Chief Financial Officer

Location: 5200 Historic Old Hwy 90 - Mays Family Culinary Building

Requirements: This role requires consistent in-person leadership presence.

Description:

The San Antonio Food Bank is dedicated to ending hunger and strengthening communities across its 29-county service territory by providing nutritious food, expanding access to essential resources, and advancing innovative solutions that help individuals and families thrive.

Reporting to the President & CEO, the Chief Financial Officer serves as a member of the executive leadership team and provides strategic leadership for the organization's financial operations, financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial accountability. The role ensures sound financial stewardship across the organization's complex operations and corporate structure, strengthens financial systems and controls, oversees financial compliance and risk management, and partners with executive leadership to align financial resources with organizational priorities, support informed decision-making, and advance long-term financial sustainability.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Strategy & Organizational Leadership

Serve as a member of the executive leadership team, partnering with the President & CEO and other Chief Officers to advance organizational priorities, support enterprise-wide decision-making, and strengthen financial sustainability.

Lead the organization's financial strategy, providing executive guidance on financial planning, resource allocation, capital investments, and long-term financial sustainability.

Provide executive leadership for Finance and Government Grants & Contracts, developing high-performing teams and fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, financial stewardship, and continuous improvement.

Serve as a key financial advisor to the President & CEO, Board of Directors, and relevant Board committees, providing financial reports and insights that support recommendations to strategic and operational decisions.

Financial Planning & Resource Management

Lead the development and oversight of the organization's annual operating and capital budgets, including departmental, branch, division, and program-level budgets, in collaboration with executive and departmental leadership.

Direct financial forecasting, long-term financial planning, and scenario analysis, helping departmental leaders evaluate financial needs, challenges, and opportunities.

Oversee cash flow, liquidity, reserves, investments, banking relationships, and financing arrangements to ensure financial stability and responsible management of organizational resources.

Partner with operational and program leadership to ensure accurate financial management and valuation of purchased and donated food inventory, capital assets, and other significant organizational resources.

Accounting & Financial Operations

Provide executive oversight of accounting operations, financial reporting, payroll, and financial management across the organization's corporate structure, affiliated entities, and business units.

Ensure accurate and timely preparation of financial statements, departmental financial reports, tax filings, and other required financial disclosures.

Lead organizational financial audit readiness and oversee coordination with external auditors, including annual financial statement audits, Single Audits, and other required financial reviews.

Establish and maintain effective financial policies, procedures, and internal controls to safeguard organizational assets, ensure financial integrity, and support operational effectiveness.

Lead improvements to financial systems, processes, and reporting tools to strengthen efficiency, accuracy, transparency, and organizational decision-making.

Ensure the integrity of the operational process of managing inventory. Ensuring checks and balances in place for inventory compliances and processes.

Government Revenue, Grants & Compliance

Provide executive leadership for government grants and contracts, including funding strategy, opportunity development, applications, award management, and revenue performance across federal, state, and local funding sources.

Lead efforts to secure and sustain government funding in collaboration with executive and departmental leadership, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities, program needs, and established financial goals.

Oversee financial administration, reporting, and compliance for government grants, contracts, and other restricted funding sources, ensuring adherence to applicable regulations, accounting standards, and funding requirements.

Financial Performance & Organizational Collaboration

Lead financial performance monitoring, analysis, and reporting, providing timely and actionable financial information to executive leadership, the Board of Directors, and departmental and program leaders, including regular budget-to-actual reporting to support financial accountability and informed decision-making.

Partner with executive and departmental leadership to strengthen financial accountability, evaluate the financial sustainability of programs and revenue-generating activities, and support informed decision-making.

Identify, assess, and mitigate financial risks while strengthening financial controls, organizational accountability, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field from an accredited college or university required; MBA, master's degree in Accounting or Finance, and/or CPA designation preferred.

Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible financial management experience, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership or supervisory role within a complex organization, with demonstrated executive presence and leadership effectiveness.

Executive-level leadership experience overseeing financial operations, enterprise-wide initiatives, and developing senior leaders.

Demonstrated expertise in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, cash management, internal controls, audits, regulatory compliance, and long-term financial sustainability.

Strong financial and strategic decision-making skills, including experience aligning resources with organizational priorities, managing financial risks, and supporting major capital investments and financing arrangements.

Experience leading government funding development and managing complex funding sources, including grants, contracts, restricted contributions, and associated financial compliance requirements.

Experience leading financial systems improvements or modernization initiatives and using technology, data, and performance measures to improve organizational effectiveness, accountability, and decision-making.

Ability to lead through organizational change, collaborate effectively with executive leadership, build trusted relationships, and advance shared organizational goals.

Experience working with boards, auditors, financial institutions, government agencies, funders, or other external stakeholders.

Experience in nonprofit financial management or financially complex organizations with significant operational, inventory, or capital asset responsibilities preferred.

Experience with disaster-related financial management, funding, or reimbursement preferred.

Experience with multi-entity financial management, financial reporting, and related compliance requirements preferred.

Strong commitment to the mission and values of the San Antonio Food Bank.

Physical Demands

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions and responsibilities of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is constantly required to sit, stand, talk, hear, reach, and utilize fine manipulation and near visual acuity. The employee is frequently required to walk, utilize gross manipulation, push, pull, stoop, and keyboard. The employee must occasionally lift, and/or move up to 20 pounds.

Work Environment

This job is performed in an indoor environment and occasionally may require attendance at outdoor events. You may be required to drive to various locations with varying conditions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and levels of work to be performed and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties.