VP, Finance
Work Location: Remote Desk Location: Remote Reports to: CEO & President Employment Type: Part Time w/ Benefits FLSA Status: Exempt Travel: 10-20%
JOB SUMMARY
The Vice President of Finance provides strategic and operational financial leadership for MAP International, a global nonprofit delivering life-changing medicines and health supplies. This role oversees financial strategy execution, fiscal stewardship, and the integrity of MAP's financial operations, supporting a high-volume Gifts-in-Kind (GIK) and cash-based model, ensuring financial integrity, scalability, and strong stewardship.
In addition to core finance leadership responsibilities, the VP, Finance provides oversight of treasury and investment activities, purchasing and real estate functions, insurance and risk management, and financial operations across MAP's U.S. office locations. The role partners closely with the CEO and Senior Leadership Team to ensure financial sustainability, strong internal controls, regulatory compliance, and the safeguarding of organizational assets, while translating financial performance into clear, actionable insights to support decision‑making. This position is slated to work 32 hours per week on average and may be based within the contiguous United States with heavy preference to states in which MAP currently has employees.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
FINANCIAL LEADERSHIP & STRATEGY
- Advise CEO and executive team on financial strategy and planning
- Lead forecasting, long-range modeling, and resource allocation
- Translate financial performance into clear, actionable insights
FINANCIAL REPORTING & CONTROLS
- Oversee timely, accurate financial statements in accordance with GAAP
- Strengthen internal controls and financial systems
- Lead audit preparation and external auditor engagement
BUDGETING & PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
- Lead annual budget and reforecasting processes
- Monitor performance against key metrics and financial targets
- Partner with leaders to drive accountability and discipline
COMPLIANCE & RISK MANAGEMENT
- Ensure compliance with nonprofit regulations, donor restrictions, pharmaceutical distribution requirements, and organizational policies
- Partner cross-functionally on pharmaceutical distribution compliance
- Partner with the Audit Committee to provide regular updates on financial performance, risks, and compliance matters
CASH & REVENUE OVERSIGHT
- Oversee cash flow, liquidity, and treasury functions
- Monitor revenue streams including philanthropy, grants, service fees, and GIK
PURCHASING, REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE
- Provide financial oversight of purchasing practices and vendor relationships to ensure consistency, control, and value
- Oversee financial aspects of real estate and facility operations for MAP offices in Brunswick and Atlanta, in coordination with operational leaders
- Maintain relationships with insurance brokers and provide guidance on property, casualty, and other liability coverage
- Advise senior leadership on financial risk management and insurance strategy
- Partner with operational leaders to support facility and office related financial decisions
LEADERSHIP & COLLABORATION
- Lead finance team and develop staff capabilities
- Collaborate across Programs, Development, Operations, and Compliance
- Foster a culture of accountability, service, and mission alignment
- Provide regular financial updates to the CEO and appropriate board committees
ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Recommend oversight of financial reporting and systems, payroll, cash collections, compliance activities, and assessment of internal controls, with specific deliverables and milestones agreed by the CEO, interim designee, and Audit Committee. Provide weekly updates to the CEO and monthly updates to the Audit Committee on scope results, concerns, and issues, if any.
Directly reports to the CEO. The VP, Finance will have 1-3 direct reports and oversee the operations of a finance department of approximately 6 staff total. Collaborate closely with the other heads of MAP functions an interface regularly with cost center managers.
QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's in Finance, Accounting, or related field (CPA and / or Masters preferred)
- 10+ years of senior financial leadership experience
- Nonprofit finance experience required, Including familiarity with ECFA best practices
- Strong GAAP, controls, and audit expertise
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Experience in distribution preferred
- Familiarity with GIK accounting and valuation preferred
- Experience supporting boards and audit committees preferred
- Collaborative and entrepreneurial leadership style
- Strategic financial leadership
- Integrity and stewardship
- Executive communication
- Systems thinking and discipline
- Demonstrated success of leading an organization's financial systems, teams, and managing to strategic plans.
- Possesses characteristics reflective of MAP's core values of Accountability, Collaboration, Passion, Diligence, and Trust and desires to be a standard bearer of the same.
- Have extensive experience in the use and management of financial platforms
- Possess recent and active knowledge of MS Office systems including in depth knowledge of Excel
- Ability to prepare, interpret, and communicate financial plans and forecasts
- Demonstrates skill and interest in giving oral and written presentations to staff, board members, and external groups.
- Superior verbal and written communication skills
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus during significant computer related work. Employee must be able to read, write, and speak English fluently.