Sr. Vice-President/Chief Financial Officer (SVP/CFO)

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

Sr. Vice-President/Chief Financial Officer (SVP/CFO)

The National Alcohol Beverage Control Association, located in Arlington, VA, was founded in 1938 and is the national trade association representing the jurisdictions that control the distribution and sale of beverage alcohol within their borders. The mission of the National Alcohol Beverage Control Association (NABCA) is to support member jurisdictions in their efforts to protect public health and safety and ensure responsible and efficient systems for beverage alcohol distribution and sales. NABCA is an established non-profit, offering an excellent employee benefits package and competitive salaries.

NABCA has an immediate opening for a Senior Vice-President/Chief Financial Officer (SVP/CFO). The SVP/CFO serves as a business partner to the new President/CEO and the Executive Leadership team in imagining, developing, and implementing ambitious and forward- thinking financial strategies that will guide NABCA into an even stronger future. The SVP/CFO ensures that NABCA's financial operations align with the organization's strategic direction and mission. And, the SVP/CFO supports the President/CEO in sustaining a culture of accountability by promoting financial excellence in the areas of reporting, forecasting, budgeting, accounting, and other financial matters.

The SVP/CFO is responsible for the stewardship of an annual budget of approximately $13 million, for overseeing all financial operations for the organization, as well oversight of the Accounting Department. The individual in this role will also provide leadership and direction for the Meetings and Administration departments. The SVP/CFO serves on NABCA's Executive Team and reports to the President/CEO.

In this role, the SVP/CFO performs the following duties:

Financial Reporting/Governance/Strategic Planning

• Implements a strategic financial plan and vision that encompasses financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, analyses, projections, ; oversees monthly financial statement preparation to ensure the submission of accurate, timely reports to the President/CEO; provides strategic advice to the President/CEO regarding financial matters.
• Supports the President/CEO by compiling financial information for the Board of Directors; makes presentations (as requested) to the Board of Directors, governance committees, etc.; serves as financial liaison to the Board of Directors, Finance Committee, etc.
• Uses infographics to prepare meaningful reports, projections, trends, metrics, and insights concerning NABCA's financial operations for the President/CEO, Board of Directors, ; prepares customized monthly, quarterly, or annual management reports as requested to inform organizational decision-making processes that are financial in nature.
• Oversees annual and long-term budget planning processes and timelines; ensures the submission of timely budget reports to the President/CEO; provides updates for the Executive Staff concerning budget plans and timelines.
• Oversees the implementation of a program budgeting process; provides continuing guidance to the Executive Staff on program budget development.
• Works collaboratively with the Executive Staff to prepare and submit an annual strategic plan to the President/CEO; ensures alignment between budgeting objectives and the strategic plan goals; prepares reports comparing organizational performance to the strategic plan each year.

Treasury/Risk Management

• Oversees banking, cash and investment management functions including incoming and outgoing fund transfers and payments; works with NABCA's investment managers to develop strategic recommendations intended to maximize returns on investments for the organization.
• Assists the President/CEO by taking the lead with periodic lease negotiations and reviews; oversees asset management and the maintenance of accurate inventories for NABCA's office furniture, computing equipment, software, etc.
• Oversees the corporate insurance program to ensure that the organization's coverage properly mitigates risk; ensures that NABCA maintains appropriate insurance coverage for all assets, functions, programs, ; performs a comprehensive annual review of the organization's risk management needs to confirm that appropriate coverage is maintained; participates in risk mitigation planning efforts.

Financial Infrastructure

• Designs and executes a strategy to ensure that accounting operations are supported by robust systems and resources; oversees partnerships with software developers, services, and consultants to ensure that the financial infrastructure effectively meets the organization's accounting, reporting, and internal control objectives.
• Works collaboratively with consultants, service providers and technical staff to research select, and implement new technologies designed to improve the financial infrastructure; reviews and approves specifications for technology projects involving financial systems, processes or transactions to ensure the accurate integration with financial and accounting infrastructure; develops and implements dynamic dashboards, online financial reports, business intelligence tools, etc.; ensures that NABCA's financial infrastructure can effectively guide short-and long-term financial decision-making.
• Ensures that the membership database generates accurate financial information on membership dues, subscriptions, conference, and meeting registrations, etc.; provides subject matter guidance to staff to ensure the accuracy of financial reports produced by the membership database.

