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.
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