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Chief Financial and Operations Officer, Fresh Energy
Saint Paul, MN
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The Chief Financial and Operations Officer will oversee the organization’s core administrative functions - including Finance, Human Resources, Technology, Security, Facilities, and Administrative Support - ensuring strong systems, sound financial stewardship, and operational excellence across the enterprise. Working closely with the CEO and executive leadership team, the CFOO will help guide the organization through its next chapter by strengthening infrastructure, supporting strategic decisionmaking, and aligning internal operations to best serve a vibrant and growing community. A key priority for this position is bringing Fresh Energy’s currently outsourced financial model in-house, ensuring a smooth transition of systems and processes, as well as increasing the organization’s internal financial literacy through data, metrics and analysis that inform planning and strategic decision-making. 


Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, or related field required; CPA strongly preferred.
  • Minimum 7+ years of progressive financial leadership experience; nonprofit accounting experience is required.
  • Deep, hands-on expertise in nonprofit financial reporting, fund accounting, budgeting, and audit management.
  • Experience with nonprofit revenue management including familiarity with grant compliance and restricted fund management.
  • Demonstrated experience supervising operational and administrative departments.
  • Strong management skills with an interest in mentoring more junior finance staff and helping the broader staff understand financial systems at Fresh Energy.
  • Excellent communication skills — able to explain complex financial topics to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
  • Strong organizational and strategic thinking skills with a bias for action.
  • Willingness to transform the organization through use of new solutions.
  • Knowledge of HR practices and employment law sufficient to provide strategic oversight and sound judgment on people matters.
  • Demonstrated ability to function as a strategic partner to executive leadership.
  • Comfortable operating in a mission-driven, community-focused, and values-based environment.


Compensation: $140,000 - $160,000 and a very comprehensive benefits package. More details in the full position profile.

Applications due by July 3, 2026. Review of materials begins immediately. We encourage early application.



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