Vice President, Structured Finance

Charter School Growth Fund; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, life, disability and dental

Vacation/holidays and parental leave

Participation in 403(b) plan

Job summary

Charter School Growth Fund is seeking a Vice President for Structured Finance to support a portfolio of charter school networks nationwide. The role blends strategic advisory work on finance, facilities, and governance with hands-on investment analysis, due diligence, and loan structuring.

The incumbent will lead high-impact initiatives, build external partnerships, and manage a small team within a mission-driven nonprofit fund.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, particularly the ability to build strong relationships with diverse groups of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated financial leadership and expertise needed to evaluate financial and real estate strategies and investment.
• Deep commitment to CSGF’s mission and passion for K-12 education and excitement around creating excellent education options for low-income students.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and creative problem-solving skills.
• Passion for creating social change through the impactful investment of public and private capital.
• Ability to work seamlessly between high-level strategy and detail-oriented work.

Responsibilities

• Serve as strategic thought partner and advisor to portfolio leadership and boards on finance, facilities, and governance strategies
• Provide expertise on strategic planning processes, including financial models, growth strategies, and business plans
• Build and maintain strong, deep relationships with school operators; be actively sought out as a trusted resource internally and externally
• Lead, in partnership with and overseeing SFin Director role, end-to-end due diligence and investment analysis for charter school operators (grants and loans), including financial modeling, multi-year projections, risk assessment, governance evaluation, and facilities strategies
• Prepare and present investment proposals and evaluation reports to CSGF Investment Committee to support funding decisions
• Oversee ongoing loan monitoring, including covenant compliance analysis and proactive engagement to address risk and support borrower performance
• Source, negotiate, and structure facilities loan investments, evaluating deal affordability, real estate strategies, leadership teams, and market dynamics
• Develop and leverage relationships with key regional partners to strengthen the ecosystem
• Build sector capacity by capturing and sharing best practices, disseminating benchmarking data, and creating communities of practice
• Represent CSGF externally to broader stakeholders in the charter school field
• Set vision and strategy for your functional area and portfolio relationships that advances CSGF's mission
• Serve as functional lead for the SFin team in overseeing loan portfolio systems, monitoring, cash management, and reporting including identifying and moving forward initiatives
• Manage and develop SFin team Directors including one direct report: set rigorous goals, provide regular coaching and feedback, support their professional growth, and ensure quality of investment analysis and overall work

Skills

Stakeholder relationships

Financial leadership

Investment evaluation

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Social impact

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

The Charter School Growth Fund (CSGF) is a leading nonprofit venture philanthropy fund dedicated to identifying the nation’s best public charter schools, investing in their expansion, and helping to increase their impact. Our “portfolio” includes 200+ charter school networks that operate 1,700+ schools and serve more than 725,000 students. We are committed to expanding the impact of schools that are closing achievement and opportunity gaps. CSGF operates with the same strategies, discipline, and focus as a venture capital firm by awarding multi-year grants and loans to talented education entrepreneurs building networks of high-quality charter schools that enroll traditionally underserved students. Ultimately, we think the portfolio can grow to serve ~1,000,000 students within a decade.

This is an exciting time to join the Charter School Growth Fund. We are successfully approaching the 5th year of CSGF’s 4th fund, building on our 20 year track record of success. CSGF’s “Fund IV” is larger in size and scope than previous funds, with a goal to continue to fuel charter sector growth, accelerate innovation, and strengthen long-term outcomes for students, particularly students of color and those from low-income backgrounds. We continue to prioritize investments in leaders of color as our current portfolio is led by more than 50% leaders of color and more than 50% female leaders. We believe it is vital for the networks we support to be proximate to the lived experiences of the students and communities they serve.

OPPORTUNITY

CSGF’s Structured Finance (SFin) Team strives to alleviate finance and facilities as barriers to the growth and success of high-quality charter school networks across the country. As a part of this mission, the team oversees over $650M in loan funds including the recently launched, $500M Dell Catalyst Fund. SFin roles blend aspects of a strategy consultant—providing strategic support, serving as a trusted thought partner, solving mission‑critical problems—and those of an impact investor—sourcing and structuring deals, conducting due diligence, investing capital, and supporting investments.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The Vice President will support a region of CSGF’s portfolio through the following key responsibilities:

OPERATOR SUPPORT & STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

• Serve as strategic thought partner and advisor to portfolio leadership and boards on finance, facilities, and governance strategies
• Provide expertise on strategic planning processes, including financial models, growth strategies, and business plans
• Build and maintain strong, deep relationships with school operators; be actively sought out as a trusted resource internally and externally

INVESTMENTS & LENDING

• Lead, in partnership with and overseeing SFin Director role, end-to-end due diligence and investment analysis for charter school operators (grants and loans), including financial modeling, multi-year projections, risk assessment, governance evaluation, and facilities strategies
• Prepare and present investment proposals and evaluation reports to CSGF Investment Committee to support funding decisions
• Oversee ongoing loan monitoring, including covenant compliance analysis and proactive engagement to address risk and support borrower performance
• Source, negotiate, and structure facilities loan investments, evaluating deal affordability, real estate strategies, leadership teams, and market dynamics

ECOSYSTEM BUILDING & EXTERNAL LEADERSHIP

• Develop and leverage relationships with key regional partners (public policy, development, financing) to strengthen the ecosystem
• Build sector capacity by capturing and sharing best practices, disseminating benchmarking data, and creating communities of practice
• Represent CSGF externally to broader stakeholders in the charter school field

STRATEGY, LEADERSHIP & TEAM MANAGEMENT

• Set vision and strategy for your functional area and portfolio relationships that advances CSGF's mission
• Serve as functional lead for the SFin team in overseeing our loan portfolio systems, monitoring, cash management, and reporting including identifying and moving forward initiatives that improve CSGF’s work in this area
• Manage and develop SFin team Directors including one direct report: set rigorous goals, provide regular coaching and feedback, support their professional growth, and ensure quality of investment analysis and overall work

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Skills and Characteristics

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, particularly the ability to build strong relationships with diverse groups of stakeholders
• Demonstrated financial leadership and expertise needed to evaluate financial and real estate strategies and investment
• Deep commitment to CSGF’s mission and passion for K-12 education and excitement around creating excellent education options for low-income students
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and creative problem-solving skills
• Passion for creating social change through the impactful investment of public and private capital
• Ability to work seamlessly between high-level strategy and detail-oriented work

Educational Background and Work Experience

• Finance leadership at a charter school management organization or related education organization strongly preferred
• 12-20+ years of relevant work experience, preferably including, financial leadership, private equity, impact investing, venture capital, investment banking, management consulting, philanthropy, or similar experience

COMPENSATION

Compensation is commensurate with experience and education.

The target salary range for this role is $150,000-$180,000 annually.

• health, life, disability and dental insurance coverage
• vacation/holidays and parental leave
• participation in CSGF’s 403(b) plan

Candidates must have permanent authorization to work in the US.

START DATE

CSGF is seeking candidates who can start as soon as possible; flexible for the ideal candidate.