Chief Financial Officer

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Team:
Finance, Senior Management

Reports To:

Executive Director

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Compensation:
Typical Hiring Range: $134,000 – $162,000 DOE

Work Location:

Portland, Oregon. OJF is currently a hybrid workplace with some in‑office work required balanced with remote work.

Benefits:
Employer‑paid premiums for employee health insurance (medical, dental, vision, STD and LTD), 401K with 2% employer match, generous PTO, holidays, and paid leave. Relocation reimbursement available.

About the Position

Our Just Future (OJF), formerly known as Human Solutions, seeks a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) who is passionate about growing the financial capacity and sustainability of an organization dedicated to advancing racial, housing, and economic justice with a primary geographic focus on East Portland and East Multnomah County. You can learn more about Our Just Future, our vision, mission, people, and passions by visiting our website.

The CFO provides strategic and collaborative leadership to ensure that Our Just Future maintains the fiscal integrity and compliance orientation required to achieve its mission. The CFO serves as a core member of the agency’s leadership team, staff, supports the Board’s Finance Committee, and leads the agency’s Finance Team, which consists of a mission‑driven cohort of five finance and accounting professionals.

The team manages a complex and vital array of functions including Contracts Accounting, AP and AR, Audit, Budget, Risk, Payroll, and IT that sustain and support agency operations.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the Our Just Future’s annual budget and ensure the ongoing availability of accurate, timely budget monitoring information and reports; analyze and/or produce property‑based budgets for agency assets; assist department managers and supervisors with budgetary issues.

• Analyze, report on, and assess the agency’s financial condition and trends to ensure sustainable and compliant operations. Coordinate closely across the agency’s Groups and Teams to manage key fiscal, compliance and risk management issues confronting the agency.

• Ensure that the OJF Finance Team produces informative and necessary accounting reports and materials on a timely and compliant basis; review and analyze output to ensure accuracy and timeliness.

• Confirm that the agency payroll activities are completed accurately on a timely basis, including the payment of all payroll taxes; ensure that all receipts and accounts receivable are recorded accurately and that the disbursements and accounts payable are correct. Ensure that all funds are deposited and recorded accurately on a timely basis.

• Manage the accurate and timely operation of the fiscal systems for Our Just Future; ensure that the fiscal operations of all properties are accurate and timely; provide fiscal management and oversight as needed.

• Ensure that the agency is in compliance with all fiscal requirements and local, state, and federal laws. Ensure that the policies and procedures in the Fiscal Manual are followed; update the Manual as needed.

• Coordinate audit and tax activities and reporting for Our Just Future and its subsidiary entities and properties.

• Provide support and training to Our Just Future’s Board of Directors to support their role of fiduciary oversight; staff and support the Board’s Finance Committee.

• Oversee insurance and risk management for the agency.

• Oversee Third‑Party Contracted IT, Facilities, and Fleet for the agency.

• When required, act in the capacity of the Executive Director on an occasional basis when he or she may be on leave or unavailable.

Supervisory Responsibilities

The CFO currently directly supervises four employees on the Finance Team, including managers who oversee accounting positions. The CFO leads the Finance Team and is responsible for creating an equitable and inclusive climate. The CFO carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing…