Chief Financial Officer

Position Summary

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a senior executive leader responsible for the financial health, people systems, and enabling infrastructure of the Bay Area Discovery Museum. Reporting to the CEO and serving on the Leadership Team, the CFO oversees Finance, Human Resources, and Information Technology, ensuring the Museum’s long-term sustainability, strong governance, and organizational effectiveness.

The CFO is a strategic partner to the CEO and Board of Trustees, leading multi-year financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and risk management, while translating complex financial and organizational information into clear insights that support decision-making across the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead multi-year financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and scenario modeling
• Serve as primary staff partner to the Board’s Finance and Audit Committees
• Oversee audits, tax filings, compliance, internal controls, and financial risk management
• Provide executive oversight of Human Resources, including compensation strategy, benefits, performance frameworks, and workforce planning
• Lead Information Technology strategy, systems, data governance, and cybersecurity
• Oversee institutional insurance, major contracts, and serve as liaison with outside legal counsel
• Build financial literacy and decision-making capacity across the organization
• Partner closely with the Director of Operations to ensure financial alignment for operational and capital investments (without direct operational oversight)

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of senior nonprofit finance leadership experience
• Demonstrated success partnering with CEOs and Boards
• Strongexpertisein budgeting, forecasting, audits, compliance, and financial systems
• Experience overseeing HR and IT at a strategic level
• Excellent communication, judgment, and collaboration skills
• Museum, cultural, or education sector experience a plus