Associate Vice President, Finance

Position: Associate Vice President, Finance

Status: Full-time, indefinite

Team: Finance & Operations

Reports to: Chief Financial Officer

Supervises: Financial Planning and Analysis Manager, Senior Accountant, Controller

Language(s): English

Location: Remote, within Canada

Starting Salary Range: $125,000 - 140,000

Deadline for Applications: 14 December 2025, 11:59pm EST/EDT

ABOUT THE EQUALITY FUND The Equality Fund is transforming the way that resources—and power—flow into the hands of women, girls and gender expansive people worldwide. Designed by feminists for feminists, it is a model for sustainably resourcing feminist movements everywhere, through global grantmaking, gender-lens investing, policy advocacy, and feminist philanthropy. Launched in 2019, the Equality Fund has moved $100 million to date which flows to more than 1,000 organizations working across 100 countries.

THE OPPORTUNITY The Vice-President (VP), Finance will provide financial leadership at the organizational level, overseeing all finance and accounting functions, conducting forecasts and projections, and monitoring treasury activities. This individual will also play a key role in EF’s long‑term strategic decision‑making processes and will play an important role in reporting to the Board of Directors.

Reporting to the CFO, the VP, Finance will play an active role in the financial management of the organization, including planning, performance management, risk management, mitigation and reporting, and execution of financial operations aligned with EF’s strategic plans.

As the ideal candidate, you bring strong technical accounting expertise, along with a CPA designation, and a proven track record of achieving financial effectiveness and efficiency. You understand the complexities of working in a rapidly growing not‑for‑profit in a global environment and bring expertise in developing organizational‑level financial strategies that deliver sustainable financial results for EF. You have a well‑defined sense of diplomacy and can effectively adapt to the political sensitivities of a feminist association. You are known for your transparency, tact, foresight and long‑term strategic thinking. You are recognized for your high level of integrity, confidentiality, and accountability. You bring exceptional communication skills that inspire trust, and have the ability to build collaborative working relationships at all levels of the organization. The VP, Finance is a member of the senior team and will play a leadership role during EF’s critical design and build phase.

SCOPE & RESPONSIBILITIES

Works closely with the CFO and the Controller in the financial management of EF, including financial budgeting, reporting, planning, performance management, risk mitigation and execution of financial operations aligned with organizational strategic plans

Prepares timely and accurate periodic and ad hoc financial reporting, including insightful analysis against performance targets aligned with EF strategy and annual operating plan

Advises the CFO and senior management on organizational performance from a financial perspective

Oversees the development and implementation of appropriate and efficient policies and procedures relevant to accounting, budgeting, forecasting, tax, internal controls, payroll, pension and benefits, procurement, and project tracking

Develops and maintains effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including professional organizations such as advisory firms and financial auditors

Monitors and assesses impacts of changes to legislation, regulations, policies, and procedures applicable to financial reporting, tax and operations

Leads and supervises finance department staff on accounting, tax, reporting, internal controls, budgeting, and other financial matters, including strategic tax planning and procurement

Creates a culture of teamwork and engagement within the finance team and promotes professional development and career growth opportunities; acts as a team and culture builder who values and instills diversity, equity and inclusion throughout all finance practices and empowers all voices and decision making

Develops and implements short and long‑term financial plans and forecasts in accordance with business goals and objectives, including quarterly cash flow projections

Investigates variance in budgets, reporting, internal controls, and general accounting; deploys measures to resolve variances

Provides advice and counsel to the CFO on all business, tax and financial matters

Works closely with the CFO in supporting the EF Finance and Audit committee and the EF Board of directors

Works closely with the CFO on organizational risk management/internal audit to ensure effectiveness and adequacy of internal controls related to financial operations

Acts as a trusted and respected colleague, providing financial counsel and support to managers and staff as requested

Other duties as assigned such as project management/ monitoring of new ERP selection and implementation

Acts in accordance with our policies around nurturing a safe and respectful work environment; never engaging in harassment, coercion, sexual exploitation or abuse of any form, or anything else contrary to our code of conduct.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

CPA designation is required

Minimum of 6 years of progressive management/leadership experience in a similar role

Experience working in a non‑profit, human rights, or advocacy organization is an asset

Experience with investment management and related accounting and reporting

Commitment to the work and values of the Equality Fund, which include Anti‑Racism, Anti‑Oppression, and Intersectionality; Feminist Leadership; Accountability; and Radical Love as related to gender equality and shifting traditional power systems

Advanced proficiency with accounting softwares, spreadsheet programs/applications and Google suite

Experience creating and managing budgets for a large, distributed organization

Effective attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy

Demonstrated experience building teams and managing change; ability to build and maintain lasting relationships with other departments and key business stakeholders

Professional working proficiency (verbal and written) in English

Proven experience with organization growth scaling is beneficial

French, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic considered assets

Demonstrated high ethical standards, integrity, honesty, and ability to work with sensitive information in a confidential manner

ADAPTIVE COMPETENCIES

High emotional intelligence with the ability to build trust, foster collaboration, and navigate complex interpersonal dynamics

Ability to thrive in a nuanced, dynamic, complex environment and respond effectively to changing priorities and challenges

Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and persuasively to diverse audiences

Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to address systemic issues and implement innovative solutions

Ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization, fostering a culture of shared purpose and accountability

Sound strategic and analytical thinking, planning, prioritization, and execution skills; results oriented

Flexible and adaptive, able to respond appropriately in pressure situations with a calm and steady demeanor

Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills

Exhibits an approachable demeanor; demonstrates integrity, diplomacy, strong work ethic

REQUIREMENTS

Must be legally eligible to work in Canada

Able and willing to travel in Canada and to regions where EF has partners, for up to 3–4 weeks per year

Occasional evening and/or weekend work may be required when coordinating with people in other time zones

Willing and able to work remotely on mostly computer‑based work

OUR ENVIRONMENT OF CARE

We trust our talented team and are pleased to offer a flexible and virtual work environment

We are driven by our values: anti‑racism, anti‑oppression, and intersectionality; feminist leadership; accountability; and radical love. We believe our values are realized through collaboration, a growth and learning mindset, emotional intelligence, diversity, authenticity, a global perspective, care, and building networks. We work to share power and create space for everyone to lead

Equality Fund is proud to offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package which has no waiting period and includes 4 weeks paid vacation, paid sick time, parental leave top up, medical benefits, life insurance, Group RRSP, paid birthday off, and more

Equality Fund is committed to providing and maintaining a safe and respectful workplace. We do not tolerate harassment, coercion, sexual exploitation or abuse of any form. We recognize that those behaviors are often rooted in abuse of power, which is contrary to EF’s mission to make a more equitable world for women, girls, and gender expansive people

Equality Fund is an equal opportunity employer. We believe deeply in equality and value diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, disability, and all other protected grounds under the Ontario Human Rights Code. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and positionalities, and are committed to providing an acce...