Senior Finance Director, Empire Health Foundation

Empire Health
Foundation (EHF) believes communities hold the solutions to the
most pressing issues they face, and the foundation is dedicated to
a community-centered approach to building healthy and thriving
communities in eastern Washington. EHF is a private health
conversion foundation formed in 2008 with philanthropic assets of
approximately $103M, including $20M designated as a 501(c)(4). At
an exciting moment of organizational transformation, EHF
now seeks a Senior Finance Director to provide
leadership and oversight to a strong finance department that
supports long-term, organizational sustainability and mission
impact.  

Reporting to the President, the Senior Finance Director will
manage and supervise a team of three staff focused on all
financial, risk, and compliance matters across the foundation’s
entities. They will work closely with the President and Finance
Committee to ensure best-in-class financial operations and support
collaborative efforts to develop and implement impact investing
initiatives. They will regularly assess the finance team structure
to ensure alignment with the strategic plan and organizational
capacity and will ensure a robust partnership with impact investing
consultants and the foundation’s investment managers. They will
manage and develop innovative systems, processes, and policies to
enable the strategic use of resources and investments to catalyze
and sustain positive change in partnership with the communities EHF
serves.

The Senior Director will be a hands-on, proven financial leader
drawn to EHF’s mission of advancing health equity among BIPOC,
LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, and rural and tribal communities.
They will be a strong people manager and collaborative leader who
is committed to robust financial operations, transparency, and
balanced risk and compliance in a 501(c)(3) and (c)(4) organization
and will understand and convey how mission and impact are reflected
in effective budget and financial management. The new Senior
Finance Director will join a fantastic team at a moment of
transformational change and will be an important contributor to
leveraging the entirety of the foundation’s resources in support of
communities most impacted by inequities and injustice.

To Apply

Full position announcement:
https://www.carolynhoconsulting.com/engagements/ehf-sr-finance-director

Carolyn Ho is
assisting Empire Health Foundation with this search. Applications
should be submitted through the application
portal.  Inquiries and nominations can be sent to info@carolynhoconsulting.com.