Job Chief Financial Officer

In this Role, you will impact the Community by working alongside the CEO and department Directors, to provide overall financial leadership to the organization. You and other members of the Finance Team will guide the rest of the organization on financial matters in the following ways:

• Overseeing all fiscal activities and managing the finance, budget and decision support functions.
• Directing financial planning, forecasting, and supervising the monthly finance activities through the Manager, Financial Planning & Accounting.
• Guiding the ongoing development and refinement of financial goals, objectives and strategies that are aligned with the vision and strategic objectives of the organization.
• Advising senior leadership on strategic and operational financial challenges.
• Supporting with the identification, monitoring, minimization, and resolution of financial risks.
• Supporting with any financial planning of new programs or grant funding.
• Ensuring compliance with all reporting requirements.
• Overseeing financial reporting requirements.
• Overseeing financial reporting to the Finance Committee and Board of Directors.

Please apply if you have …

• Proven senior leadership experience.
• An understanding of and appreciation for the not-for-profit environment.
• Comprehensive knowledge of GAAP for non-profit organizations.
• Comprehensive knowledge of CICA.

Mandatory Qualifications:

• CPA designation.
• Vulnerable Sector Check documentation.
• Vaccine Verification – As a condition of employment you are required to provide confirmation that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 or have proof of valid exemption satisfactory to the employer. You must acknowledge and agree to comply with any future vaccine policy requirements as an ongoing condition of employment at the YW Kitchener-Waterloo.

Hours & Compensation: Permanent Full-Time Monday to Friday 8 hour days | Salary $108,000 | Location: Most work performed at 153 Frederick Street Home Office in Kitchener; with option for virtual/hybrid depending on needs of the team in a given week.

About the YW Locally and Globally
The YW Kitchener-Waterloo is committed to developing an organization that is reflective of and responsive to the diversity of Kitchener-Waterloo, in which all people are respected and valued. If you require accommodation throughout the hiring process, we will work with you to meet your needs.

The global YWCA movement traces its origins to the initiative of two women in England in 1855. Lady Mary Kinnaird and Emma Robarts established organizations to provide support for women during the industrial revolution. The two organizations merged in 1877, and the YWCA movement quickly spread to other countries, including Canada.

Though the YWCA was founded by devoted Christian women who were troubled about housing and community supports for local young women, and YWCA stands for Young Women’s Christian Association. But YW Kitchener-Waterloo has since evolved into a secular organization. In 2017, after a community consultation we refreshed our brand to become the YW, a simple representation of the unique organization that we are. Our legal name remains YWCA because it’s a part of our legacy, but we remain committed to inclusion and support regardless of race, religion, age or gender.