Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Charter School Growth Fund is a nonprofit venture philanthropy fund that invests in and supports the expansion of high-quality public charter schools. The Vice President, Structured Finance will advise charter school leaders, lead investment and lending activities, build external partnerships, oversee loan portfolio systems, and manage members of the Structured Finance team.
Responsibilities
- Serve as strategic thought partner and advisor to portfolio leadership and boards on finance, facilities, and governance strategies
- Provide expertise on strategic planning processes, including financial models, growth strategies, and business plans
- Build and maintain strong, deep relationships with school operators; be actively sought out as a trusted resource internally and externally
- Lead, in partnership with and overseeing SFin Director role, end-to-end due diligence and investment analysis for charter school operators (grants and loans), including financial modeling, multi-year projections, risk assessment, governance evaluation, and facilities strategies
- Prepare and present investment proposals and evaluation reports to CSGF Investment Committee to support funding decisions
- Oversee ongoing loan monitoring, including covenant compliance analysis and proactive engagement to address risk and support borrower performance
- Source, negotiate, and structure facilities loan investments, evaluating deal affordability, real estate strategies, leadership teams, and market dynamics
- Develop and leverage relationships with key regional partners (public policy, development, financing) to strengthen the ecosystem
- Build sector capacity by capturing and sharing best practices, disseminating benchmarking data, and creating communities of practice
- Represent CSGF externally to broader stakeholders in the charter school field
- Set vision and strategy for your functional area and portfolio relationships that advances CSGF's mission
- Serve as functional lead for the SFin team in overseeing our loan portfolio systems, monitoring, cash management, and reporting including identifying and moving forward initiatives that improve CSGF’s work in this area
- Manage and develop SFin team Directors including one direct report: set rigorous goals, provide regular coaching and feedback, support their professional growth, and ensure quality of investment analysis and overall work
Skills
- • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, particularly the ability to build strong relationships with diverse groups of stakeholders
- • Demonstrated financial leadership and expertise needed to evaluate financial and real estate strategies and investment
- • Deep commitment to CSGF's mission and passion for K-12 education and excitement around creating excellent education options for low-income students
- • Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and creative problem-solving skills
- • Passion for creating social change through the impactful investment of public and private capital
- • Ability to work seamlessly between high-level strategy and detail-oriented work
- • 12-20+ years of relevant work experience, preferably including, financial leadership, private equity, impact investing, venture capital, investment banking, management consulting, philanthropy, or similar experience
- • Bachelor's degree required
- Candidates must have permanent authorization to work in the US
- • Finance leadership at a charter school management organization or related education organization strongly preferred
Benefits
- Health, life, disability and dental insurance coverage
- Vacation/holidays and parental leave
- Participation in CSGF’s 403(b) plan
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