Chief Financial Officer
Catholic Diocese of Toledo, Ohio
The Catholic Diocese of Toledo is searching for a Chief Financial Officer who, by canonical appointment, is the principal advisor to the diocesan bishop in matters of finance in cooperation with the College of Consultors and Diocesan Finance Council. The diocese serves 322,000 Catholics in 126 parishes across 19 counties in Northwest Ohio. The CFO is responsible for the oversight of all financial, accounting, real estate, risk management, diocesan-wide budgeting, and the implementation of budgetary planning at the central offices. The CFO also serves as a resource person to parishes in financial and related matters while evaluating, updating, and ensuring compliance of financial policies and procedures for the parishes, schools and other juridic persons under the oversight of the bishop, advancing sound practices for the care of the temporal goods of the Local Church.
The qualified candidate will possess at least a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration or related field and a minimum of 10 years of experience managing a professional financial and accounting staff in a public or private institution; preferably in a non-profit organization. It is strongly preferred that candidates be a Certified Public Accountant and it would be helpful that this person be familiar with the canons of the Code of Canon Law related to temporal goods. Demonstrated experience with audit and internal control review engagements is required. Candidates must be computer proficient, have excellent presentation, verbal and written communication skills, possess sound knowledge of accounting principles, auditing, accounting software and Microsoft Office Suite, and have experience with management of information technology. The Chief Financial Officer must be a practicing Roman Catholic in good standing.
Interested applicants are asked to send their resume and cover letter with salary requirements to: gcreed@toledodiocese.org with a subject line of: CFO position.
Expires: 2/17/2012