Chief Financial Officer

Job Summary:

The Chief Financial Officer is a key member of the Executive Leadership Team and is responsible for providing strategic financial leadership, fiscal stewardship, operational insight, and executive oversight of the Club's financial operations. This position reports to the Chief Executive Officer and works closely with the Board of Directors, Finance Committee, executive leadership, department heads, and outside professional advisors to ensure the financial strength, transparency, compliance, and long-term sustainability of Wycliffe Golf & Country Club.

The CFO oversees all accounting, finance, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, audit, tax, treasury, risk management, compliance, internal control, member billing, capital planning, and financial analysis functions. The CFO also provides executive oversight of the Information Technology Department and ensures that technology systems, financial platforms, cybersecurity practices, and reporting tools support the Club's operational and strategic needs.

As a private golf and country club operating within a homeowners association environment, Wycliffe requires a CFO who understands the financial complexity of member-owned, hospitality-driven, seasonal operations. The CFO must balance fiscal discipline with service excellence, ensuring that financial decisions support both the Club's long-term strategic plan and the exceptional member and employee experience for which Wycliffe is known.

The CFO is a business-minded financial executive who brings strong financial acumen, operational judgment, strategic discipline, and the ability to translate financial data into practical business decisions that support the Club's long-term success. This position requires strong technical accounting expertise, executive presence, sound judgment, analytical problem-solving skills, discretion, and the ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to a variety of stakeholders.

The CFO must be a collaborative, people-centered leader who develops strong teams, builds trust across departments, and serves as a strategic business partner and trusted advisor to the CEO and leadership team.

Job Tasks/Duties:

Financial Leadership & Strategy

• Develops, recommends, and executes financial strategies that support the Club's mission, vision, values, operational priorities, and long-term strategic plan.
• Serves as a trusted financial advisor to the CEO, Board of Directors, Finance Committee, executive leadership team, and department heads.
• Provides forward-looking financial analysis, business insight, and recommendations to support effective decision-making.
• Offers thoughtful counterpoint, respectfully challenges assumptions, and provides disciplined financial guidance to support responsible and strategic decision-making.
• Leads the development of short-term and long-term financial plans, including operating budgets, capital budgets, reserve planning, cash flow forecasting, dues modeling, and strategic financial projections.
• Evaluates financial performance and identifies opportunities to improve operational efficiency, cost management, revenue performance, internal controls, and resource allocation.
• Provides financial modeling and scenario planning for major capital projects, strategic initiatives, member programs, operational investments, and long-range planning decisions.
• Maintains awareness of economic trends, industry benchmarks, labor trends, insurance costs, vendor pricing, and other factors that may impact the Club's financial position.
• Ensures that financial planning reflects the seasonal nature of private club operations and supports year-round operational continuity.

Accounting, Financial Reporting, & Internal Controls:

• Directs all accounting operations, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll-related financial reporting, member billing, bank reconciliations, journal entries, fixed assets, depreciation schedules, and monthly close processes.
• Ensures timely, accurate, and complete preparation of monthly, quarterly, annual, and ad hoc financial statements and reports.
• Prepares and presents financial reports, dashboards, variance analyses, forecasts, and supporting schedules to the CEO, Board of Directors, Finance Committee, and other committees as needed.
• Establishes, maintains, and continuously improves accounting policies, procedures, internal controls, segregation of duties, and financial reporting processes.
• Monitors budget-to-actual performance and partners with department leaders to explain variances, identify trends, and develop corrective action plans when needed.
• Ensures the integrity, accuracy, confidentiality, and security of all financial records.
• Develops and maintains appropriate financial systems, records, workflows, and reporting tools to support efficient and accurate financial operations.
• Oversees member billing, collections, aging reports, past-due accounts, payment processing, and related member account communications in…