Director of Finance & Accounting

The Apawamis Club seeks a seasoned, communicative, forward-thinking Director of Finance & Accounting to serve as a pivotal leader and true partner to the General Manager/Chief Operating Officer during a period of meaningful transition. This is an exceptional opportunity for a finance professional energized by modernization, who embraces technology and thrives in a highly visible, relationship-driven, member-facing environment. The role calls for direct engagement with committees, department heads, members, and staff: listening carefully, explaining financial matters clearly, and resolving questions with professionalism and diplomacy to reinforce trust in the Club's financial stewardship.

Apawamis is a member-focused club with a strong culture, deep institutional pride, and a conservative tradition that is ready for thoughtful modernization. The incoming Director of Finance & Accounting will succeed a long-tenured Controller retiring after 14 years of service, inheriting accurate financial information, clean audits, and trusted controls, along with a mandate to elevate them. The Club is excited to welcome a finance leader who will strengthen member confidence through insight-driven reporting that tells the story behind the numbers, supports confident decision-making, and enhances transparency and accountability.

Reporting to the General Manager/Chief Operating Officer, the Director of Finance & Accounting is the Club's senior finance executive and a key strategic partner to the GM/COO, the Board, the Treasurer, and the Finance Committee. Beyond ensuring accuracy, compliance, and an on-time annual audit, this leader is charged with transforming how the Club generates, communicates, and uses financial information.

The Director of Finance & Accounting will bring a collaborative, service-oriented leadership approach, partnering closely with department heads to deepen shared understanding of each business line and encourage the use of financial information as a practical management tool. This leader will foster clarity, alignment, and informed decision-making across the organization, ensuring finance is viewed as a resource and partner.

This is a hands-on role within a small finance department. The Director of Finance & Accounting will lead and develop a three-person team, assess existing processes and structure against the Club's future needs, document standard operating procedures, and build scalable systems to support Apawamis' active year-round calendar and significant capital-investment activity, including the current lower campus project. Many current processes are manual, and the Club wants a leader who will raise the department's technology level.

The Club uses Clubessential and is open to evaluating other platforms, offering a genuine opportunity to research, streamline, and implement technology and process efficiencies.

The ideal candidate brings strong technical expertise, high emotional intelligence, empathy, a good sense of humor, and unquestioned integrity. This leader shares information freely, develops and fully utilizes the team rather than holding work close, and leads without micromanaging. Calm under pressure, open-minded, and excited by innovation, this leader will be empowered to guide change while honoring the Club's culture.

The historic 18-hole golf course has hosted four USGA events: the 1911 U.S. Amateur, 1970 U.S. Girls’ Junior, 1978 Curtis Cup Matches, and 2005 U.S. Senior Women’s Amateur. The U.S. Seniors’ Golf Association tournament originated at Apawamis in 1905. Practice facilities and an indoor Golf Performance Center…