Chief Financial Officer

Founded in 1974, Community Access continues to uphold and operate as a pioneer of supportive housing and social services in NYC for people with mental health concerns. We proudly lead advocacy efforts that rally our community to promote human rights, social justice, and economic opportunities for all. We are built upon the simple truth that people are experts in their own lives.

Our programs are spread across 25 locations and include over 1200 units of supportive housing in three boroughs, the Howie the Harp Advocacy Center, Peer-driven Crisis Respite Center, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and the Intensive Mobile Team (IMT).

Administration is responsible for establishing the strategic and annual goals of Community Access (CA) in line with its vision, mission and values, and providing leadership to the various departments and programs to enable them to accomplish those goals. CA’s outsourced fiscal services provider (BTQ Financial) provides accounting, contract administration, accounts payable, and treasury services through a team that includes a controller, assistant controller, contract administrator, and staff accountants.

The Chief Financial Officer is responsible for the financial leadership, stewardship, and long-term sustainability of Community Access and its property and real estate development affiliated entities. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and working closely with the Board of Directors’ Finance and Audit Committee, the CFO serves as a senior organizational leader and one of the CEO's principal strategic partners.

Community Access operates through a finance model in which an outsourced fiscal services provider performs core accounting, contract administration, accounts payable, and treasury functions. The CFO is therefore accountable not only for the technical quality of the finance function, but also for setting direction, integrating financial work with organizational priorities, holding internal and external partners accountable, and ensuring that decisions and deliverables move to completion.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO, Senior Management Team, Board, and Finance and Audit Committee on financial strategy, organizational performance, capital planning, growth, and risk.
• Translate complex financial information into concise, decision-ready analysis and clear recommendations.
• Anticipate emerging financial, operational, and regulatory issues; surface them early with practical options and a recommended course of action.
• Support long-range planning and scenario analysis, including the financial implications of new programs, real estate initiatives, agency and real estate reserves, partnerships, and changes in public funding.
• Partner with the Real Estate Development to evaluate project feasibility, organizational risk, and long-term financial sustainability.

• Ensure the financial integrity and sustainability of Community Access and its affiliated entities.
• Oversee annual budgets totaling $78 million, forecasts, cash flow, treasury, investments, lines of credit, insurance renewal negotiations, audits, tax filings, and required financial and regulatory reporting.
• Maintain effective internal controls, fiscal policies, approval structures, and risk-management protocols.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and transparent reporting to management, the Board, funders, lenders, investors, auditors, and government partners.
• Build Dashboards, KPIs and other reporting tools that enhance agency decision-making.

• Provide strategic direction and active, hands‑on oversight to the outsourced fiscal services provider, including the controller, assistant controller, treasury, contract administration, and accounts payable functions.
• Establish clear priorities, deadlines, service expectations, and accountability for deliverables.
• Resolve barriers, elevate concerns when necessary, and ensure that outsourced work is fully integrated with Community Access's operational and strategic needs.
• Maintain a clear division of…