Chief Financial Officer

JK Executive Strategies is proud to partner with the Greater Rochester Habitat for Humanity in search of their next Chief Financial Officer to join its team!

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.

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.

• 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…