Director of Finance

Job Title: Director of Finance

Reports to: Chief Operating Officer

About Broad Street Love:

Broad Street Love is an organization that helps Philadelphians living in deep poverty stabilize their lives through a unique offering of meals and social services that is welcoming to everyone. Our long term vision is not only to meaningfully reduce the trauma and suffering caused by scarcity for Philadelphia's most vulnerable populations, but, along with best-of-class social services and government partners, to break the cycle of poverty, homelessness and hunger in Philadelphia.

Position Summary:

The Director of Finance is a key member of the senior leadership team and is responsible for the overall financial health and sustainability of the organization. This role oversees all financial functions, including budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, grants management, audit coordination, and compliance. The Director of Finance ensures that our resources are aligned with our mission and that our financial systems are strong, transparent, and support strategic growth. Broad Street Love is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity within our organization and assist in building an equitable and inclusive community.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the Chief Operating Officer, Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors on financial planning and sustainability.
• Develop and lead the organization’s annual budgeting process, long-term financial forecasting, and scenario planning.
• Present quarterly financial reports, cash flow projections and financial insights to the Finance Committee.
• Oversee day-to-day accounting functions, ensuring accurate and timely financial data entry and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, IRS regulations, and internal policies.
• Manage the month-end and year-end close processes.
• Monitor restricted and unrestricted funding to ensure compliance with donor intent and grant agreements.
• Collaborate with the development team to provide financial data and reporting for grant applications and funders reports.
• Lead annual audit and serve as liaison with external auditors.
• Ensure timely and accurate filing of tax and regulatory documents (e.g., IRS Form 990).
• Maintain internal controls and ensure financial risk is mitigated.
• Supervise, mentor and support finance staff fostering a culture of accountability and transparency.
• Collaborate across departments to support programmatic and operational decision-making with relevant financial insights.
• Support payroll and benefits administration functions, in collaboration with operations staff and external providers.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications and Skills:

• • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related field required
  • MBA and/or CPA preferred
  • A minimum of seven years of professional experience working in a managerial and/or executive role in a non-profit, a minimum of five years of financial experience.
  • Demonstrated grants management and reporting experience.
  • Solid communications skills and the ability to communicate complex and/or detailed financial information effectively to an audience that is less fiscally conversant.

Other:

The mission of Broad Street Love is to transform our city, our institutions, and ourselves by embracing the individual needs of our most vulnerable sisters and brothers, and by embracing radical hospitality. We believe that the only way to achieve that mission is to have a diverse staff that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we serve.

Broad Street Love does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, criminal record, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law. Broad Street Love believes that diversity and inclusion among our staff is critical to our success as a community services organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.