JSA Headquarters JSA Washington, D.C. Office 800 S. Claremont Street, Suite 202, San Mateo, CA 94402 1411 K Street NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005 Phone: (800) 334-‐5353 or (650) 347-‐1600 Fax: (650) 347-‐7200 Phone: (800) 317-‐9338 Fax: (202) 296-‐7839 Email: [email protected] Web: www.jsa.org
The Junior Statesmen Foundation
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Job Description
The Junior Statesmen Foundation is a nation-‐wide non-‐profit organization working with today’s high school youth to help build a stronger American democracy through life-‐long involvement and responsible leadership in that society. The Foundation is headquartered in San Mateo, CA with an East Coast office in Washington, DC. For more information about Junior Statesmen and the Junior States of America, please visit our website at www.jsa.org.
JSA is seeking a highly skilled Chief Financial Officer to lead the organization’s finance and accounting functions and to be an active participant as a member of JSA’s management team. This is a part-‐time position, currently requiring approximately 2 – 3 days per week
Candidates must have: • a minimum of 5 years successful financial management experience in positions with
increasing responsibility in a nonprofit with a budget of $5M or more; • high-‐level knowledge of GAAP for non-‐profit accounting; • experience conducting month-‐end and year-‐end close, cost allocation, revenue
recognition, budget creation and management, cash management and management of restricted grants;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to extract meaning from numbers and present analysis clearly and concisely to people with widely varying degrees of financial knowledge;
Additional skills that are important to the position are: • Demonstrated experience and expertise with Excel and other Microsoft Office
applications; • Knowledge of Sales Force as it relates to accounting • Proven skills in managing staff and ability to build and support effective teams;
After you have visited our website and remain interested in applying for this position, please provide a resume and brief letter of interest to:
[email protected] or FAX: (650) 347-‐1600 Atten: Jeff Harris, Chief Executive Officer The Junior Statesmen Foundation 800 S Claremont St. #202 San Mateo, CA 94402
