Corporate Finance Accounting Director

Title: Corporate Finance Accounting Director
Reports to: Chief Financial Officer
Pay range: $165,000- $185,000

Location: San Francisco, CA.

This is a hybrid position, and candidates must be able to work at least four days per week in our San Francisco office.

To Apply: Express interest in this role by filling out our Talent Profile or emailing the search team directly at MEDA_CFAD@dsgco.com. 

JOIN OUR MEDA TEAM

Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting economic development and job creation in San Francisco's Mission District. Founded in 1973, MEDA has a long history of serving the community by providing access to capital, technical assistance, and training programs for entrepreneurs and small businesses. We also partner with individuals and families to build lasting prosperity through housing stabilization, small business support, workforce development, financial coaching, and education support. Rooted in San Francisco’s Mission District, we’ve seen how economic opportunity transforms lives—and we’re expanding that impact to communities nationwide.

YOUR CAREER OPPORTUNITY

MEDA's Corporate Finance Accounting Director oversees the company's long-term financial health by leading financial planning, budgeting, analysis, and reporting, and ensuring compliance with regulations. Key responsibilities include managing cash flow, providing strategic financial advice to leadership, preparing financial statements, and working to increase profits and reduce costs. The role requires strong leadership, analytical skills, and expertise in financial software and corporate finance principles. 

The Corporate Finance Accounting Director, specifically, has functional responsibility for corporate-level finance and accounting, which includes accounts payable, accounts receivable, banking and treasury management, grant accounting, and investors and financial institutions. The Corporate Finance Accounting Director leads all day-to-day non-real estate accounting operations and directly supervises the Corporate Controller and their team of 3, and the Associate Director of Grants and Compliance (and their team of 2). 

The Corporate Finance Accounting Director will ensure that MEDA has the internal controls, systems, and procedures in place to support effective financial operations and safeguard assets. As a member of the Senior Management Team, the Corporate Finance Accounting Director will work closely with the CRE (Real Estate) accounting director and staff, both to provide information on finance and accounting procedures and to continue to explore how the finance function can support the organization and to support its future growth and business planning efforts through modelling and analysis.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Specifically, you will:

• Report to the organization's Chief Financial Officer

• Strategic Guidance: Providing expert advice to senior leadership on investments, financial decision-making, and strategies to drive profitability and growth. 
  • Participate in strategic and operational planning

• Team Management: Managing and training the finance and accounting department staff, ensuring efficient workflows and adherence to financial policies. 
  • Oversee and coordinate all corporate-wide (non-CRE/real estate) financial activities and personnel
• Financial Planning & Strategy: Developing and implementing long-term financial strategies and budgets that align with the company's overall goals. 
• Financial Analysis & Reporting: Analyzing financial performance, forecasting trends, and preparing detailed reports and presentations for senior management and the board of directors.
  • Oversee monthly department reporting and review variance analyses
  • Assist with quarterly consolidated financial reporting and financial metrics
  • Ad-hoc reporting as requested
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Overseeing the creation and management of company-wide budgets and financial forecasts to ensure financial stability. 
  • Assist with the preparation of the annual department budget
  • Review all corporate (non-real estate) operating budgets
• Compliance & Controls: Establishing and maintaining internal financial processes and controls, and ensuring the company complies with all relevant financial laws and regulations. 
  • Assist with lender reporting and financial compliance
  • Maintain a calendar of reporting requirements and other compliance deadlines
  • Review and approve the recording of capital transactions
  • Maintain a schedule of commitments and contingencies 
  • Monitor project development financing transactions
  • Develop month-end closing procedures, implement internal controls
• Cash Flow Management: Monitoring and managing the company's cash flow to ensure adequate liquidity for operations. 
  • Prepare and maintain a 3-year dynamic cash flow projection

• External Partner Relations: Maintaining relationships with funders/vendors/partners and managing funding from outside sources. Work with co-development partners to resolve issues
  • Maintain relationships with banking institutions, public accounting 
• Audit Responsibilities:
  • Review corporate-wide (non-real estate) audits and tax returns
  • Manage annual audit 
  • Support the annual non-profit organization audit

YOUR KEYS TO SUCCESS

To perform successfully in this role, you will need to leverage these key qualifications:

• CPA (California)
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field
• 7-10 years previous experience in financial management, corporate finance, and accounting
• 5 years progressive management experience
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• In-depth knowledge of financial analysis, accounting software, and corporate financial principles. 
• Advanced Excel skills 
• Nonprofit and Sage MIP software a plus

• Excellent analytical skills, strong leadership abilities, and outstanding communication and interpersonal skills to effectively advise senior management and present financial data. 

YOUR MEDA EXPERIENCE

Do meaningful work in an innovative workplace while being challenged for your professional growth.

Joining MEDA means having meaningful experiences that develop achievers – from across the Mission neighborhood and from within our organization. We find meaning and fulfillment in our work as we see our community thrive and are driven to achieve better outcomes by challenging ourselves to innovate in our ways of working.

We offer a market-leading benefits program that reflects MEDA's values and mission. We invest in people's lives and support our own people's health and financial well-being.

Our core benefits include:

• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental insurance for employees and their dependents – 100 percent covered by MEDA
• 401(k) plan for employees
• Generous paid time off - with a minimum of 20 days for new employees
• Employee Assistance Program that offers free financial or legal counseling to employees or their families
• Other forms of voluntary benefits

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.