Chief Financial Officer

As Central Ohio’s regional council, MORPC brings together cities, villages, townships, counties, and regional organizations to plan for the future of our growing region. We serve rural, suburban, and urban communities and collaborate on best practices through a wide range of programs, services, projects, and initiatives — all with the goal of improving quality of life and strengthening Central Ohio’s position on the world stage.

Under the general direction of the Executive Director and Board, the Chief Financial Officer serves as MORPC’s senior financial executive and advisor. The position provides strategic leadership and oversight of the agency’s financial operations and advises agency and Board leadership on the financial implications of significant policy, program, grant, contract, and operational decisions.

(The duties listed below are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed and are not to be considered an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of the position.)

• Leads the development, administration, monitoring, and forecasting of agency-wide budgets, including revenue projections, expenditure controls, indirect costs, cash flow, reserves, and long-term financial planning.
• Oversees the financial management and compliance of federal, state, local, and private grants, including budgeting, reimbursements, matching requirements, allowable costs, subrecipient monitoring, reporting, closeout, and records retention.
• Maintains effective internal controls for accounting, grants, procurement, payroll coordination, cash management, investments, debt, assets, and financial reporting to safeguard agency resources and ensure accurate and timely financial information.
• Oversees the preparation, review, and presentation of monthly, quarterly, annual, and special financial reports, including budget-to-actual analyses, forecasts, project and grant financial reports, variance explanations, and recommendations for corrective action.
• Coordinates the annual financial audit, single audit, and related reviews and serves as the primary liaison to external auditors.
• Oversees the preparation of financial statements and supporting schedules and directs management responses and corrective action plans resulting from audit findings.
• Develops, recommend, implement, and monitor fiscal policies, procedures, and practices that promote transparency, accountability, compliance, operational efficiency, and alignment with MORPC’s strategic priorities.
• Partners with department heads and managers to align accounting, budgeting, cost allocation, grant funding, procurement, contract budgeting, project financial planning, and fiscal controls with program delivery and organizational priorities.
• Oversees contract administration, including reviewing contracts, agreements, memoranda of understanding, resolutions, and other documents with financial or contractual implications and providing CFO approval when appropriate.
• Coordinates with legal counsel on contractual and other non-HR legal matters.
• Supports the Executive Director and legal counsel on filed or threatened litigation and other legal matters involving financial, contractual, insurance, or risk-management implications.
• Directs Finance Department operations and staff, including work assignments, performance expectations, professional development, process improvement, succession planning, and cross-training.
• Ensures all financial activities overseen by the Chief Financial Officer comply with applicable accounting standards; grant, procurement, tax, and payroll reporting requirements; and Board policies, bylaws, and agency procedures.
• Analyzes financial trends, funding scenarios, project performance,…