Director, Finance

CKUA Radio Foundation; Edmonton; Hybrid; CAD 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A nonprofit public broadcaster is seeking a Director of Finance to lead financial operations and support the arts across Alberta. This role focuses on budgeting, forecasts, and team collaboration while ensuring regulatory compliance. The ideal candidate has a CPA and experience managing financial practices in a nonprofit environment. Join a passionate team in a hybrid work setting in Edmonton.

Benefits

Full health and dental benefits

Retirement savings plan

Creative workplace

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading finance teams in a nonprofit or public-sector organization.
• Ability to turn complex financial data into clear insights.
• Experience with audits and compliance with regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Oversee budgeting, payroll, and financial reporting.
• Guide financial practices to meet regulatory standards.
• Support teams in understanding how financial data assists their work.

Skills

Financial analysis

Team management

Budgeting and forecasting

Stakeholder communication

Education

CPA designation

Experience in financial operations

Tools

Financial software

Job description

About CKUA

CKUA is recognized as Canada’s first public broadcaster, and it continues to inspire and guide a world-wide community of loyal arts and culture enthusiasts along a journey of musical discovery every day. CKUA offers more than 45 expertly curated multi-genre musical programs, plus other enriching arts and cultural content on‑air and online. CKUA serves 380 communities across Alberta with FM Radio and reaches listeners around the world with live‑streaming and digital content through CKUA.com, the CKUA App, and social platforms. We are an inclusive, creative, hardworking group on a musical mission to enrich lives and support the arts.

Director, Finance

Location

Edmonton, AB | Hybrid | Full‑Time

About the Opportunity

As CKUA gears up to celebrate 100 years of music, storytelling, and community, we’re looking for a Director, Finance who’s ready to lead with heart, strategy, and a healthy appreciation for spreadsheets and soundchecks.

This isn’t just a finance role. It’s a finance role where purpose, creativity, and connection are just as important as precision. Yes, there are budgets, forecasts, and year‑end reporting. But there’s also a 100‑year‑old radio station with a unique history that plays everything from Alberta‑made folk to deep‑cut jazz, a leadership team that thrives on curiosity, and an organization that believes values belong in every decision.

You’ll join a small‑but‑mighty senior team, lead a thoughtful finance crew, and help build the systems that support creativity and connection across the province. If you’ve ever wanted to bring your financial leadership into a space where culture matters, ideas are welcome, and the work truly means something, well then this could be your cue!

How You’ll Make an Impact

You’ll be the one making sure our numbers sing! AND that the story they tell is as clear as the signal we send across Alberta. From strategy to stewardship, you’ll guide all things finance: budgets, forecasts, payroll, reporting, and internal controls. You’ll make sure our financial practices meet the high standards of regulators like CRA, StatsCan, and the CRTC, and that we’re supporting our funders, our Board, and our mission with clarity and care.

You’ll also bring a people‑first approach to the numbers. That means helping teams understand how financial data supports their work, whether they’re applying for a grant, organizing a fundraising campaign, or planning for what’s next. You’ll guide grant and donor‑related reporting, ensure donation revenue is recorded and receipted accurately, and serve as CKUA’s Privacy Officer, balancing trust, compliance, and transparency in all directions.

This is a place where finance doesn’t sit quietly in the background! Your voice will be at the table helping shape CKUA’s long‑term planning, improving the systems we use and rely on every day, and building a foundation that supports creativity, sustainability, and community. You’ll also lead and mentor a small team and bring curiosity and collaboration into every conversation.

Why Choose CKUA

CKUA is a one‑of‑a‑kind place where people bring both heart and expertise to what they do, and where culture, community, and curiosity are part of everyday life. We’re a registered charity and nonprofit public broadcaster with nearly a century of history and an even more exciting future ahead. Our programming connects people through music, stories, and a shared sense of wonder about the world.

Here, you’ll be building something lasting! A future where culture thrives, artists are supported, and communities feel connected. You’ll work in an environment that blends strategy with spontaneity, and where success looks like collaboration, insight, and shared impact.

