Chief Financial Officer | Seattle, WA - OPPORTUNITY PROFILE
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OPPORTUNITY PROFILE:
Chief Financial Officer | Seattle, WA
To serve, rescue and transform those in greatest need through the grace of
MISSION Jesus Christ.
Passionate Urgency | Bold & Courageous | Strategic Effectiveness | Sacred
CORE VALUES Trust | Innovative & Scrappy | Pursuit of Excellence | Diverse Brilliance
5 KEY AREAS Hunger | Homelessness| Poverty | Addiction | Youth
To forcefully impact poverty and brokenness, affecting such significant
VISION change that our communities point to God!
PRESENTED BY:
Jami Pogue | Senior Partner
jpogue@leaderfinders.com
Mobile: (952) 200-5608
Mark Klingsheim | Senior Partner
mklingsheim@leaderfinders.com
Mobile: (612) 325-3736
www.ugm.org
STATEMENT OF FAITH
Serving those in greatest need is how we put our faith into action. We serve anyone in need
regardless of their religious beliefs or backgrounds. We affirm our Christian identity with the following
statements:
1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the infallible, authoritative Word of God
2. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three Persons; Father, Son and Holy
Spirit.
3. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His
miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection,
in His ascension to the right hand of the Father and in His personal return in power and glory.
4. We believe that for the salvation of lost and sinful men, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is
absolutely essential.
5. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is
enabled to live a godly life.
6. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the
saved and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.
7. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in Christ.
www.ugm.org
THE ORGANIZATION
Founded in 1932, Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission began by serving
soup to thousands of homeless and unemployed people during the
Great Depression. Since then, The Mission has been providing
safe shelter, nutritious food, addiction recovery, dental, medical
and mental health care, and a broad variety of life changing
programs for over 83 years. Through partnering with churches,
local governments and other organizations, The Mission is
doggedly committed to solving the root causes of poverty and
homelessness. They are willing to go to the ‘dark and messy’
places to overcome the ever-changing landscape and geography of
poverty with passionate urgency.
Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission is committed to an aggressive 2025
strategic plan. The hope is that the work of The Mission over the
next 10 years would so significantly impact Seattle’s
neighborhoods and communities that the world would take notice.
Not so The Mission would gain fame of notoriety, but that others
would take notice and give glory to God. The plan requires
continuing to mobilize and recruit an army of churches, volunteers
and partners with the vision of making Seattle the #1 Volunteering
City in America!
The executive leadership team is also committed to creating a
highly engaged and motivated staff culture. Front-line ministry like
this is difficult and burn out can easily occur. Building Esprit de
“Because of our faith, we are not
Corp will happen through relational and developmental managers, idle dreamers. We are believers.
showing care and concern for one another and uniting around And we have hope. We see lives
stories of success and impact of the ministry.
changed every day. We are on
President, Jeff Lilley - who is only the 4th executive leader in the the front lines of where good
organization’s 83-year history – leads The Mission. He truly meets evil, where healing meets
embodies the core values of ‘passionate urgency’ and he is indeed
‘innovative and scrappy’. He is also analytical and strategic – brokenness, and where love
driven to forcefully engage on the front lines of poverty, as the city’s reaches out and embraces
needs morph and change. Jeff also has an entrepreneurial spirit, the lonely and discarded. I saw it
willing to take risks, try new things and continue to generate ideas
in order to help people have opportunities to transform their lives. happen today, and so I hope
The Mission has created sustainable revenue streams from these (and believe) it will happen
entrepreneurial ‘businesses within the business’. Not only do these
again tomorrow.”
initiatives contribute to the overall budget, but they also inspire,
mentor, employ and give hope. The new CFO will be instrumental
in helping evaluate and bring forth similar opportunities. Jeff Lilley, President
To see the overwhelming evidence of The Mission’s impact, here is
a link to the 2014 annual report.
www.ugm.org THE OPPORTUNITY The position at The Mission represents an outstanding opportunity to serve an inspiring, Christ- centered organization battling poverty and homelessness in Seattle and King County. The Mission has seen steady financial growth through the recession. The community continues to believe in its work and support The Mission’s excellence in ministry despite economic factors that have negatively impacted other serving organizations. The CFO reports to Cornelius Lee, Chief Administrative Officer. He/she will oversee a team of people and will also have the opportunity to hire additional team members, including an Accounting Manager and Senior Financial Analyst. The CFO will play an integral role in helping The Mission achieve its aggressive strategic plan 2025. He/she will be able to continue to improve internal systems, processes and structures bringing best practices to the department. With meticulous accuracy and efficiency, the CFO will create and communicate financial results that drive data-driven decisions that are key to the organization’s future. The CFO will have the opportunity to work in an entrepreneurial and innovative culture, driven to meet needs in creative and impactful ways – he/she will build the financial case for (or against) sustainability, operational effectiveness and success. This is a very important role in the life of this organization at this time! WHO IS THE IDEAL CANDIDATE? The ideal candidate embodies a servant-leader approach with a deep dedication to meeting the needs of others through an active faith, with demonstrated service to Jesus Christ. He/she will have a desire to align their faith and work within a Christian organization and feels a call to be part of a mission having an outstanding impact. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 10 years of demonstrated success in accounting and finance – reporting, audit, analysis, GAAP, budgeting, forecasting. We are also seeking a futuristic, forward-thinker who is able to make data-driven and projection-based decisions. Bachelor’s degree required, MBA and/or CPA preferred. He/she will have demonstrated success overseeing and managing a team. The new CFO will bring strong relationship building talents that will positively impact his/her team. He/she will bring experience contributing to initiatives that involve vision, strategy, maximizing financial resources and planning for the future. The ideal candidate is an effective communicator; able to comprehend complex financial data and be able to help others understand it, as well as project the future implications and opportunities of it. Accuracy, integrity, humility with a drive for excellence are key qualities in the ideal CFO.
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APPLICATION PROCESS:
If after reading this Opportunity Profile, you sense that your gifts and experience are a good match for
Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission, we invite you to submit your resume and answers to the narrative
questions below via email.
Narrative Questions
Please write a paragraph responding to the following:
1. Describe your faith in Jesus Christ and how your relationship with Him has shaped and
influenced your career/ministry and leadership.
2. Please comment regarding your perspective on the mission and ministry of Seattle’s Union
Gospel Mission and how it aligns with your belief system and experience serving those in
need.
3. Provide an example of when you’ve taken a complex financial situation and had to
communicate it clearly and perhaps, simply so that people understood the gravity of it.
4. How do you use financials, ‘the numbers’ and trends strategically and futuristically? Give an
example of a time when you had to forecast and project into the future and how you used your
financial acumen to do so? What was the result?
5. Please describe your experience leading and managing a team. What is your management
style, leadership philosophy and what strengths you use to motivate others?
Throughout the process we fully respect the need for confidentiality of information supplied by
potential candidates. We assure you that your interest will not be discussed with anyone without prior
consent, nor will any references be contacted until mutual interest has been established and approval
given by the candidate.
Jami Pogue | Senior Partner Mark Klingsheim | Senior Partner
jpogue@leaderfinders.com mklingsheim@leaderfinders.com
Mobile: (952) 200-5608 Mobile: (612) 325-3736
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