Vice President of Finance

The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is one of the nation’s leading racial justice legal organizations. Formed in 1963 at the request of President John

F. Kennedy, the Committee uses legal advocacy to achieve racial justice, fighting inside and outside the courts to ensure that Black people and other people of color have the voice, opportunity, and power to make the promises of our democracy real.

The Committee has litigation, public policy, and advocacy programs in the substantive areas of Voting Rights, Election Protection, Digital Justice, Economic Justice, Criminal Justice, Economic Opportunities, and Fair Housing. It advanced its mission as the premier organization marshaling the resources of the private bar alongside our own talented staff, with over 1 million pro‑bono hours billed to cases and matters over the past decade.

Vice President of Finance

Washington, DC

Full‑time

Non‑Union

Chief Operating Officer

The Vice President of Finance is the organization’s senior finance leader, accountable for financial strategy, planning, analysis, compliance governance, internal‑control framework, and fiscal stewardship for a $25M+ operating budget and a $60M asset portfolio. Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the Vice President serves as a strategic advisor to the COO, Executive Management, and Board committees on financial sustainability, scenario planning, budget strategy, risk management, and optimized financial systems and operations.

This role leads organization‑wide financial planning and analysis, annual and mid‑year budget processes, dashboard development, financial reporting, and finance systems improvement. The Vice President translates complex financial information into clear, actionable recommendations that support organizational decision‑making, long‑term sustainability, and the Committee’s civil‑rights mission. The Vice President directly supervises the Finance Manager, who leads accounting operations, monthly close coordination, internal‑controls execution, and day‑to‑day outsourced accounting vendor delivery.

• Strategic Financial Leadership and FP&A: Translate complex financial data into actionable executive and Board‑level insights that guide long‑term sustainability, capitalization strategy, resource allocation, and organizational risk management.
• Lead organization‑wide financial planning, forecasting, budget analysis, and dashboard development, including standardized financial indicators across programs, operations, restricted funds, and institutional resources.
• Evaluate finance department efficiencies and build business cases for technology modernization, systems automation, process improvement, and capacity building.
• Advise the COO and Executive Management on financial implications of strategic decisions, staffing plans, program growth, funding shifts, vendor strategy, and organizational risk.

• Scenario Modeling and Budget Strategy: Design and lead the annual budget formulation process in partnership with the COO, Executive Management, program leaders, Development, and Operations, ensuring transparent assumptions, clear timelines, and strong cross‑functional accountability.
• Construct scenario models that stress‑test revenue streams, restricted funding, staffing assumptions, major initiatives, cash flow, investment volatility, and sustainability risks.
• Establish mid‑year reforecasting protocols that support agility while maintaining compliance, fiscal discipline, and operational accountability.
• Provide budget guidance and tools that help non‑finance leaders understand tradeoffs, trends, risks, and financial decision points.

• Cash Flow, Liquidity, and Asset Management: Monitor…