American Pet Cancer Foundation Hiring for Vice President, Finance and Operations, Volunteer Job at Remote Full Time

Vice President Finance & Operations, Volunteer

About the Pet Cancer Foundation

The Pet Cancer Foundation’s vision is to increase the life expectancy and improve the quality of life of pets diagnosed with cancer. Estimates suggest that 12M dogs and cats are developing cancer every year, roughly 6x the number of humans getting cancer yearly within North America.

Over the past 24 months, the organization has grown to a team of over 300 volunteers working virtually across Canada, the United States, and another half dozen countries worldwide to further our mission. To continue this trajectory, we are searching for an executive-level financial leader to build-out our financial reporting, while leading our operational planning. That’s where and how you can help us.

About the position:

As our volunteer Vice President, Finance & Operations, you will be responsible for the strategic development and oversight of PCF’s Financial Reporting, including monthly, quarterly and year end processes, as well as leading several operational departments which contribute to the execution of the organization’s strategic vision. The Vice President will work collaboratively with other peers and executives to guide each business unit and their departments to develop and implement detailed operational plans and corresponding timelines, which align with approved strategies, along with the relevant tactics to successfully realize the organization’s broader goals.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work closely with leadership to develop and execute input into the architecture, detail design and development of the organization that will successfully reinforce the foundation’s business objectives
• Oversee all staffing and operations of the business unit, including planning and eventual budget development for the organization
• Lead the development of the organization’s Finance calendar for multiple projects from beginning to end and report progress to key stakeholders
• Provides senior-level oversight and mentoring to their teams to ensure that workflow and timelines are optimized, while developing the necessary administrative paperwork, records, and filing systems required to support the effort required to execute on the organization’s financial compliance obligations
• Champion innovation, leading practices, and continuous improvement within finance operations
• Collaborates extensively with peers to ensure business groups and departments have operating plans that align together to realize the strategic goals of the organization
• Develop and oversee risk management processes for all financial and business unit operations, while contributing to the overall risk management of the organization
• Establish a performance monitoring framework and process to guide how the organization will identify key metrics and monitor progress against approved objectives
• Through skills and needs assessments, develop, and manage a productive structure that encourages creativity and collaboration, and ownership of goals among the team
• Participate in the development and refinement of finance agreements and the process of monitoring and evaluating process performance
• Where applicable, stays abreast of and monitors compliance with all federal, and provincial/state obligations for financial disclosures and reporting regulations.

About You:

You are a seasoned and strategic senior Finance professional who is dedicated, driven, and enthusiastic about the role your profession can have in shaping the future of an organization. You are the consummate professional and one who thrives in a collaborative environment. You are ready to accept the challenge of working in a growing, dynamic volunteer organization, working in close collaboration with many different teams and departments. You are motivated to lead a virtual team and to mentor, coach and effectively transfer expertise to others. You have:

• Accounting, Finance, or related field 15 years’ experience with at least 5 years at an executive level
• Experience with directing the financial operations of a major organization in a similar leadership role.
• Servant Leader and team player, ready willing and able to jump in and help out as needed with the team
• Experience with organizational start-ups, mergers, acquisitions, operational consolidation.
• Consulting experience in areas of business transformation, finance reengineering, change management and project management a plus
• Experience in the financial management of a non-profit organization a plus
• Strong project management skills; highly organized with a strong attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills; ability to build and develop relationships across levels
• A passion for the cause and mission we pursue

What we provide you with

Volunteering with PCF in this critical role is a generational opportunity to contribute to building a best-in-class worldwide organization that will make a difference in millions of animals’ lives in the decades to come. The challenges of building an umbrella cancer agency from inception will provide learnings while expanding your network of contacts that will be of assistance to your advancing private or non-profit career.

Footnotes:

• We are recruiting for both VP and Associate VP with this posting, with these roles working collaboratively to lead this business unit
• This position works virtually from anywhere in Canada or the United States
• Expectations regarding a time commitment are in the range of 8-10 hours per week on average
• Flexibility in hours of availability will be necessary during budget and reporting periods

• Please visit our new website in beta-release at www.petcancerfdn.org for more information about the organization

Job Type: Part-time

Application Question(s):

• * We are experiencing higher than 70% of applicants who state they missed seeing the volunteer nature of the role in the posting above. Please leave us a short acknowledgement that you are aware of the volunteer nature of the role to allow us to properly consider your application. Thank you!

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Preferred)

Experience:

• Corporate finance and non-profit: 10 years (Preferred)
• Leadership: 10 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• CPA (Preferred)

Work Location: Remote