Kiva Chief Financial Officer

The Company

Called the "hottest non-profit on the planet" by FORTUNE magazine and a Top 50 Website by TIME, Kiva (www.kiva.org) is the world's first person-to-person lending marketplace for the poor. In just 7 years, Kiva has raised over $300+ million for 800,000+ entrepreneurs in 60+ countries. Kiva combines the culture and approach of an internet start-up with an intense focus on alleviating global poverty. Kiva is poised to take its initial success to a whole new level - targeting $1 billion in loans by 2015 and expansion into new areas (e.g. student loans, climate change, etc). Headquartered in San Francisco, Kiva's team has 100 employees and 500+ volunteers.

Your Mission

Kiva is seeking a strong financial leader to provide stability and strategic guidance to the growing Kiva team.   The CFO will play a central role in the continued growth of the organization. In addition to overseeing the financial health of the organization, the CFO will be responsible for maintaining a strong financial foundation as the organization grows.

Your Responsibilities

• Executive Management: Serve as a member of Kiva's Management team; participate in key decisions pertaining to strategic initiatives 
• Revenue Growth:  Help pioneer new business models and spot new opportunities for international expansion.  
• Operations:  Serve as a key leader in running the day-to-day infrastructure of Kiva, with potential to move into a COO role in the future.  
• Analytics: Oversee analytics team and the development of tools and systems to provide critical financial and operational information to the organization.
• Financial Planning and Analysis: Complete analysis of financial results; Maintain regular financial planning reports; Develop strategic and tactical recommendations; assist in establishing yearly objectives.
• Finance: Oversee cash flow planning and ensure availability of funds as needed; oversee investments and asset management; Prepare revenue forecasts, monthly management reports, budget, and board reports.
• Accounting and Administration: Oversee the Accounting Department to ensure proper maintenance of all accounting systems for both Kiva Microfunds and Kiva User Funds. 

Your Profile

• Demonstrated leadership ability, team management, and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent analytical and abstract reasoning skills, plus excellent organization skills.
• Low ego, tremendous integrity, highly ethical.
• A minimum of a BS; a CPA and/or MBA would be a plus.
• CFO experience at an org with a $10M+ budget is preferable, but not necessary.  
• High growth tech experience highly preferred.  Banking experience is a plus.  

If interested

• Send email to jobs@kiva.org. Include in the Subject Line: CFO
• Include resume and brief cover letter explaining why you’re interested / qualified
• Please do not contact the office directly with any questions or follow-up inquiries
• Principals only

Due to the high numbers of applicants for this position, we regret that we can only respond to candidates that we would like to interview.