Chief Financial Officer

Position Overview:

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer and three governing Boards (including a related Foundation), the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is an active and engaged member of Summit’s Leadership Team who is devoted to allocating resources in education serving a world class charter school management organization with an entrepreneurial incubator. The CFO is the corporate officer that has the primary responsibility of managing the organization’s finances, inclusive of work such as strategic financial planning, managing financial risks, financial and compliance record-keeping, audits, financial reporting to internal and external stakeholders, treasury management, and overseeing the finance and accounting teams.

The ideal candidate has excellent written and verbal finance, accounting, and communication skills, has superb attention to detail, is a proven strategic partner, and is willing to roll up their sleeves and dive into the weeds when needed. Experience in working across multi-functional teams in a fast paced work environment is a must!

This position is preferably based in the San Francisco Bay Area following a hybrid model. However, we will consider fully remote candidates based anywhere in the United States who can accommodate regular travel and work under Pacific Standard Time schedules.

Who We Are:

What if all students graduated high school with the knowledge, skills and habits they need to lead a fulfilled life? This is the question that guides our mission at Summit Public Schools.

Summit is a leading network of public schools that prepare a diverse student population for success in a four-year college and to be thoughtful, contributing members of society. We operate 12 schools serving close to 4,000 students in the Bay Area and Washington state. 100% of Summit graduates are college ready and Summit graduates complete college at double the national average. We need exceptional, diverse, and mission-aligned individuals to help prepare our students for a fulfilled life. Join us!

What You’ll Do:

Financial Leadership

• Serve as a senior leader setting and executing the vision and mission of a world-class charter management organization and entrepreneurial incubator.
• Work with the CEO, finance and audit committees to develop and implement a long-term financial strategy to protect all assets of the organization.
• Prepare reports and present financial results to Summit’s boards and other stakeholders.
• Work closely with Summit’s development team to support grant applications, philanthropy based program expenses and reporting.
• Manage Summit’s treasury assets to ensure safety and liquidity.
• Lead Summit’s capital market activities including meeting bond disclosure and other investor related filings.
• Lead the development and implementation of all annual program budgets for a $80 million organization.
• Lead the development of long-term financial models for different programs within Summit’s organizational umbrella.