Director, Financial Planning & Analysis; Finance

Job Description Chief Financial Officer (Denver, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City preferred, remote location to be considered.)

Raise the Future is seeking a strategic, visionary, and hands‑on Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead the organization’s financial strategy and help position the organization for long‑term sustainability and growth.

The CFO will be responsible not only for maintaining strong financial operations, but for helping the organization build a stronger financial future, including strengthening reserves, improving financial sustainability, diversifying revenue, and ensuring resources are aligned with the organization’s strategic priorities.

We are looking for a leader who can see beyond the immediate financial challenges and help the organization think several years ahead. The successful candidate will bring strong business and financial acumen, a strategic mindset, and the ability to translate complex financial information into clear decisions and action. They will be a trusted thought partner to the CEO, Senior Leadership Team, and Board and will help connect financial strategy to program growth, revenue generation, operational decisions, and long‑term organizational impact.

The CFO must be comfortable operating at the highest strategic level while also being willing to roll up their sleeves and work alongside the Finance team to solve complex accounting problems, improve systems, strengthen processes, and ensure the organization has reliable financial information to make decisions.

The CFO will lead a Finance team and oversee a multi-state nonprofit environment that includes federal and state government contracts, philanthropic revenue, grants, clinical/Medicaid services, multiple programs and funding streams, and significant compliance requirements. This role is eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverage, retirement benefits, and paid time off.

The ideal candidate is a strategic financial leader who can help Raise the Future build what comes next.

Balances immediate accounting and financial realities with long‑term organizational goals.

Has experience leading an organization through financial complexity, change, growth, or turnaround.

Has experience with oversight of grant management and budgeting.

• Brings strong nonprofit financial leadership experience, ideally within a complex, multi‑state or multi‑program organization.
• Has demonstrated success strengthening financial sustainability, building reserves, improving forecasting, and aligning resources with strategy.
• Is an exceptional financial storyteller through accurate financials models, reporting and forecasting. Who can make complex information clear and actionable for non‑financial audiences.
• Is comfortable working alongside their team on day‑to‑day accounting and billing processes as needed.
• A successful CFO in this position will understand that financial leadership is not simply about managing the numbers, it is about helping the organization make better decisions, invest wisely, manage risk, create opportunity, and build a stronger future.

They will bring urgency to the work without becoming consumed by the urgent. They will strategically position Raise the Future to move from solving today’s financial challenges to building the financial strength and infrastructure needed to achieve its vision for years to come.

• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the CEO and Senior Leadership Team, helping translate Raise the Future’s strategic vision into long‑term financial strategies and priorities.
• Develop and maintain a multi‑year financial vision that looks beyond the current budget cycle and positions the organization for long‑term sustainability, growth, and impact.
• Lead strategies to…