Chief Financial Officer
Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority • Cincinnati, OH • Full Time
Posted on Sun, Sep 27, 2026
The CFO will oversee an annual operating and program budget exceeding $130 million and provide leadership for Finance & Accounting, Procurement/Purchasing, Inventory/Warehousing, Fleet, and Campus Facilities. The position is responsible for ensuring sound financial stewardship, strong internal controls, regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and long-term financial sustainability across CMHA and its instrumentalities.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide strategic financial leadership, long-range financial planning, forecasting, and enterprise risk management.
- Lead the development, consolidation, monitoring, and reporting of CMHA’s operating and program budgets.
- Direct financial reporting, audits, GASB-compliant financial statements, and Single Audit requirements.
- Oversee treasury, cash management, banking relationships, general ledger operations, reconciliations, and financial controls.
- Develop and maintain effective financial policies, procedures, internal controls, and compliance practices.
- Provide executive oversight of procurement and purchasing, ensuring compliance with HUD, federal, state, local, and CMHA requirements.
- Oversee Inventory/Warehousing, Fleet, and Campus Facilities operations with a focus on efficiency, asset management, safety, and cost effectiveness.
- Champion financial technology, automation, data analytics, ERP systems, and emerging financial technology and AI initiatives.
- Partner with Development leadership on financing strategies, pro formas, capital stacks, LIHTC transactions, HUD programs, and other affordable housing financing opportunities.
- Serve as a key liaison with auditors, HUD, lenders, investors, governmental agencies, and other external stakeholders.
- Present complex financial and operational information clearly to executive leadership and the Board of Commissioners.
- Recruit, develop, mentor, and lead high-performing teams while fostering accountability and continuous improvement.
The successful candidate will be a highly accomplished financial executive with 10+ years of progressive financial leadership experience in complex organizations, including substantial experience managing professional accounting and operational teams. Prior public sector/government accounting experience is required, with public housing authority experience strongly preferred.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline; an MBA or equivalent advanced education is preferred.
- Strong expertise in GAAP/GASB, budgeting, financial reporting, forecasting, internal controls, and financial analysis.
- Experience with public-sector, public housing, affordable housing, or development finance.
- Knowledge of financing tools such as LIHTC, HUD programs, OHFA, conventional lending, and public/private financing sources.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, analytical, collaboration, and decision-making skills.
- Advanced proficiency with financial systems and Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- A CPA credential is strongly preferred.
CMHA Values:CMHA seeks a leader who demonstrates and promotes the Authority’s core values in every aspect of the organization’s financial and operational stewardship: Respect | Integrity | Accountability | Professionalism | Initiative | Creativity | Accuracy | Timeliness | Quality | Exceptional Service.
The CFO will be expected to lead with integrity, accountability, professionalism, and sound judgment, while fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, accuracy, timeliness, quality, and exceptional service throughout the organization.
For a full description of this and other CMHA job opportunities and to submit your resume and/or application, please visit our website at cintimha.com and click on the Careers tab.
Equal Opportunity Employer/ Equal Housing Opportunities
AuditFriendly salary estimate
The employer did not post a salary for this role. Based on AuditFriendly's salary intelligence model (comparable live postings, role, seniority, and location), we estimate base pay of $152,000–$262,000 per year (median ~$199,000). This is an AuditFriendly estimate, not an employer-provided figure.
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