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AS220 Finance & Operations Director
Reports to: Artistic Director
Status: Full-Time (40 hours), Exempt
Compensation: $68,000-$74,000 benefits
About AS220
AS220 is a non-profit community arts organization in Providence, Rhode Island. We own three buildings downtown, where we provide Rhode Island artists of all ages with affordable access to creative education opportunities, galleries, performance venues, residential spaces, and work studios. Our largest programs are AS220 Youth and our Live/Work program. Exhibitions and performances in our galleries and venues are unjuried, uncensored, and all ages. AS220 envisions a just world where all people can realize their full creative potential.
Position Summary
The Finance & Operations Director is responsible for how the organization functions financially, physically, and operationally. This role manages & mitigates risk, and maintains the fiscal health of the organization. The Finance & Operations Director is also charged with fiscal transparency, through reporting to the Board, staff & programs, funders & supporters, and other stakeholders.
Core Responsibilities
Financial Leadership
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning
- Manage cash, cash flow and intercompany activity
- Oversee AP/AR, payroll, and financial systems
- Translate financial data into clear, actionable insight
- Align financial resources with organizational priorities
- Support programs & departments with budgeting and budget management
Risk, Safety & Accountability
- Oversee insurance management, incident reporting, and emergency planning
- Prepare and present financial reports to the Board, Leadership & staff
- Maintain clear, accurate, and transparent financial practices
- Steward institutional assets and manage debt requirements
Compliance, Audit & Grant Finance
- Ensure audit readiness, financial controls, and tax coordination
- Oversee compliance with legal and regulatory requirements for all entities
- Lead grant budgeting, reporting, and compliance, including government contract billing
- Track restricted funds, and ensure funds are spent towards stated purpose & goals
- Oversee financial aspects capital projects and property management
Facilities & Physical Systems
- Oversee contracts, operational leases, vendors, and service agreements
- Support capital projects and long-term facilities planning
- Ensure spaces are safe, functional, and ready for use
- Support and coordinate artist live/work operations and tenant relations
- Manage commercial leasing
People & Leadership
- Supervise and support operations, administrative, and property staff
- Implement equitable pay structures aligned with organizational values
- Steward relationships with banking partners and aligned business leaders
- Manage fiscal agency relationships
- Lead planning and strategizing for city and state lobbying initiatives
What Success Looks Like
- Budgets are realistic and support organizational priorities
- Budgets, financial reports, and internal controls systems are understood and actively used by managers and leadership
- Buildings are functional, healthy, and well cared for with fewer surprises
- Risk is managed and mitigated to the extent possible with available resources
- The mission is supported, not strained, by operations
Important Context
AS220’s ecosystem is complex, with the risk, compliance requirements, and financial management needs of a much larger organization. Many different parts of the community rely on AS220, for their housing, their income, their educational opportunities, their opportunity to share their art, and their connection to community. After the incredible upheaval and uncertainty of the last 6 years, this role must help ensure AS220’s financial and operational footing is stable and reliable for the immediate and long-term future.
Qualifications & Experience
- 5 years of high-level experience in finance and operations in a nonprofit environment
- Strong knowledge of accounting, internal controls, and government contract compliance
- Understanding of property management and urban ecosystems, and commitment to spatial justice
- Comfortable navigating both big-picture financial strategy and day-to-day execution
- Strong systems thinking and creative problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Commitment to justice and equity, and value mission-driven work
- Have an affinity for the arts and understanding of AS220’s mission, vision and values
Benefits
• Fully paid for health insurance and life insurance; voluntary vision & dental insurance.
• Online Healthiest You (https://www.healthiestyou.com/) membership (teladoc platform)
• A generous paid time off policy (starting at 20 days per year)
• Supportive, racially just workplace culture
• Benefits associated with access to AS220’s programs
To apply
Please email your resume and cover letter to jobs@as220.org by 5 PM on Thursday, May 14th, 2026.