Chief Financial Officer

DealHub Ltd.; Dixon (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Sinnissippi Centers, Inc. invites a CFO to lead financial strategy for a community-based behavioral healthcare provider in Dixon, IL. You will safeguard financial health, strengthen controls, and deliver insights to support sustainable growth and high-quality care.

You'll oversee budgeting, forecasting, accounting operations, audits, grant management, and external relationships, while growing a high-performing finance team and aligning resources with strategic priorities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or closely related field.
• Seven or more years in finance or accounting with progressive responsibility.
• Five or more years of supervisory/leadership experience.
• Experience in behavioral health in Illinois and familiarity with funding/reimbursement environment.
• Budgeting, financial reporting, internal controls, audit preparation, and regulatory compliance.
• Strong analytical, communication, judgment, and relationship-building skills.
• Experience using technology/AI for reporting and analytics.
• Ability to lead strategically while staying engaged in details.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic financial leadership and advise the President/CEO, executive team, and Board.
• Direct budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, cash management, investments, and long-range modeling.
• Oversee accounting operations including payables, receivables, billing, GL, and reporting.
• Deliver timely financial statements, dashboards, and analyses for decision-making.
• Maintain internal controls and ensure compliance with laws, regulations, contracts, and grants.
• Lead grants administration: budgeting, monitoring, reporting, drawdowns, audit readiness.
• Lead annual audits, tax filings, cost reporting, and external partner relationships.
• Monitor reimbursement, revenue cycle, payer trends, and financial risks.
• Partner with operations and clinical leaders to optimize programs and resource use.
• Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing finance team.
• Present financial information clearly to diverse audiences.

Skills

Strategic financial leadership

Budgeting & forecasting

Internal controls

Regulatory compliance

Communication

Data analytics

Leadership

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance/BA

CPA licensure or advanced degree

Job description

Make an Impact Through Financial Leadership

Sinnissippi Centers, Inc. is seeking an accomplished, mission-driven Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead the financial strategy and stewardship of our community-based behavioral healthcare organization. Headquartered in Dixon, Illinois, Sinnissippi Centers has delivered quality, coordinated, and responsive care to communities across northwestern Illinois since 1966.

As a key member of the executive leadership team, the CFO will safeguard the organization's financial health, strengthen systems and controls, and provide clear financial insight to support sustainable growth and exceptional care.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide strategic financial leadership and serve as a trusted advisor to the President/CEO, executive team, and Board of Directors.
• Direct budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, cash management, investments, and long-range financial modeling.
• Oversee accounting operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, billing, general ledger, and financial reporting.
• Deliver timely, accurate financial statements, dashboards, and analyses that support informed decision-making.
• Maintain strong internal controls and ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, contracts, grants, funding requirements, and accounting standards.
• Lead the financial administration of government and private grants, including proposal budgeting, expenditure monitoring, cost allocation, drawdowns, reporting, documentation, and audit readiness; partner with program leaders to ensure funds are used in accordance with award terms.
• Lead annual audits, tax filings, cost reporting, and relationships with auditors, banks, insurers, and other external partners.
• Monitor reimbursement, revenue cycle performance, payer trends, and financial risks in a complex healthcare environment.
• Partner with operational and clinical leaders to evaluate programs, improve efficiency, and align resources with strategic priorities.
• Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing finance team while fostering collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Present financial information clearly to audiences with varying levels of financial expertise.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a closely related field.
• Seven or more years of progressively responsible finance or accounting experience; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Five or more years of successful supervisory or leadership experience.
• Professional experience in the behavioral health field in Illinois, with knowledge of the state's funding, reimbursement, regulatory, and service-delivery environment.
• Demonstrated expertise in budgeting, financial reporting, internal controls, audit preparation, and regulatory compliance.
• Strong analytical, communication, judgment, and relationship-building skills.
• Demonstrated use of technology/AI for reporting and analytics.
• Ability to lead strategically while remaining engaged in operational detail.

Preferred

• CPA licensure or an advanced degree.
• Financial leadership experience in nonprofit healthcare, human services, or another highly regulated environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing government and private grants, including grant budgeting, compliance, reporting, cost allocation, reimbursement, and nonprofit accounting.
• Demonstrated experience with complex billing systems, including fee for service billing, per member per month billing, and prospective payment system billing.

What You'll Bring

The successful candidate will be an ethical and collaborative executive who combines financial discipline with a genuine commitment to community service. They will value compassion, empathy, inclusion, advocacy, innovation, and humor, and will thrive in a trauma-sensitive organization focused on hope, healing, and wellness.