Finance Manager

Chief Financial Officer
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA)
TheLos Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) is seeking torecruit a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) located in Los Angeles,CA.
In December of 1993, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors,the Los Angeles mayor and City Council created the Los AngelesHomeless Services Authority (LAHSA) as an independent, joint powersauthority. LAHSA is the lead agency in the Los Angeles Continuum ofCare, which is the regional planning body that coordinates housingand services for homeless families and individuals in Los AngelesCounty. LAHSA coordinates and manages over $800 million annually infederal, state, county, and city funds for programs that provideshelter, housing, and services to people experiencing homelessness.LASHSA has approximately 800 professional staff working to serve themission of the organization.
Through LAHSA, funding, program design, outcomes assessment, andtechnical assistance are provided to more than 100 nonprofit partneragencies that assist people experiencing homelessness achieveindependence and stability in housing. LAHSA’s partner agenciesprovide a continuum of programs ranging from outreach, accesscenters, emergency shelters, safe havens, transitional, interim, andpermanent housing, and prevention, along with the necessarysupportive services designed to provide the tools and skillsnecessary to attain a stable housing environment. Additionally,LAHSA partners with both the city and county of Los Angeles tointegrate services and housing opportunities to ensure widedistribution of service and housing options throughout the LosAngeles Continuum of Care.
AdamsKellum became CEO in late March 2023, the first thing she noticedwas they had the right goal - reduce unsheltered homelessness - anda dedicated workforce that successfully housed thousands of peopleevery year. Last year, LAHSA announced an internal reorganizationthat would drive the rehousing system’s strategic vision of reducingunsheltered homelessness. Addressing the Emergency.
Contracting and Grant Management.
Serving as a critical partner in MayorBass’ Inside Safe program by directly supporting contractingthat sheltered over 1,300 people from 19 encampments during theMayor’s first six months in office.
Collaborating with CEO/HomelessInitiative and Board of Supervisors to launch County’s responseto State of Emergency, including the County’s encampmentresolution plan, Pathway Home.
Housing fairs were held for nearly 500Inside Safe participants.
Decreased the time to lease-up permanentsupportive housing by 75%, from 120 days to 45 - 60 days.
Implemented innovative process ofutilizing long-term flexible resources as working capital fundsto expedite payment to providers.
To counteract the effects of years ofsystemic racism, LAHSA created the Ad-Hoc Committee onDiversity, Equity, and Inclusion. The Committee will dive deeperinto the causes of homelessness for various subpopulations anddevelop equitable practices to end homelessness for ourunsheltered neighbors of color.
The new 24,000 sq. ft. facility willpilot a new design to move people experiencing homelessness (PEH)from tents to interim housing, and onward to permanent housing, with24/7 site accessibility. During theirtime at the Center, LAHSA will assist participants with documentreadiness and expedite housing navigation services that will movethem from interim to permanent housing faster. In addition,participants will have daily opportunities to tour availablepermanent housing and participate in weekly onsite housing fairsthat will provide transportation to view available units.
The Chief Financial Officer reports to the CEO and serves as astrategic member of the LAHSA Leadership Team. The CFO isresponsible for developing and implementing LAHSA’s financialstrategy, leading, and implementing policies and practices to guideLAHSA’s financial and operational activities. The CFO will manage adepartment of approximately 120 professional staff and has oversightof three departments: Finance; The CFO should be a proven leader with stronganalytical, finance, and operational skills to contribute to timelyexecution of LASHA’s strategic goals. The CFO will guide thethoughtful and strategic deployment of the finances and operationsof LAHSA. The broad goals and objectives for the Chief Financial Officerare the following:
Ensure the overall financial health ofthe organization by preparing and recommending an annual budgetfor Commission approval. Provide timely administration offederal, state, and local funding to almost 1,000 serviceproviders. Responsible for procurement and administration offederal, state, and private (grant and foundation) monies tofulfill programmatic and organizational responsibilities andneeds.
In partnership with the CEO, prepare andprovide an annual/activity report and quarterly and monthlyprogress reports to the LAHSA Commission. Provide leadership in labor negotiationsto address short-and-long term implications of labor proposalsincluding determining proposal costs, affordability, andforecasts.
Provide oversight of financial systems,policies, and procedures in alignment with state and federalrequirements, including preparation of annual operating budgets,financial reports, and regulatory filings.
Continually assess and upgrade LAHSA’sapproach to internal controls, compliance with accountingstandards, and other relevant finance policies and practices.
Submit to the City and the County of LosAngeles complete written reports of LAHSA’s financial activitiesin a timely manner and advise the Chief Executive Officer andother key LAHSA leaders on financial planning, budgeting, cashflow, and other financial matters.
Ensure continual development,implementation and communication/training of fiscal policies,accounting procedures, automated accounting system, and costallocation plan for LAHSA and sub-recipients.
A bachelor’s degree in accounting,finance, management, with an MBA and/or CPA - familiarity withgovernment accounting and audit issues strongly preferred.
Strong financial management skillsincluding oversight of budget preparation and analysis, decisionmaking, and reporting.
Ability to prepare financial forecastsand strong data analysis, communication, problem-solving, andstrategic thinking skills.
Demonstrated expertise in contractnegotiations, collective bargaining, contingency planning, andother labor-related activities.
Ability to envision and convey LAHSA’s strategicfuture to the CEO and staff leaders.
Proven leadership skills in financialanalysis and an ability to translate data into strategic toolsto enhance workplace performance.
Strong organizational abilities,including planning and staff development.
A record of success serving as the chieffinancial officer and demonstrated competence with personnelmanagement, team building, and problem solving; More than 15years' experience total accounting/finance experience.
Demonstrated familiarity with computersoftware programs specifically, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel,Access, Power Point and Outlook) and the internet.
Demonstrated integrity and leadership inworking with and managing budgets, financial forecasting,performance measurement metrics.
Compensation for the Chief Financial Officer includes acompetitive base salary, and an excellent package of health andemployee benefits, which includes health, life, vision, and dentalinsurance, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, deferredcompensation, and pension plan, use of company vehicle, andvacation, sick leave, and paid holidays.
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Diversity isan asset essential to accomplishing their work. They valuedifferences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or maritalstatus, gender identity or expression, language, national origin,physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion,sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and othercharacteristics that make employees unique.