Director of Finance

Conexus; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Conexus is seeking a Finance Director to act as a strategic finance partner across a large, mission-driven organization. The role reports to the CFO and drives budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and executive-level reporting across diverse funding streams.

The ideal candidate will lead the finance team, develop dashboards, and partner with operational leaders to influence resource allocation and strategic decisions. This is a high-visibility role within a complex, multi-fund system.

Qualifications

• Strong finance leadership within a large, complex organization.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and management reporting.
• Ability to partner effectively with executive leadership, operational leaders, and accounting teams.
• Strong analytical skills translating financial data into clear recommendations.
• Experience supporting multiple programs, departments, entities, or funding streams.
• Hands-on yet senior enough to influence strategy and leadership decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning processes.
• Partner with the CFO and senior leadership on financial strategy, planning, and performance management.
• Develop reporting and analysis that provides visibility into financial performance across programs, departments, and funding streams.
• Support budgeting, tracking, analysis, and reporting for restricted and program-specific funding.
• Analyze budget-to-actual results, identify trends, and communicate key insights to leadership.
• Improve financial processes, reporting tools, planning models, and management dashboards.
• Partner cross-functionally with operational leaders to support resource allocation, scenario planning, and decision-making.
• Support board, executive, and external stakeholder reporting as needed.
• Help strengthen financial discipline, accountability, and communication across a large, complex organization.
• Lead, mentor, and develop members of the finance team.

Skills

FP&A experience

Finance leadership

Budgeting

Forecasting

Job description

• We are seeking large company FOR-PROFIT / Corporate Finance / FP&A Experience.
• While it is a plus, nonprofit experience is not required.

Finance Director – Complex Mission-Driven Organization

A large, mission-driven organization is seeking a Finance Director to report directly to the CFO and serve as a key finance partner across the organization.

This is a high-visibility role within a complex, well-established organization with significant scale, a broad operating footprint, and multiple funding streams. The Finance Director will help lead budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, funding-related financial analysis, and executive-level reporting while partnering closely with operational and administrative leaders.

The Finance Director will be focused on forward-looking finance, financial management, operational partnership, and helping leadership make better decisions through data, analysis, and stronger financial discipline.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning processes
• Partner with the CFO and senior leadership on financial strategy, planning, and performance management
• Develop reporting and analysis that provides visibility into financial performance across programs, departments, and funding streams
• Support budgeting, tracking, analysis, and reporting for restricted and program-specific funding
• Analyze budget-to-actual results, identify trends, and communicate key insights to leadership
• Improve financial processes, reporting tools, planning models, and management dashboards
• Partner cross-functionally with operational leaders to support resource allocation, scenario planning, and decision-making
• Support board, executive, and external stakeholder reporting as needed
• Help strengthen financial discipline, accountability, and communication across a large, complex organization
• Lead, mentor, and develop members of the finance team

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Strong finance leadership experience within a large, complex organization
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and management reporting
• Ability to partner effectively with executive leadership, operational leaders, and accounting teams
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate financial data into clear recommendations
• Experience supporting organizations with multiple programs, departments, entities, or funding streams
• Hands-on enough to build models and improve processes, but senior enough to influence strategy and leadership decisions
• Strong communication skills and ability to present financial information to non-finance stakeholders

Why This Role

• Report directly to the CFO
• Serve as a strategic finance partner, not a reporting function
• Opportunity to improve planning, analytics, and financial decision-making across the organization