CFO

Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County; Glendale (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County seeks a senior financial leader to serve as CFO, guiding a small finance team and aligning with the Director of Grants Management & Compliance. The role focuses on modernizing financial systems and enabling data-driven decisions across departments.

The successful candidate will bring nonprofit accounting expertise, cross-functional collaboration skills with lawyers, and a commitment to social justice while upholding integrity and excellence.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of VP-level leadership and management experience.
• Experience in nonprofit sector, preferably legal aid.
• Experience with nonprofit accounting.
• CPA or audit background preferred but not required.
• Experience with unions/collective bargaining agreements a plus.
• Experience working closely with lawyers preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage a small team of finance and accounting professionals.
• Lead a multi-year effort to streamline financial systems and processes.
• Collaborate with the Director of Grants Management & Compliance.
• Support other departments to gain data for decision-making and strategy.

Skills

VP-level leadership

Nonprofit sector experience

Nonprofit accounting

CPA/audit background

Labor unions/collective bargaining

Collaboration with lawyers

Job description

Reporting to the President & CEO, the CFO will manage a small team of highly skilled finance and accounting professionals, and team closely with the Director of Grants Management & Compliance. In addition to motivating, developing, and retaining a strong team, the CFO will also lead a multi-year effort to streamline NLSLA’s financial systems and processes to become a state-of-the-art department. Additionally, this leader will help support other departments to gain access to more and better data to inform decision-making and strategy.

NLSLA seeks a service-oriented leader with a demonstrated commitment to social justice, who values collaboration, and inclusion while holding themselves and others to highest degree of excellence and integrity. In their work to combat the immediate and long-lasting effects of poverty and expanding access to health, opportunity, and justice in Los Angeles’ diverse neighborhoods, NLSLA needs a CFO with experience working closely with lawyers and unions. A leader who brings experience or familiarity in navigating the uniqueness that comes with financial management and grantmaking in Legal Aid. A people-first leader who motivates and inspires, and gets the best out of their teams, in alignment with NLSLA’s organizational norms and culture.

Desired Qualifications

• At least 5 years of VP-level leadership and management experience
• Experience working in a nonprofit, preferably a legal aid organization
• Nonprofit accounting
• CPA or audit background is preferred, but not required
• Experience with a union and collective bargaining agreements is a plus
• Prior experience working closely with lawyers is preferred

The salary range for this role is $150,000 – 180,000.
This position is based at the NLSLA office in Glendale, California with two-to-three days in-office each week. Also, this role requires occasional travel the other NLSLA offices across LA County.