Vice President of Finance

This position supports the work of the Y, a leading nonprofit, charitable organization committed to strengthening community through youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. Under the direction of the COO the VP of Finance oversees all financial operations to ensure the YMCA’s fiscal stability and mission‑driven growth. This role manages budgeting, accounting, reporting, and compliance. The VP of Finance leads the finance team, maintains strong internal controls, and supports organizational planning to strengthen programs and community impact.

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• Hires, trains, and oversees assigned staff and departments.
• Monitors monthly financial operations, prepares analysis and reports, and gives guidance to executive and operating staff. Works closely with operations staff on issues that affect financial outcome.
• Model relationship-building skills in all interactions.
• Reviews existing outsourced processes and builds in-house SOPs for the department.
• Oversees and provides leadership to the annual budget and forecast process including issuing guidelines and procedures, training staff, auditing budgets, overseeing data input, and preparing reports.
• Manages the annual independent audit, the preparation of financial statements, and the IRS 990 tax form and works directly with the audit firm to ensure timely completion.
• Ensures that current accounting standards and legal requirements are met.
• Prepares or supervises the preparation of outside reports and filings including annual financial reports for YUSA.
• Implements appropriate systems and internal controls to adequately safeguard the YMCA’s financial resources and to provide a solid basis for accurately reporting financial data.
• Oversees the month-end and year-end closings and the preparation of statements and reports. This includes regular cash flow projections for the CEO, COO, and board leaders as needed.
• Maintains all necessary records and accounting reports and records all transactions on a timely basis.
• Works directly with the development/fundraising team to ensure accuracy of all fundraising activities. Assists with fundraising activities as needed.
• May have direct responsibility for periodic deposits, recording journal entries, and bank and investment account reconciliations.
• Manages aspects of association risk management including, but not limited to insurance renewal and workers compensation allocation.
• May implement, manage and oversee personnel and payroll administration including maintaining records and related systems.
• Serves as the liaison for assigned committees, community partnerships and banking relationships.
• Maintains good working relationships with auditors, bankers, investment counselors, attorneys and other professional advisors.
• Other duties as assigned.

This job announcement is not intended to be inclusive of all functions, responsibilities and qualifications associated with the position, however, representative of the essential job functions and typical criteria considered necessary to successfully perform the position. 

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5-7 years of broad finance or accounting experience, ideally in a non-profit setting.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word) and computerized accounting systems.
• Exceptional organizational and communication skills, ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Previous supervisory experience preferred.
• YMCA Multi-Team or Branch Leader certification preferred.
• CPR and First Aid certifications may be required.

WORK ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use a computer for extended periods of time and be able to communicate using a computer and phone/smart device.
• The employee frequently is required to sit and reach and must be able to move around the work environment.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

General Physical Requirements

Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of force greater than that for Sedentary Work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work.

Physical Activity List

Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.

Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.

Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles.

Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.

Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and make fine discriminations in sound.

Visual Acuity

The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; expansive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly of fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.

Working Conditions

The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.