Chief Development Officer Jobs in Bellevue, WA

CLA is a top 10 national professional services firm whose purpose is to create opportunities every day, for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, digital, audit, tax, consulting, and outsourcing services. Even with more than 8,500 people, 130 U.S. locations, and a global reach, we promise to know you and help you.

CLA is dedicated to building a culture that invites different beliefs and perspectives to the table, so we can truly know and help our clients, communities, and each other.

About the role:

CLA is looking to hire a Chief Financial Officer - Nonprofit for our Consulting & Outsourcing practice who can sit in our Bellevue, WA office. Our Consulting & Outsourcing practice helps our clients transform their business with a collaborative approach that allows them to seamlessly mitigate risk, overcome challenges, meet deadlines, and identify personnel to help them with their workforce needs.

As a Chief Financial Officer, you will:

• Perform CFO functions as part of the client’s accounting services team.
• Be accountable for identifying and implementing best practices related to the services provided to add value to the client.
• Work with client to set financial policy and be an active participant in, and driver of, the overall strategy.
• Drive capital planning, risk management, ratio and KPI analysis, and board of director interactions.
• Lead financial administration, planning, and budgeting.
• Oversee longer-term budget planning and cost management.
• Monitor progress of budgets and presents operational metrics.

Business Development Responsibilities:

• Develop key external business network to grow the CAAS practice.
• Be known as a CAAS (when applicable, in a specific industry) thought leader both within the firm and externally.
• Manage internal and external referrals through use of firm customer relationship management software.
• Interact and coordinate with internal client relationship leaders to grow CAAS services with existing CLA clients seamlessly.
• Lead proposal writing, and presentation efforts as needed.

What you will need:

• Eight years relative accounting and/or financial experience is required.
• Bachelor’s degree is required. Combination of related experience, education, and training may be accepted in lieu of degree.
• Nonprofit industry experience is highly preferred!
• CPA certification preferred but not required.
• Knowledge of QuickBooks preferred.
• Prior project management and client management experience preferred but not required.

Our approach to compensation emphasizes collaboration and career growth. We pay competitive wages and view compensation as an investment in our people. Factors such as geography, experience, education, skills, and knowledge may impact position of pay within the range.

The compensation range for this position in Washington is: $123,000.00 - $236,000.00

Our Perks:

• Flexible PTO (designed to offer flexible time away for you!)
• Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave
• Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Mental health coverage
• Quarterly Wellness stipend
• Fertility benefits
• Complete list of benefits

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Wellness at CLA

To support our CLA family members, we focus on their physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being and offer comprehensive benefit options that include health, dental, vision, 401k and much more.