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Established as a community non-profit in 1972, the mission of The Center is to enhance and sustain the health and well-being of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, nonbinary, immigrant, and HIV communities for the betterment of our entire San Diego region. Our vision is to create a Center and Center culture where every person feels and knows that they are welcomed, valued, and supported.

As the beacon for our regional LGBTQ community, we actively recommit to being

a more vibrant, bold, innovative, safe, and modern center each day than the day before. The Center provides advocacy and critical health and social support services to support our community members through all stages of life, focusing on our deeply held values of equity, social justice, and client-centered, trauma-informed care.

The San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center, Inc., (d.b.a., The Center) is one of the largest and most vibrant LGBTQ community centers in the nation with eight sites across San Diego County. Functioning as the San Diego LGBTQ community’s anchor organization, The Center is led by a 12-member Board of Directors, employs 115 paid staff, and utilizes more than 1,200 community volunteers to achieve its twin goals of promoting LGBTQ health/wellness and human rights. The Center is mission-driven to provide targeted programs and services to the full diversity of San Diego’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, transgender, nonbinary, immigrant, and HIV communities for the betterment of our entire San Diego region. The Center provides more than 80,000 direct service visits annually and through its events, activities, and advocacy, touches the lives of thousands more.

The Center is a leader in working toward solving San Diego’s housing crisis, especially as it affects our LGBTQ community. In the last few years, The Center has expanded our housing programs and resources from one program – the Sunburst Youth Housing Project, a 23-unit building specifically for youth experiencing homelessness – to a continuum of services. These programs include North Park Senior Apartments, in partnership with Community Housing Works; Karibu, a permanent supportive housing program for individuals, couples, and families; LGBTQ Safe S.T.A.Y., an overnight emergency housing program for transitional age youth; a Host Home program; a Family Reunification program; Rental Assistance and Homelessness Prevention & Diversion services; and Project Compassion, an action-based program that provides direct supportive resources for those experiencing homelessness.

Through advocacy, civic engagement, and coalition building, The Center works to promote LGBTQ health and wellness, fight anti-Black racism, and advance human rights by amplifying the voices of families and community members who remain most marginalized— low-income residents, communities of color, immigrants, and refugees. A core value of The Center is that the health and wellness of our community cannot thrive without strong advocacy and community power.

San Diego LGBT Community Center is a tax-exempt, 501(c)3 public charity with approximately $33 million in assets and an annual revenue of $15 million.

Learn more about San Diego LGBT Community Center at The Center’s website.

The Opportunity

Through a strategic expansion in contracts-driven funding, The San Diego LGBT Community Center has experienced exponential growth in the last five years. As such, we are looking for a highly disciplined and capable leader to build upon the organization’s success in meeting the current needs and responding to the emerging needs of San Diego’s LGBTQ community.

The Vice President of Accounting will be highly skilled in change management and will bring a track record of managing accounting practices in high-growth and complex organizations with

an eye on risk management and compliance. This leader will bring a high degree of emotional intelligence and the ability to engage and work collaboratively and effectively with senior leaders, staff, Board, funders, program leaders, and external partners.

The San Diego LGBT Community Center (The Center) is searching for a dynamic and purpose-driven accounting professional to help us grow strategically and operationally. This position reports to the Deputy CEO and has full access to The Center’s fractional CFO through BDO Partners.

The VP of Accounting is responsible for developing, leading, and coordinating the day-to-day financial operations of The Center, including the fiscal close processes, annual financial auditing processes, the development of the annual budget, maintaining and operationalizing comprehensive controls designed to mitigate risk, enhance the accuracy of the organization’s reported financial results, and ensure that reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles and financial reporting standards, including GAAP accounting.

Responsibilities also include the training and managing of staff, as well as acting as a financial resource for persons and/or departments performing related functions over all internal and external financial activities of The Center. The Vice President of Accounting will also be charged with developing and implementing more sophisticated accounting systems and policies & procedures.

This position also includes responsibilities for managing a newer, diverse staff and requires an individual who is strategic, tactical, and inspirational toward optimizing engagement and job performance.

Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. The compensation for this position begins at $160,000; based on experience and ability to have broad impact early, the salary range could be up to $175,000. Note that the final salary will reflect internal equity and the selected candidate’s individual experiences and qualifications.

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