Fractional CFO

About Novum Partners

Novum Partners is an executive advisory and consulting firm serving as a fractional back-office partner to churches, ministries, and nonprofits.

We help mission-driven organizations align vision with financial and operational health, ensuring that leadership clarity, sustainable systems, and faithful stewardship coexist.

Our clients range from $3M to $250M in annual revenue, many navigating growth, leadership transitions, multi-entity structures, and complex funding environments. Through our integrated approach across strategy, finance, HR, and operations, we empower leaders to focus on what matters most: mission and impact.

The Role

The Fractional CFO will serve as a trusted architect and financial strategist for high-impact ministries and nonprofits. You’ll bring structure, foresight, and wisdom to organizations in seasons of scale, transition, or transformation, helping leaders translate vision into financial reality.

This role is uniquely suited for faith-driven leaders who view financial stewardship as both a professional calling and a ministry opportunity. Our clients often navigate moments of deep challenge and change—organizational, personal, and spiritual. The Fractional CFO enters those spaces not only with technical excellence and financial discernment, but also with humility, empathy, and a desire to serve. You’ll engage with business and ministry leaders as trusted partners in both strategy and spirit—bringing clarity to the numbers while caring for the people behind them.

You’ll work collaboratively with Novum’s Accounting, HR, and Consulting teams to deliver unified back-office leadership and strengthen financial foundations that sustain long-term mission growth.

Core Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Serve as financial advisor to executive teams and boards, aligning mission with financial strategy.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial scenario planning processes.
• Translate complex financials into actionable insights that drive clarity and confidence.

Financial Management & Oversight

• Oversee and interpret monthly financial reports, balance sheets, and fund statements.
• Maintain compliance with nonprofit accounting standards and donor-restricted funds.
• Develop models for cash flow, reserves, and multi-entity or campus consolidation.

Systems & Accountability

• Strengthen accounting infrastructure, controls, and reporting systems for scale.
• Integrate payroll, HR, and finance operations with Novum’s internal service pods.
• Establish dashboards and KPIs that track performance and inform strategic decisions.

Board & Donor Engagement

• Present reports and insights to Boards, Finance Committees, and Executive Teams.
• Support capital campaigns, grants, and fundraising efforts with accurate financial forecasts and reporting.

Ideal Candidate

• 10+ years of progressive financial leadership (CFO, VP of Finance, Controller, or equivalent).
• Experience in nonprofit and church financial management.
• Skilled in fund accounting, multi-entity structures, and audit preparation.
• Strong communicator capable of simplifying complex financial concepts for leaders and boards.
• Entrepreneurial, systems-minded, and passionate about faith-driven impact.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA, CMA, or MBA in Finance or Accounting.
• Experience with QuickBooks Online
• Familiarity with integrated back-office tools (Gusto, ADP, bill.com, Asana, etc.).
• Deep understanding of ministry and nonprofit governance dynamics.

Engagement Structure

• Fractional typically 1–4 clients at a time.
• Engagements average 16–40 hours per month per client.
• Compensation based on experience and client scope.

Why Novum Partners

We believe stewardship is strategy. Novum Partners equips visionary leaders with clarity, structure, and systems that allow mission to flourish. Our team blends financial precision with missional purpose, helping leaders build legacies that last.

About Novum Partners

Novum Partners is an executive advisory and consulting firm serving as a fractional back-office partner to churches, ministries, and nonprofits.

We help mission-driven organizations align vision with financial and operational health, ensuring that leadership clarity, sustainable systems, and faithful stewardship coexist.

Our clients range from $3M to $250M in annual revenue, many navigating growth, leadership transitions, multi-entity structures, and complex funding environments. Through our integrated approach across strategy, finance, HR, and operations, we empower leaders to focus on what matters most: mission and impact.

The Role

The Fractional CFO will serve as a trusted architect and financial strategist for high-impact ministries and nonprofits. You’ll bring structure, foresight, and wisdom to organizations in seasons of scale, transition, or transformation, helping leaders translate vision into financial reality.

This role is uniquely suited for faith-driven leaders who view financial stewardship as both a professional calling and a ministry opportunity. Our clients often navigate moments of deep challenge and change—organizational, personal, and spiritual. The Fractional CFO enters those spaces not only with technical excellence and financial discernment, but also with humility, empathy, and a desire to serve. You’ll engage with business and ministry leaders as trusted partners in both strategy and spirit—bringing clarity to the numbers while caring for the people behind them.

You’ll work collaboratively with Novum’s Accounting, HR, and Consulting teams to deliver unified back-office leadership and strengthen financial foundations that sustain long-term mission growth.

Core Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Serve as financial advisor to executive teams and boards, aligning mission with financial strategy.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial scenario planning processes.
• Translate complex financials into actionable insights that drive clarity and confidence.

Financial Management & Oversight

• Oversee and interpret monthly financial reports, balance sheets, and fund statements.
• Maintain compliance with nonprofit accounting standards and donor-restricted funds.
• Develop models for cash flow, reserves, and multi-entity or campus consolidation.

Systems & Accountability

• Strengthen accounting infrastructure, controls, and reporting systems for scale.
• Integrate payroll, HR, and finance operations with Novum’s internal service pods.
• Establish dashboards and KPIs that track performance and inform strategic decisions.

Board & Donor Engagement

• Present reports and insights to Boards, Finance Committees, and Executive Teams.
• Support capital campaigns, grants, and fundraising efforts with accurate financial forecasts and reporting.

Ideal Candidate

• 10+ years of progressive financial leadership (CFO, VP of Finance, Controller, or equivalent).
• Experience in nonprofit and church financial management.
• Skilled in fund accounting, multi-entity structures, and audit preparation.
• Strong communicator capable of simplifying complex financial concepts for leaders and boards.
• Entrepreneurial, systems-minded, and passionate about faith-driven impact.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA, CMA, or MBA in Finance or Accounting.
• Experience with QuickBooks Online
• Familiarity with integrated back-office tools (Gusto, ADP, bill.com, Asana, etc.).
• Deep understanding of ministry and nonprofit governance dynamics.

Engagement Structure

• Fractional typically 1–4 clients at a time.
• Engagements average 16–40 hours per month per client.
• Compensation based on experience and client scope.

Why Novum Partners

We believe stewardship is strategy. Novum Partners equips visionary leaders with clarity, structure, and systems that allow mission to flourish. Our team blends financial precision with missional purpose, helping leaders build legacies that last.