Chief Financial Officer

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is the senior financial executive of the Tribal Government, reporting directly to the Tribal Chairperson and working in partnership with Tribal Legislators. The CFO provides strategic financial leadership, ensures fiscal responsibility, and supports the Tribe’s long-term economic sovereignty and community development. This role oversees all financial operations, including budgeting, investments, risk management, and compliance, while serving as a trusted advisor to Tribal leadership.

Perform the duties as enumerated under Chapter 98-15 and with the authority as enumerated under 98-18 and 98-19 Section 11.60 of the Tribal Government Plan, Chapter 98 of the Code of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.

• Advise Tribal leadership on financial impacts of policy decisions, programs, and business ventures.
• Align financial strategies with the Tribe’s mission, values, and long‑term economic development goals.
• Direct budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting processes to ensure transparency and accountability.
• Establish cash flow management systems to maintain liquidity and meet operational needs.

• Optimize capital structure and manage relationships with banks, investment partners, and external stakeholders.
• Evaluate opportunities for acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures consistent with Tribal priorities.
• Identify and mitigate financial risks while ensuring compliance with Tribal, federal, and state regulations.
• Develop and enforce financial policies, procedures, and internal controls.

• Introduce and maintain financial systems and technologies to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Provide timely, accurate, and insightful financial analysis to support decision‑making.

• Serve as the financial liaison between Tribal leadership, community members, and external partners.
• Communicate financial expectations, results, and challenges with integrity and transparency.

Provide assistance to internal and external auditors as requested.

Performs related duties as directed.

• Master’s degree in business administration, Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• CPA and/or CFA designation strongly preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive financial leadership experience, ideally with national or international operations.
• Demonstrated success in profit/loss management, capital planning, and organizational growth.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate across departments and with external partners.
• Must successfully pass criminal background and credit checks.

Candidate selected for hire will be subject to a drug test and employment will be contingent upon results of said test.

Applicants will be subject to a background check that includes a credit check, criminal and civil records check, and a fingerprint check.

Advanced financial analysis and decision‑making.

Leadership and collaboration across diverse teams.

Strong quantitative and logical reasoning skills.

Decisive and creative problem‑solving in complex situations.

Commitment to Tribal sovereignty, values, and community impact.

Requires the ability to perform upper level data analysis, including the ability to hypothesize, theorize and assimilate, to modify or adapt existing policies/methods to meet unusual conditions within the context of existing theories and management principles.

Requires the ability to direct a major organizational unit requiring significant internal and external interaction.

Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or provide simple but continuous adjustment on equipment, machinery, tools and/or materials used in performing essential functions.

Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory and/or design data and information.

Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; ability to calculate…