and customer service within the finance function.
Leadership and Talent Development
- Build, develop, and lead a high-performing global finance organization.
- Establish clear expectations, performance standards, and development opportunities for finance staff.
- Strengthen leadership capabilities across the finance team and develop succession plans for critical roles.
- Promote collaboration and strong partnerships across functions, geographies, and organizational levels.
- Model MSH's leadership values and organizational culture while fostering an inclusive and accountable work environment.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Advanced degree in Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance required.
- Minimum of 20 years of experience of progressive financial leadership experience
- Experience working in a complex, high-performing non-profit organization with the ability to make timely decisions and obtain effective buy-in from colleagues and staff. Experience with diverse donors required.
- Proven experience successfully working with boards, audit committees, and executive leadership teams.
- Demonstrated success leading complex budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning processes.
- Proven cross-functional leadership and business partnership skills
- Strong budgetary experience including developing budgets for organizations with multiple segments and diverse funding streams
- Ability to review and communicate financial results, balance sheets, statements of cash flows, and to build financial models.
- Strong understanding nonprofit accounting principles, financial controls, and regulatory compliance.
- Experience managing and/or coordinating global partnerships and collaborative working relationships at both executive and operational levels among multiple organizations, donors and international counterparts.
- Experience in international development preferred.
- Ability to work in an office environment; ability to travel to and work in countries in which MSH operates (10%).
The expected salary range for this position is: $220,000.00 - $275,000.00 annually (U.S. locations only).
MSH considers multiple job-related factors when determining an offer, including but not limited to, business and organizational needs, candidate qualifications, internal equity, location, and internal budget.
Salary is just one of many aspects of our total rewards package; at MSH, our goal is to provide you with a comprehensive set of competitive benefits that includes a substantial vacation, sick and holiday policies, training and development programs, competitive insurance coverage for health, vision, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability, 401k plan, Flexible Spending Account, among others.
The selected candidate is authorized to work in the US and can perform their job remotely within the USA.
MSH is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws. MSH complies with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act, Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act, as amended, and all related applicable regulations.
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