Chief Financial Officer

Build Health International (BHI) is a leading global health nonprofit that designs, builds, equips, and manages dignified, affordable, and high-quality healthcare infrastructure in resource-constrained environments around the world. BHI seeks a strategic, conscientious, and adaptable Chief Financial Officer (CFO) who will invest in its financial systems, structures, and personnel and will be eager to join an organization building the foundations for global health equity. 

BHI was founded in 2014 after successfully developing its first project, Haiti’s transformative national teaching hospital, Hôpital Universitaire de Mirebalais. Since then, BHI has completed over 200 projects that are integrated into and inform strong public health systems, ensuring long-term, accessible care for local communities in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, and Asia. In addition to its core infrastructure projects, BHI hires and trains local workforces, invests in medical oxygen infrastructure and renewable energy, expertly manages costs through in-kind donations and volunteers, and maintains relationships with communities long after construction. BHI regularly provides technical consultation to international organizations, including the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, & Malaria, Unitaid, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the World Health Organization (WHO) on developing, operating, and maintaining healthcare infrastructure and equipment.

BHI employs 141 staff and contractors (approximately 45 percent of whom are based in the United States) and a 14-member Board of Directors. In FY2024, BHI had a budget of $16.8 million, maintained 53 active projects, completed 26 projects, and worked with 60 countries and 36 project partners.

A newly created position, the CFO role will bring a strategic financial lens to BHI at a pivotal moment in the organization’s development. The CFO will steward financial operations, strengthen financial infrastructure and treasury functions, and partner closely with senior leadership and Board members to drive financial planning and organization-wide strategy. They will improve efficiency, introduce new processes and procedures, nurture a strong and reliable team, build more robust and effective cross-team collaboration, and cultivate a culture of performance and accountability. In addition to supporting BHI in devising and executing its vision, the CFO will ensure accurate financial reporting, budgeting, and compliance, and will manage cost accounting and assist with risk management, insurance, and contract administration. The CFO will bring an entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to sustainability, health equity, and local capacity building amidst evolving social, economic, and geopolitical dynamics. The position will report to and work closely with BHI’s Chief Operating Officer and will have a dotted line to the founder and Chief Executive Officer.

EMPLOYMENT DETAILS

Salary Range: $140,000-$165,000

Commitment: The CFO is required to work in person at BHI’s offices in Beverly, MA three days per week, and as needed.

APPLICATIONS, INQUIRIES, AND NOMINATIONS

All nominations, inquiries, and applications (including a resume and a letter of interest responding to the objectives outlined in the full position profile) should be directed in strict confidence to the search team below. Applications will be reviewed as they are submitted. To be assured full consideration, please submit materials by Friday, August 1, 2025.

Becca Kennedy is leading this search with Tatiana Oberkoetter and Cortnee Bollard. 

BHI is committed to providing equal opportunity in the workplace. BHI will make all employment and other placement decisions without regard to non-job-related factors such as race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or sexual orientation. This applies to all areas, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, and benefits.