Job Description

• Integrity: Fostering a culture of ethical behavior in both business dealings and personal relationships.
• Inclusive Community: CFMA will build an open, welcoming, inclusive association of members, chapters, and other stakeholders who share CFMA’s common values.
• Courageous Leadership: Taking on challenges that impact the industry; understanding what needs to be done and working with others to achieve it; advancing the profession and the industry.
• Lifelong Learning: Helping each member continually grow to reach their full potential.
• Continuous Innovation: Invest in new ideas, technology, and resources.

• In partnership with the Chair and the CFMA Officers, formulates and implements a dynamic strategic plan that identifies key opportunities for innovation aligned with CFMA’s mission and core values.
• Develops comprehensive annual operating plans aligned to the strategic plan to ensure that the budget, staff, and program priorities continue to advance the core mission of the organization and provide value to CFMA members
• Fosters an agile culture that anticipates trends and develops strategies that enable the organization to innovate, grow, and increase impact to members and the construction finance community.

• Builds and maintains a trusting, collaborative, and transparent relationship with the Board of Directors, Chair, Officers and Executive Committee to ensure engagement among CFMA’s volunteer leadership.
• Provides regular updates and feedback related to the strategic, operational, and programmatic matters impacting the organization, keeping the Officers and Executive Committee apprised of progress and challenges in meeting key goals and milestones.

• Fosters a positive work environment for staff by building and sustaining a culture of inclusion, diversity, transparency, and innovation. Provides a team-oriented and motivational leadership style that enhances the effectiveness of the staff, while developing future leaders for CFMA.
• Recruits, develops, inspires, and engages staff to lead and administer the organization’s programs and services in support of the strategic plan and operational objectives. Ensures internal team commitment to excellent member service and delivery of high quality, innovative programs and services.
• Sets a clear vision for goals and expectations, while encouraging an atmosphere that promotes innovation, collaboration, and teamwork to support the mission of the organization.
• Leverages performance management processes for consistently evaluating and developing staff on an annual basis to ensure accountability, results and professional growth.

• Develops strong working relationships with a wide range of external stakeholders to build and support partnerships and alliances consistent with CFMA’s overall mission (AGC, ENR, ABC, CIASP, NAWIC, AEMP, and others).
• Serves as a primary spokesperson, amplifying the voice of the organization while elevating CFMA’s brand across myriad external audiences including industry leaders, members, the media, and others.

• Oversees all aspects of CFMA’s programs to ensure best-in-class educational offerings, programs, events, thought leadership, and other member services.
• Identifies new opportunities to increase member engagement while also driving CFMA’s long-term financial growth and stability by attracting new audiences and partners to the organization.
• Serves as a visible and engaged leader by attending regional conferences and special chapter events.
• Proactively seeks opportunities to advance the organization’s mission in partnership with the chapter leadership across the United States and Canada and creates a culture of interconnectedness and inclusivity with these important internal stakeholders.
• Builds engaged and meaningful partnerships with CFMA’s volunteers, Principal Partners and other key sponsors.

• Provides fiscal oversight and leadership to enhance the organization’s financial position, assuring the sustainable resources to fuel innovations for the future.
• Develops and ensures a reasonable and well planned annual operating budget (currently at $8 million and growing) that is aligned with the strategic goals of the organization.
• Attends as ex officio all Finance Committee Meetings, Investment Subcommittee Meetings and Audit Subcommittee Meetings. Serves as staff liaison to specific strategic committees.
• In partnership with benefits consultant and Director of Finance, evaluates 401(k) plan, health plan and other employee benefits on an annual basis. Authorizes and execute such contracts, agreements and commitments as may be authorized by the Executive Committee or established policies.
• In cooperation with the Finance Committee and the Officers, develops and maintains the appropriate budgetary procedure, oversees and authorizes the proper expenditure of funds and ensures that all funds, physical assets, and other property of the association are safe guarded and administered.
• Creates new products and services to increase engagement and impact with members while generating non-dues revenue streams for the organization.

• Visionary leader capable of anticipating and addressing opportunities and challenges facing the industry and the organization, with the agility, drive, and energy to achieve positive outcomes.
• Outstanding interpersonal and relationship building skills to serve as a credible and influential spokesperson. Inclusive, approachable, diplomatic, and decisive.
• Exceptional communication skills; exudes passion and has an ability to inspire, engage, and influence others to achieve desired objectives, as well as to promote and expand an organization’s influence and impact.
• Experience in diversifying revenue streams to ensure fiscal health and a strong financial future to support the organization’s operations and expansion strategy.
• An ability to raise the visibility of CFMA’s mission among targeted audiences and forge strategic partnerships and coalitions with organizations that share common objectives.
• Experienced staff leader, with demonstrated track record for attracting, developing, and inspiring strong talent and building and managing a high-performing team in a results-oriented, fast-paced environment. An inclusive leader who engages with staff at all levels of the organization and provides opportunities for growth and career development while keeping staff focused on the strategic goals of the association.
• Must have strong business acumen and be a good manager of assets with demonstrated ability to steward and grow the organization's financial position.
• Unquestionable integrity, credibility, character, demonstrated high moral and ethical behavior.

• Earns trust and establish relationships with existing staff to ensure as much stability as possible in the first 90 days.
• Establishes and understands the current relationships with existing high value Principal Partners in the first 90 days.
• Gains understanding and will have plans to drive CFMA’s new strategic plan by the end of the first six (6) months.

• Increases principal partner income by 5% by the end of 2023-24 program year.
• Achieves member renewal rate of 89%.

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