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Job Title: Director of Finance and Controller
Location: Denver
Classification: Exempt
Reports To: Executive Director
Salary Range: $125,000 – $141,00 (plus $4,200 yearly stipend). Salary
commensurate with experience.
Application Deadline: Rolling, with interviews anticipated to begin in mid-February 2024
and a start date of approximately May 1, 2024.
Organization Overview:
Colorado Legal Services (CLS) is Colorado’s statewide nonprofit legal aid program, with thirteen
offices providing civil legal assistance to low-income Coloradans throughout the state. CLS
provides free legal assistance in a broad variety of legal areas, including family law, public
benefits, eviction defense, consumer protection, services to survivors of serious crime and
human trafficking, and many others.
CLS has strengthened lives, assisted families, and supported communities–one person at a time
for over 90 years. We are committed to providing high-quality, free legal advice and
representation to eligible individuals throughout Colorado. We have a long history of successful
impact and advocacy. CLS strives to bring about substantive, transformational change in the
lives of those we serve.
Position Summary:
As a member of the CLS senior leadership team, the Director of Finance and Controller plays a
vital role in developing and implementing Colorado Legal Services’ financial strategy to carry
out our mission and high-impact, statewide advocacy. The Director of Finance and Controller
manages and oversees the accounting team, which focuses on Colorado Legal Services’
finances, financial reporting, budgeting, fiscal policies, and fiscal compliance. This role requires
the ability to thrive and be responsive and reliable in a collaborative and deadline-oriented
workplace. In addition to financial management expertise, this position requires excellent
communication and teamwork with senior leadership and accounting staff, along with staff who
have grants and contract management responsibilities within local offices and units.
This position will oversee a period of systems change in our accounting and finance team,
working to establish new and efficient methods for approvals, payments, reporting,
organizational and grant budgeting, and all aspects of our financial work. The Director of
Finance and Controller will be a partner to the Executive Director in financial goal setting and
strategy as we steward our resources to grow our high-impact legal work throughout Colorado.
Essential Duties:
Financial and operational strategy and management
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Compliance and accountability
The Director of Finance and Controller, in coordination with other senior leadership, is
responsible for supporting CLS staff in a manner that implements and furthers the following.
This position must become a trusted and reliable expert on each of these:
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support and enable sound decision-making.
Preferred Qualifications:
Compensation and Benefits:
We offer a generous plan that includes 100% employer paid premiums for employee health,
dental, vision, life, and long-term disability insurance as well as partial employer paid premiums
for spouses/dependents, based on a sliding scale. We also offer Dependent Care and Medical
Flexible spending accounts, a 403(b) retirement account, and an Employee Assistance Program
(EAP). Additionally, CLS offers a $350.00 monthly stipend (to be used as you choose), generous
paid time-off and 12.5 paid holidays per year. CLS values its employees’ commitment to
working hard for the population it serves and recognizes the importance of work/life balance;
therefore, we offer flexible work schedules and hybrid work arrangements as appropriate. We
promote and foster a diverse, inclusive, equitable, and psychologically safe work environment,
striving to be a “Best Place to Work” in Colorado.
How to Apply:
Please email a copy of your cover letter and resume as a single, combined PDF to
hiring@colegalserv.org. Please include “Director of Finance and Controller” in the subject line.
Note: Please mention how you heard about the job announcement in your email.
Please no solicitations from recruitment firms.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging:
CLS embraces diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as an Equal Opportunity Employer. We
are committed to building and retaining a workforce that respects and empowers each
individual and represents a variety of diverse cultures, perspectives, skills, and experiences. We
encourage all qualified candidates to apply for this position.
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Full Time
$168k-228k (estimate)
02/04/2024
06/02/2024
coloradolegalservices.org
Washington, DC
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