Auditing/Compliance/ Internal Controls

• Negotiates scope and oversees the annual audit; in collaboration with the auditors, presents the annual audit report to the President/CEO and Board of Directors; works with the auditors to complete the annual 990; ensures that all tax forms, state, local and corporation registrations, sales tax and other financial compliance reports are filed in a timely fashion.
• Provides subject matter guidance to Accounting Staff responsible for updating the Accounting Policy manual; reviews for accuracy prior to submission to the President/CEO and Finance Committee.
• Obtains the necessary information from management to review the financial aspects of RFP's, contracts, agreements, etc. for budgetary purposes; ensures the adequacy of documents and availability of budgetary funds; oversees the financial aspects of the internal grant award management process.
• Continually reviews the organization's internal controls; obtains the information necessary to evaluate the integrity and adequacy of the internal controls for all systems involved in revenues and expenses; follows up to ensure that recommended changes to internal controls are expeditiously implemented; approves internal control changes prior to implementation.
• Serves as custodian of intellectual property records; ensures that contracts, license agreements, and other documents are readily available for audit purposes.

Departmental/Team Leadership

• Oversees the Accounting, Meetings and Administration Departments; works closely with the managers of each department to develop recommendations to promote staff development and retention.
• Mentors and directs the work of a team of accounting, meetings and administrative professionals to ensure that functional objectives and strategic goals for the departments are met; conducts regular meetings with departments; evaluates work and conducts annual performance appraisals; works closely with Managers and Directors within the department to ensure that staff receive ongoing training and new projects to ensure their continuing professional development.

Qualifications

• MBA or equivalent degree and a minimum of ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience overseeing financial operations for an organization are required for the leader selected for this role. Ten (10) years of directly relevant work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement. "C" Suite experience-- as a CFO, financial executive, or equivalent role-- with full oversight of financial reporting, accounting, operational/capital budgeting, internal control, and analysis functions of an organization is required. Experience must include oversight of the annual audit, preparation of 990, various tax filings, etc.
• Experience with a national association, non-profit or similar organization is strongly preferred.
• Current and previous experience must demonstrate the applicant's ability to prepare accurate financial statements and communicate financial information to the President/CEO, Executive Team, and governance entities. Experience working collaboratively and constructively with executives and management staff to develop and manage organizational budgets is required.
• Must have advanced proficiency with nonprofit financial reporting, compliance, and fiduciary Deep experience with regulations governing nonprofits and GAAP is essential. Must be able to properly analyze, interpret and report financial information for the organization.
• Must have strong reporting skills including the ability to build or create dynamic dashboards, financial models, forecasts, and other business intelligence In-depth experience using infographics, charts, graphs, metrics, trends, and insights to prepare compelling financial reports is required.
• Responsibility for overseeing corporate insurance and risk mitigation is required.
• Must be a "shirt-sleeves" executive who takes pride in producing accurate, comprehensive, polished reports and other work products that represent the organization professionally.
• Must have excellent written communications and presentation skills to include experience presenting financial information to a Board of Directors or equivalent governance entity is essential. Experience preparing reports that are accurate, comprehensive, and professional in appearance is essential.
• The ability to successfully manage multiple organizational initiatives, meet deadlines and lead staff is Project management experience is required.
• Must be a politically astute natural consensus builder with excellent interpersonal skills. Must be very comfortable communicating with multiple departments regarding financial The ability to work effectively with individuals and groups at all levels within NABCA is essential.
• Experience managing meeting, administrative or similar departments is preferred.

FLSA Status: Exempt

EOE/M/F/D

To Apply:

Interested individuals should send resume, cover letter, and writing sample to: hradmin@nabca.org by July 2, 2021. Learn more about NABCA at www.nabca.org

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