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Chief Financial Officer 
Clearwater, Florida 
Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services, Inc. 

Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services, Inc. in Clearwater Florida, a nationally recognized, statewide $28 million agency providing a wide range of services for adults and children, is looking for an experienced nonprofit CFO. The ideal candidate will have at least ten years plus years of professional accounting and supervisory exp. experience with at least five of those as a CFO in a $20+ million organization with multiple programs, cost centers and funding sources including local, state, federal, private and foundation grants.

Flexibility, a willingness to do whatever it takes to get the job done and the ability to travel with limited overnights are required. This position oversees accounting, billing, IT, purchasing and maintenance. Knowledge of HUD funding requirements and an in depth understanding of Medicaid, Medicare and third party billing is a plus. Minimum of BA or BS with a concentration in accounting is required. MBA/CPA preferred.  
      
 

1. Let go of things others can do. This includes tasks and responsibilities, authority, and "can's" and "want's." Better leadership is built through involvement. In other words: "The leader's job is to make heroes not be one."
2. Encourage initiative, ideas, and risk taking. Deaton provided an illustration of "Death by risk aversion," beginning with a "fantastic idea," then fear, and then the "actual product," shown as a splat on the ground.
3. Foster goal-setting.  
4. Delegate tasks to challenge, develop, and empower your staff.  You'll end up weeding out the bad from the good, developing the good, and empowering the good to do more good.
5. Coach to ensure success. Allow staff to learn by experience, but, like any good coach, provide them with the fundamentals. 
6. Reinforce good work and good attempts. Thank you letters shouldn't be designated solely for donors. Send to staff when deserved.  
7. Share information, knowledge, and skills. Foster teamwork and inspire a shared vision, two critical elements for success.
8. Value, trust, and respect each individual. Give it in order to get it.
9. Provide support without taking over. Sure, you're probably used to doing it all. But by enabling others to act, you're utilizing their skills, and recognizing that the mission is more important than the leader.  
10. Practice what you preach; and be able to preach what you practice.  The best leaders are communicative leaders. They positively represent and articulate ideas, communicate effectively in all directions, distill ideas into messages that inspire, and are persuasive. They include all who "need to know," understand the importance of non-verbal communication, and believe in the concept of "inquiry before advocacy."