Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer

The Florida Chamber of Commerce is seeking an exceptional, experienced Chief Financial Officer to serve and lead the financial initiatives of the enterprise.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the CEO, the Chief Financial Officer will oversee the Florida Chamber of Commerce’s financial health and serve as core strategic partner to the CEO and Board of Directors.  The CFO will lead the Finance & Accounting team in a complex organization of multiple entities to provide thorough and thoughtful financial support, reporting, forecasting, and analysis.

What Makes this a Great Opportunity:

• Become an integral aspect of the Florida Chamber team as the organization works strategically to meet the growing needs of Florida’s businesses, aggressively advocates for job creation and industry diversification and provides services and infrastructure critical to supporting the growth of business within Florida.
• If you believe in free enterprise and in harnessing the collective impact of job creators, then this opportunity may be what you’ve been waiting for as a way to help support these efforts.
• Rest assured that through providing timely, detailed, and accurate financial reporting & forecasting, as well as oversight to the finance and accounting team, you will be positively impacting the lives and quality of living for all Floridians as you will be supporting the strategic work toward the greater goals of the Florida Chamber of Commerce’s Vision 2030 blue print.
• The team is small and close knit; you will be relied upon to lead the team proactively, thoughtfully, with accuracy, and through collaborative communication and with great internal customer service ability.
• Thorough training with current leadership will help with a smooth transition prior to a planned retirement.
• Great benefits in a teamwork atmosphere full of collaboration and dynamic leadership.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provide oversight to and manage a small, detail-oriented accounting and finance team
• Provide direction, oversight and integrity to the accounting and financial reporting systems, including the implementation and maintenance of a strong system of internal controls
• Create, develop, implement, and enforce company policies and internal controls that ensure integrity, meaningfulness and accuracy of financial statements
• Ensure internal compliance with company’s accounting policies and procedures that result in the consistent and timely reporting of financial data
• Prepare, present and interpret internal and external financial reports to management and appropriate groups by consolidating divisional financial reports
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual analysis of operating performance
• Provide financial reporting integrated with the strategic and operating plans
• Help improve effective financial execution by all entities of the organization by providing insightful reporting based upon proactive research & validation, informed understanding, detailed assessment, and strategic analysis
• Support the execution of company strategy of top line growth by providing analysis an accounting, reporting and financial planning standpoint
• Work with outside regulatory and consulting firms as directed
• Proactively ask questions around and follow up with appropriate individuals around items that require research
• Use Great Plains and Protech software programs to perform relevant accounting work