[Hiring] Vice President, Structured Finance @Charter School Growth Fund

Role Description

CSGF is seeking a Vice President, Structured Finance to partner with charter operators and CSGF’s investment team to solve finance and facilities challenges through a combination of strategic support to school leaders, relationship management across internal and external stakeholders, and the sourcing, structuring, and execution of investments. The ideal candidate is entrepreneurial, passionate about K‐12 education, and interested in leveraging public and private capital to create long‐term social impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Operator Support & Strategic Partnership
  • 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.
• Investments & Lending
  • Lead, in partnership with and overseeing SFin Director role, end-to-end due diligence and investment analysis for charter school operators (grants and loans).
  • 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.
• Ecosystem Building & External Leadership
  • 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.
• Strategy, Leadership & Team Management
  • 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.
  • 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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Requirements

• Finance leadership at a charter school management organization or related education organization strongly preferred.
• 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.

Compensation

Compensation is commensurate with experience and education. The target salary range for this role is $150,000-$180,000 annually. CSGF offers a very competitive package of benefits, including health, life, disability and dental insurance coverage; vacation/holidays and parental leave; and participation in CSGF’s 403(b) plan. Candidates must have permanent authorization to work in the US.

Start Date

CSGF is seeking candidates who can start as soon as possible; flexible for the ideal candidate.

Working at CSGF

We are focused on hiring and developing great people and believe that building diverse perspectives across our team makes us more effective in expanding our impact.

• Join a team driven by purpose, collaboration, and a commitment to identifying and responding to the needs of the public charter schools that we support.
• Access to professional development and learning opportunities.

Core Values

• Results: We believe that student success is the ultimate measure of our performance.
• Teamwork: We value organization over team, and we value team over individual.
• Integrity: We believe that trust is our most important asset.
• Respect: We understand and acknowledge our place in the value chain.
• Entrepreneurship: We take calculated risks, looking for new ways to add value and improve how we work.

E-Verify Statement

This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Charter School Growth Fund provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees.