Senior Vice President of Finance

Chicago, IL

Full Time

Finance

Executive

The Senior Vice President of Finance is responsible for the overall operational direction of the organization’s financial and accounting functions, ensuring compliance with corporate and U.S. Government contracts and cooperative awards regulations, managing Opportunity’s corporate finance function, and overseeing subsidiary finance teams and reporting, cash management, and overseeing Opportunity’s investment portfolio and retirement plan assets. The role is critical in managing day-to-day finances and serving as a partner to the CFO to provide hands-on team management.

RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Responsible for the overall operational direction and management of Opportunity’s global financial and accounting functions and teams.
Partner with a dedicated executive group to drive the change that is required for rapid growth and expansion of the donor base, specifically government and corporate grantors.
Administer and monitor all financial functions to keep the senior leadership team informed about the organization's financial status.
Prepare financial statements and ensure high standards of financial integrity.
Maintain updated business policies and accounting practices to ensure timely and accurate financial statements.
Present financial reports to organizational leadership, colleagues, and stakeholders accurately and timely.
Analyze and communicate monthly and annual financial statements to ensure the provision of financial reports for donors and individual projects and programs.
Lead the annual audit process and liaise with external auditors and the board finance committee.
Develop Standard Operating Procedures and ensure that policies and procedures are in place to protect the organization's assets, including, but not limited to, procurement and expense management procedures to prevent fraud.
Assist the CFO in establishing strategic financial objectives and operating policies and procedures to ensure the attainment of corporate objectives.
Collaborate with the CFO in creating sophisticated financial analysis and reporting.
Ensure proper financial management by preparing and analyzing complete, timely, and accurate budgets and financial reports and managing financial control systems.
Establish structures to ensure compliance with all finance-related U.S. federal and state, third-party, and other financial reports with GAAP, IRS, and other taxing entity requirements.
Cooperate with the head of technical fundraising to ensure financial compliance with all grant funding contracts, including foundations, government agencies, or multilateral organizations.
Review grant proposals and project budgets to ensure cost projections presented to donors are reasonable and complete.
Tracking actual expenses against grant budgets to ensure compliance.
Review contracts in partnership with the Chief Financial Officer.
Implement and maintain proper procedures and policies that are compliant with USAID guidelines.
Responsible for proper procedures to ensure the organization maintains its tax-exempt status, including timely filing of 990 tax returns, state registrations, payroll tax reports, value-added tax, and sales tax reporting.
Manage contracts with vendors and consultants and ensure proper fulfillment of contracts.
Coordinate organizational contracts with legal counsel as appropriate.
Manage all company bank accounts, investment portfolios, and loans.
Serve as ERISA Fiduciary of Opportunity’s 403b plan, ensuring diversification of plan assets, reasonable fees, and compliance with regulations.
Responsible for securing appropriate property, general liability, workers’ compensation, directors, and officers liability insurance for the US entity and all controlled subsidiaries.
Responsible for financial and operational updates presented to charity rating agencies.

QUALIFICATIONS

Between 15-20 years of increasingly responsible experience as a senior Finance Executive, with supervisory responsibilities in non-profit organizations, preferably International NGOs.
MBA with a focus in finance, accounting or related field desired.
CPA required.
Minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience in contract, grant, and project management with an emphasis on working with public sector-funded projects/programs (USAID, USDA, UNCDF, IADB, or similar) and coordinating USAID contracts.Experienced team leader with a demonstrated record of hiring, training, building, and retaining high-capacity teams.
Demonstrated excellence in managing finance, accounting, budgeting, control, and reporting.
Excellent understanding of FAR, AIDAR, and other USG rules and regulations and experience applying these rules and regulations to manage contracts effectively. Exceptional financial analysis and risk management skills with a strong operational focus.
Strong problem-solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and decisions based on accurate and timely analyses.
An articulate communicator with strong oral, written, and presentation skills.
Ability to translate financial concepts and to effectively collaborate with program, marketing, and development colleagues with limited financial backgrounds.
Experience in negotiations and contract review.
A hands-on leader with unquestioned integrity and ethics and a desire to work in a growing and dynamic, mission-driven, values-based organization. Strong commitment to developing team members.
Passionate about Opportunity’s mission, vision, motivation, and values, and can expertly promote and communicate the organization’s goals and objectives to external and internal audiences.

KEY DELIVERABLES

Unqualified audited financial statements
Financially sound annual budgets
Compliance with USG regulations as evidenced by single audit report
Strong cash flow management
Adherence with local rules, regulations and laws in multiple subsidiary operations

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

CFO/COO
Controller
Tax Accountant
SVP, Strategy
Program Management Team Lead
Chief Philanthropy Officer
Executive Vice President, IPCS (international Programs & Capital Solutions)
Heads of Programs, EduFinance
Operations Directors, EduFinance
Heads of Programs, AgFinance
Operations Directors, AgFinance
Senior Vice President, Human Resources

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Fluency in English, both written and oral, is required.
Additional language skills a plus (Spanish, French)

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Ability to travel both domestically and internationally up to 15% of the time.

ABOUT OPPORTUNITY INTERNATIONAL

Opportunity International is a global non-profit that has been empowering people to work their way out of poverty since 1971. Opportunity provides 18.7 million people with innovative financial resources, training, and support to grow their small businesses and send their children to school. In 2023, Opportunity International and its partners served 20 million clients, helped fund 7,000 schools that reached 1.9 million children, and they released more than $1.85 billion in capital across 31 countries. We respond to Jesus Christ's call to love and serve people living in poverty . We seek to emulate the Good Samaritan, whose compassion crossed ethnic groups and religions. We serve all people regardless of religion, race, ethnicity, or gender. Discover more at opportunity.org or join the conversation on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and X.

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