You’ll join a team of passionate, values‑driven people who care about the work and the people doing it. This is a place where you can show up as yourself, contribute meaningfully, and help shape what comes next!

What We Offer

Purpose That Hits All the Right Notes

Step into a role where your financial leadership fuels music, culture, and connection across Alberta. Every decision you support helps creative work thrive.

A Voice at the Strategy Table

Join the senior leadership team as a trusted voice in shaping CKUA’s future. Your insights won’t sit in a report, they’ll help set direction!

Room to Make Your Mark

Bring fresh ideas, evolve our systems, and help build something that lasts. This is a chance to leave a legacy, not just a ledger.

Benefits That Have You Covered

Full health and dental benefits, plus a solid retirement savings plan through a pension plan.

A Workplace That Feels Like a Community

Work with people who care deeply - about our purpose, about equity and inclusion, and about each other. Authenticity and kindness are part of the culture here.

You’ll also enjoy a hybrid setup based out of our beautiful, historic building in downtown Edmonton. A space with warmth, character, and just the right number of vinyl records. It’s the kind of place where curiosity is welcome, creativity is contagious, and collaboration really means something.

What You Bring

You’re a finance leader who brings both sharp thinking and a steady hand. You’ve worked through audits, built forecasts, managed teams, and turned complex data into clear insight, all while keeping the big picture in view. You bring a CPA designation and experience in financial operations, ideally within a nonprofit, public‑sector, or purpose‑driven environment. Or maybe you’ve spent your career in the private sector and are ready to apply your skills in a place that feels more aligned with your values.

You’re comfortable advising senior leaders and Boards, and you know how to communicate without jargon or ego. You understand the value of strong systems, but you also understand that real stewardship means making things easier, not harder.

You’re someone who sees beyond the ROI. You believe in impact, whether that’s making a grant easier to report on, giving your team a tool that saves time, or helping an artist get paid on time. You really enjoy mentoring others, finding new ways to improve processes, and building alignment across departments.

“You’re curious, adaptable, and always looking for better ways to do things. You bring a collaborative spirit and see yourself in CKUA’s values of Community, Diversity, Inclusion, Creativity, Curiosity, and Authenticity.”

Additional Information

This is a full‑time position based in CKUA’s downtown Edmonton office, located in the historic Alberta Hotel and offering a hybrid working environment. We anticipate this role to provide a starting salary of approximately $110,000 per year, with the final amount determined by experience and the available budget. CKUA provides more than just a paycheque, offering a creative, community‑focused workplace and a strong benefits program.

How to Apply

If you’re ready to bring your heart and mind (and financial leadership) to an organization that connects people through music, arts, and culture, we’d love to hear from you.

Please apply online at Careers - CKUA - Alberta's Radio Network https://ckua.com/careers/. This position will be posted until a suitable candidate is found.

CKUA welcomes applications from all qualified individuals. We are particularly interested in and encourage applications from equity‑seeking communities, including women, racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities/expressions.

CKUA is a donor‑supported arts organization that inspires and connects through the power of music, arts, culture and story. With a focus on musical discovery, we showcase the best creative work from Alberta and beyond and deliver it on‑air, online and in‑person.

In the spirit of our journey to promote reconciliation, we honour the truth of the shared history and acknowledge that we operate on Treaty 6 and Treaty 7 territories.

Treaty 6 territory is the traditional gathering place for diverse Indigenous peoples including the Cree, Blackfoot, Métis, Nakoda, Sioux, Iroquois, Dene, Ojibway, Saulteaux/Anishinaabe and many others whose histories, languages and cultures continue to influence our vibrant community of Amiskwaciwaskahigan, also known as Edmonton. Treaty 7 is the traditional lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy which includes the Siksika, Kainai and Pikani, the Tsuut’ina and the Stoney Nakoda nations including the Chiniki, Bearspaw and Wesley nations. We also recognize the Métis people and the Inuit who make their home in Mohkins’tsis, also known as Calgary.