NYSERDA · 1 week ago
Chief Financial Officer
Albany, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$229K/yr - $236K/yr
13+ years expNYSERDA is a leader in advancing New York’s energy transition, and they are seeking a Chief Financial Officer to help deliver on their mission in a fiscally responsible manner. The CFO will oversee financial planning, analysis, and risk management while collaborating with other officers to contribute to the state's energy transformation goals.
Energy
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Provide leadership, direction, and management of all financial activities
Provide strategic recommendations for fiscal strategies by evaluating trends, designing systems, allocating resources, resolving problems, leveraging technology, and implementing change
Develop statewide networks and proactively collaborate with sister entities to develop and implement forward-looking strategies that enable sustainable, appropriately scaled funding mechanisms to generate the resources needed to execute on NYSERDA’s strategic plans in support of NYS goals
Serve as a thought leader, representing NYSERDA at events to build support for overall financial strategies
Effectively engage with the Authority’s Board on relevant matters
Serve as the primary officer liaison to the Board’s Audit & Finance Committee, ensuring the provisioning of timely and relevant financial and risk data to ensure Board members are well-informed and able to successfully execute their fiduciary duties
Provide executive-level updates and advisement
Serve as an advisor to the President and CEO and other NYSERDA officers on strategic financial matters and planning
Coordinate with all executive leadership to foster cohesive planning, optimal use of funds, and improved understanding of NYSERDA’s financial results, trends, and outlook
Ensure that all reports with financial data provide timely, accurate, and actionable information that cross-maps to relevant operational and program performance results
Ensure compliance with relevant FASB and GASB accounting standards as well as applicable laws and tax guidelines
Ensure sufficient staffing, both in volume and skill level, to facilitate timely and accurate execution of all financial and risk management activities of NYSERDA
Build and maintain high-performing teams that reliably deliver trusted results
Foster and maintain a positive culture across the CFO office and all of NYSERDA that values integrity, collaboration, efficient operations, and transparency
Serve as an ambassador within and outside of NYSERDA, communicating proactively to clearly convey financial realities, expected future direction, and opportunities to raise and utilize funds effectively
Actively survey funding opportunities and develop and implement durable strategies to attract new funding that improves the leverage of NYS investments and diversifies revenue sources
Engage with key stakeholders and cultivate relationships to expand potential funding sources
Oversee the Finance/Controller functions to ensure effective management of financial transactions (accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll), asset management and investments, cashflow management, grants compliance, accounting, external financial statements and related internal management reporting, and annual budget development
Partner with other departments to stay abreast of upcoming transactions, provide meaningful insights for decision making, and understand and explain financial results in the context of underlying business drivers
Coordinate with the Board’s Audit & Finance Committee and ensure timely execution of annual external financial audits
Appropriately invest and accounting for fiduciary funds including the employee post-retirement benefits fund
Oversee Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) to diversify and optimize the use of all available funding
This team is responsible for: medium-long term financial planning and budgeting including liquidity management and collaboration with programmatic staff to optimize the use of funds; structuring bond issues and other municipal finance mechanisms; and oversight of revolving funds for home energy improvements and the related consumer loan issuances, servicing, and portfolio/loss management
The FP&A team is expected to foster statewide collaboration to identify and implement funding mechanisms that boost financial leverage and attain the scale needed for transformative energy investments that benefit New Yorkers
The CFO is expected to support this team through state and regional outreach and networking and insights about challenges and opportunity areas
Oversee Risk Management and Controls functions
In this capacity, serve as the Board-appointed Internal Control Officer, to assist in the design, implementation, and assessment of internal controls and meeting requirements under the New York State Governmental Accountability Audit and Internal Control Act
Ensure agreement on entity-level risk appetite and, within that framework, periodic execution of risk and controls self-assessments on a regular cadence
Coordinate with the Internal Audit department to ensure audit plans are calibrated to relative risk, with timely testing and issue resolution
Stay abreast of federal and state funding regulatory standards including for federal grants and coordinate NYSERDA-wide to ensure policies and processes support consistent compliance
Ensure appropriate insurance is in place commensurate with NYSERDA’s activities and relative risk, and review and approve NYSERDA contracts over a certain threshold level to ensure appropriate fiscal controls
In a related function, oversee the Information Security function headed up NYSERDA’s Information Security Officer, to effectively protect and maintain the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information and related infrastructure assets, manage the risk of information security exposure, promote information security training and awareness, and monitor, evaluate and respond to information security threats
Perform other responsibilities as assigned
Perform all managerial and supervisory responsibilities with respect, fairness, consistency, and inclusion across the workforce
Qualification
Required
Applicants must be U.S. citizens at the time of application and for the duration of their employment
Must be New York state residents for the duration of their employment
Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field of study with 15 years of experience in public/private organizations conducting financial management, including at least 7 years of experience in a management role; OR a Master's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field of study with 13 years of experience in public/private organizations conducting financial management, including at least 7 years of experience in a management role
Experience overseeing financial functions in a high-volume, complex transaction environment
Must be able to ensure accurate application of accounting principles and delivery of relevant and timely financial reporting
Familiarity with bond structuring, municipal finance, and project/structured finance. Must be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of financial markets and success leveraging municipal fundraising mechanisms
Experience overseeing banking and/or lending functions
Deep knowledge of risk management and controls best practices including risk assessments and calibration and controls testing
Proficiency with financial/accounting software packages and MS Office
Able to travel occasionally among our Albany, Buffalo, and NYC locations (10-20%)
Preferred
Certified Public Accountant designation or comparable
Company
NYSERDA
NYSERDA offers solution to increase energy efficiency, save money, use renewable energy, and reduce reliance on fossil fuels. It is a sub-organization of New York State.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Pam Poisson
Chief Financial Officer
Anthony Fiore, Chief Program Officer, NYS
Chief Program Officer
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