Serving as a Treasurer for an emerging non-profit!

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Asian Women for Health/AWFH is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to advancing Asian women’s health and wellness through education, advocacy and support. Incorporated in November 2012, AWFH provides peer health education and support for Asian women by reducing the cultural and language barriers that prevent them from living a happy, healthy life.

As an emerging leader in promoting health equity, AWFH convenes annual conferences to engage and educate key stakeholders while highlighting the service gaps and showcasing best practices for systemic change.

Duties and Responsibilities
 Attend all board meetings
 Maintain knowledge of the organization and personal commitment to its goals and objectives
 Understand financial accounting for nonprofit organizations and/or commitment to learn relevant accounting issues as needed
 Serve as the chair of the finance committee
 Manage, with the finance committee, the board's review of and action related to the board's financial responsibilities
 Work with the Executive Director (ED) and bookkeeper to ensure that appropriate financial reports are made available to the board on a timely basis
 Work with ED to prepare and present the annual budget to the board for approval
 Review the annual audit and answer board members' questions about the audit

Time commitment: Average 3-4 days/month, which includes:
 4 hours/week finance committee meetings (working with ED and Team)
 Bi-monthly board meetings
 A day-long board retreat in January
 Annual meeting in June Criteria for selection:
 Excellent accounting skills and comfort with budgets and numbers
 Solid knowledge and experience with QuickBooks, Excel and Word
 Experience working in the nonprofit setting  Excellent communication, phone and interpersonal skills.

To Apply: Please send a letter of interest and resume to Board President, Lara Yuan LYuan@asianwomenforhealth.org 2 references will be required.

Position is open until filled