Chief Financial Officer

Who We Are International Justice Mission (IJM) is the global leader in protecting vulnerable people from violence around the world. Our team of over 1,200 professionals are at work worldwide in over 30 offices. Together we are on a mission to rescue millions, protect half a billion, and make justice unstoppable. We are a global community that cares for one another. We believe that the way we work is as important as the results we achieve. We provide professional excellence with joy and celebration to all those we serve. The Need For over 25 years, IJM has pioneered the work to protect vulnerable people from violence. 9 out of 9 times in the last decade, IJM’s Justice System Strengthening Projects have reduced slavery and violence between 50 and 85% for very large populations of people in poverty. As we grow to expand our impact to protect 500 million people from violence, we are seeking a Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) reports directly to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and serves as a key strategist and trusted advisor on IJM’s Global Leadership Team. The CFO is responsible for the health, integrity, and dynamic management of IJM’s global financial resources, ensuring that every dollar is stewarded to maximize protection for people living in poverty and facing violence. This leader will bring deep financial and operational expertise together with a passion for IJM’s mission, partnering closely with the Global Leadership Team and leaders across regions and functions to align financial strategy with program impact, growth, and long-term sustainability. The CFO will build and develop a high-performing, spiritually grounded global finance team; strengthen systems, processes, and controls; and provide clear, data-informed insight that shapes decisions at the highest levels of the organization. The CFO also partners closely with IJM’s global operations leaders to ensure that financial strategy and business operations together enable sustainable, scaled protection across all regions and casework models. The success of this role is measured by the following Key Result Areas:

• Design and execute financial strategies that advance IJM’s mission and enable sustainable, scaled protection.
• Build and lead a healthy, engaged, and high-performing global finance team.
• Establish and maintain clear, consistent global financial standards, policies, processes, and systems.
• Safeguard IJM’s financial health through strong liquidity management, prudent investment stewardship, and disciplined risk management.
• Provide accurate, timely, and insight-rich financial reporting to the Global Leadership Team and Board, including clear communication of risks and opportunities. This position is based in the Washington, DC area and is available to be hybrid (onsite Tuesdays & Thursdays). It reports to Chief Operating Officer and requires current authorization to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position, now or in the future. Responsibilities: Leadership and Management
• Advise the Chief Operating Officer on key financial matters of the organization, including fiscal health, strategic financial structure, financial performance against budget, cash flow, investments, and controls;
• Build and lead a culture of world-class professional excellence where members find themselves, year by year, becoming more like Christ as they pursue together the intention to obey Christ in everything through a course of common spiritual disciplines in a community of prayerful love;
• Recruit, manage, develop, and inspire a high-quality team to deliver a superior level of proactive performance and productivity within a climate of rapid change;
• Create a service-oriented culture within the team and ensure that all team professionals are working in support of the organization’s broader mission and implementation of the strategic plan by being responsive to the financial needs of all divisions;
• Build relationships across divisions and collaborate effectively, while providing objective financial perspective in the design and execution of multi-divisional projects;
• Establish credibility throughout the organization and with the Board as an effective developer of solutions to business challenges;
• Lead the preparation for the Finance, Administration and Audit Committee meetings and provide regular communication and updates for the committee, as appropriate;
• Serve on the Global Leadership Team and the Global Operations Council, providing financial and operational insight to strengthen IJM’s global business operations ecosystem required to scale protection; Strategic Financial Planning & Analysis
• Establish guidelines, policies, and operational touchpoints to ensure that all departments are not just operating within budgetary guidelines, but are achieving agreed upon strategic milestones and outputs;
• Work with the leadership team on Strategic Plan reviews, updates and renewals, ensuring that measurable financial and operational metrics are applied to strategic imperatives and goals and enacting any course corrections needed;
• Identify and partner with the organization in implementing actions to realize efficiencies as the organization strives to drive the most resources possible to the mission;
• Seek long-term optimization of program to support ratios;
• Ensure optimal recovery of indirect costs on grants;
• Develop forecasts and analysis to identify risks and opportunities and collaborate proactively with global leadership to develop measures to mitigate risk and leverage opportunities;
• Hold departments and divisions accountable to budgets; Accounting and Controls
• Provide timely and accurate consolidated financial reporting for the organization at the global, regional, and local levels;
• Provide world class financial services to ensure timely and accurate payroll and expense reimbursement for all employees in addition to payment of partners and suppliers;
• Lead efforts to strengthen financial systems including enhancements to IJM’s ERP system;
• Ensure financial systems are configured to provide proper internal controls and reflect the current organization structure while maintaining simplicity for users;
• Ensure internal control safeguards and keep abreast of current non-profit accounting pronouncements, issues, regulations, and policies;
• Manage all aspects of engagement with external auditors for the annual audit, US federal government NICRA audits and required statutory and tax filings in the US;
• Provide oversight and ensure ongoing compliance for required statutory filings in countries where IJM operates or has affiliated offices;
• Provide accurate revenue reporting and recognition and ensure proper accounting and revenue recognition for grants and strong controls to comply with donor restrictions;
• Maintain strong controls over all assets of the organization;
• Ensure strong record retention to facilitate ongoing statutory and audit compliance;
• Ensure all not publicly available financial information and commentary that regional teams release to outside parties follows IJM’s accuracy and compliance standards; Global Treasury
• Develop IJM Treasury strategies to ensure short- and long-term vitality of IJM;
• Successfully provide the organization with cash through fluctuations in cash flow;
• Maintain responsibility for cash flow and cash forecasting and ensure sufficient operating cash reserves are maintained at all times;
• Take proactive measures to avoid the risk of cash shortfalls;
• Successfully manage IJM’s investment portfolios to achieve maximum return and minimum loss to principal value;
• Monitor external investment advisors to protect and ensure optimal performance of financial resources consistent with IJM investment policy and risk tolerance;
• Manage debt, revolving credit, letters of credit, and any other credit facilities, including related c