Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer Collaborate with a passionate Zoo Crew in San Antonio

Choosing where to grow your career has a major impact on your professional and personal life, so it’s equally important you know that the place you choose to work at will support and guide you. With a diversity of passionate people, San Antonio Zoo is a place where you can collaborate with others securing a future for wildlife.

The Chief Financial Officer provides leadership, oversight, strategic direction, and vision to ensure that San Antonio Zoo has the proper operational controls, compliant reporting procedures, to effectively grow the organization and ensure financial strength and operating effectiveness/efficiency. Works with zoo president, leadership, investment and finance committees, executive committee and monitors the financial, business, purchasing, cash control, IT activities and has payroll oversight.

This position works to ensure that the zoo operates officially, efficiently, effectively and in accordance with local, state and federal laws and regulations. This position exists to ensure the financial health of the zoo in both the long and short term by overseeing financial and administrative operations and examining business practices while minimizing risk to the organization.

As Chief Financial Officer, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people in San Antonio. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Oversees the zoo’s operating and capital budgets to ensure the appropriate use of funding sources, including governmental funding, grants, earned income, donor restricted funding, and other funding sources
• Maintains a comprehensive knowledge of the zoo’s activities to be effective in financial oversight of the organization
• Develops financial pro formas for zoo programs and initiatives such as special exhibits, programs, promotions, and business partnerships
• Serves as the staff liaison to Finance and Investment Committee for the purpose of overseeing the zoo’s financial health and financial risks. Recommends budget assumptions, reserve levels, and budget adjustments to the committee as necessary
• Maintains the internal control environment, including financial controls and the tone regarding financial responsibility and appropriate use of resources
• Assessing accounting/finance department to ensure an effective and functional structure including appropriate staffing levels and job roles, and effectiveness of all systems, databases and financial software
• Identify, acquire and implement systems and software to provide critical financial and operational information. Evaluate department and make suggestions for automating processes and increasing working efficiency
• Develops and maintains the financial pro forma behind the zoo’s strategic plan
• Coordinates the annual budget, such that the operating budget remains healthy
• Ensures fiduciary responsibility, sound financial management and accountability for contributions, income and other zoo assets
• Reviews financial policies and laws and recommends changes to zoo policy and procedures when necessary; ensures the zoo adheres to all financial rules, regulations, and procedures
• Works with the Senior Leadership Team on financial issues in their individual areas
• Presents financial information to a variety of audiences, including the President/CEO, the Senior Leadership Team, zoo staff, Board of Directors, and external stakeholders
• Oversees resource allocation and department budgets
• Participates in annual outside audit

• Provides leadership on regulatory and legal compliance issues including annual and capital budgets…