Chief Financial Officer

The Role

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will play a critical role in the strategic leadership and management of financial operations at MASS MoCA. The CFO will be responsible for overseeing all fiscal and fiduciary responsibilities for MASS MoCA, in conjunction with the Board of Trustees (Board). Reporting to the Executive Director, the CFO will work closely with the Director, Deputy Director & Chief Operating Officer, Senior Leadership Team, and the Board. This role will be accountable for providing strategic support and guidance for the growth and development the organization.

The CFO will be responsible for leading the Finance and Technology functions at MASS MoCA. This role will manage two direct reports, the Director of Finance and the Director of Technology, and oversee a total team of six professionals. The CFO will work closely and partner extensively with both Directors. Other duties include but are not limited to:

Strategic/Long Term Financial Planning and Analysis

Fundraising Strategies and Partnership, including Capital Campaign readiness and execution

Annual Capital Projects Budgeting

Investment Management (including real estate)

Risk Management

Review of and Recommendations about Accounting Systems

This highly collaborative position will ensure MASS MoCA has sophisticated systems and structures, policies and procedures, and initiatives that are responsive to the financial and operational needs of the institution. The CFO will be responsible for developing, achieving buy-in for, and implementing tools and systems to provide critical financial and operational information to inform decisions and make actionable recommendations on both strategy and operations. Further, this role will manage relationships with financial consultants, external auditors, and other stakeholders.

This role will serve as a critical business partner to MASS MoCA leadership. As an organization-wide resource, it is imperative the CFO brings outstanding communication and relationship building skills. MASS MoCA is located in North Adams, MA.

The compensation available for the role considers a variety of factors including, but is not limited to, work location, individual skill set, previous/applicable experience, and other organizational needs. The estimated salary range for this role is $165,000 – $185,000. This salary range represents MASS MoCA’s good faith and reasonable estimate of the possible base salary range and is one part of the total rewards the MASS MoCA provides to employees.

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Our Client

The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) is one of the world’s liveliest centers for making and enjoying today’s most evocative art. Set in the serene nature, filled Berkshires in Western Massachusetts - just three hours from Boston and NYC, MASS MoCA is unique in the art world. MASS MoCA is a non-collecting art museum with a dual mission of both elevating contemporary visual and performing artistic practice globally, and contributing to the economic and environmental sustainability of the region.

As it concludes its 25th anniversary year, MASS MoCA celebrates its history defined by tenaciousness, vision, risk-taking, artistic excellence, and a commitment to the revitalization and economic growth of the region.

With more than 300,000 square feet of exhibition space set on a 24-acre repurposed factory, MASS MoCA comprises 1/3 of downtown North Adams, Massachusetts. In its vast galleries and stunning collection of indoor and outdoor performing art venues, MASS MoCA embraces all forms of visual and performing art: music, sculpture, dance, film, painting, photography, theater, and boundary-crossing works of art that defy easy classification. MASS MoCA thrives on helping artists create and fabricate new work in response to the world around them. More than 170,000 visitors a year come to the Berkshires from around the country and the globe.

Kristy Edmunds – a world-renowned arts director, curator, and creative producer – was appointed Director in October 2021 to move the organization forward and to build a durable, sustainable future. Reflecting on this critical moment, Kristy, working with its dedicated Board of Trustees, authored an ambitious seven-year Strategic Plan (2024-2030) in which MASS MoCA seeks to realize a new vision for cultural institutions at a time when museums and all arts organizations must reevaluate their role and relevance in society. Specific initiatives in the Strategic Plan include the significant greening of the campus; creating new housing for artists; developing a curatorial exchange program to bring inperspectives of under-represented curators to the museum; deepening MASS MoCA’s partnership with the City of North Adams on interconnected civic development projects; and increase resources to ensure MASS MoCA’s reliability

as a cultural and economic anchor in the region and leader in the field at large (read the full plan here).