Chief Financial Officer

Greater Rochester Habitat for Humanity is a Rochester, New York-based affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International — one of the world’s most recognized and trusted nonprofit housing organizations. We build strength, stability, and self-reliance through affordable home ownership, home repair, and community development programs serving a three-county region of Monroe, Ontario and Wayne counties.
With a staff of approximately 50, we operate across multiple program lines — including new home construction, critical home repair, homebuyer education, a retail ReStore, and financial literacy programming. We are in an active period of strategic transformation: deepening our financial sustainability, diversifying revenue, and building the organizational infrastructure needed to grow our community impact over the next decade.

Position Description/Overview
The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a senior leadership role responsible for the full financial health of Greater Rochester Habitat for Humanity — encompassing financial operations, reporting, budgeting, forecasting, facilities management, and strategic financial planning. This is a hands‑on leadership position suited to a finance professional who is equally comfortable setting organizational strategy and rolling up their sleeves to work directly in the ledger when needed.
The CFO serves as a trusted strategic partner to the Chief Executive Officer and a key liaison to the Board of Directors, Finance Committee, and Audit Committee. As the organization enters a pivotal chapter — reducing dependence on government funding, developing earned income streams, and building a new business model grounded in its track record of impact — the CFO will play a central role in shaping what comes next and will be a key leader in seizing opportunities to grow the organization.

• Financial Leadership & Reporting
• Oversee all financial operations of the organization, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, general ledger, and month‑end close processes
• Work with funders to effectively optimize grant contract funding and compliance
• Produce timely, accurate, and board‑ready financial statements, dashboards, and management reports on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, nonprofit accounting standards (ASC 958), grant reporting requirements, and all applicable regulatory obligations
• Ensure compliance with all contract and government regulations and requirements
• Lead the annual audit process; serve as primary staff liaison to external auditors and the Board Audit Committee
• Maintain and strengthen internal controls and financial policies to safeguard organizational assets
• Work directly in the organization’s accounting and ledger systems as needed with the ability to utilize fund accounting for grants management — this is a working CFO role, not a purely supervisory one

• Lead the annual organizational budget process in partnership with the CEO and program directors, including multi‑year projections across all lines of business
• Monitor financial performance against budget on a regular cycle; produce variance analyses and flag risks and opportunities to leadership and the board
• Build and maintain financial models to evaluate new program initiatives, earned income strategies, capital investments, and business model scenarios
• Develop and maintain cash flow forecasts and manage liquidity to ensure operational continuity
• Provide financial analysis to support go/no‑go decisions on new opportunities, including geographic expansion, technology licensing, and new program development

• Serve as a key strategic partner to the CEO — translating financial data into actionable insights, identifying risks before they become crises, and surfacing opportunities the organization is positioned to pursue
• Play a leadership role in the organization’s business model transformation — helping design, model, and evaluate earned income strategies that reduce dependence on government and grant funding
• Advise on financial structuring of new ventures, fee‑for‑service programs,…