Chimes International LTD- Chief Financial Officer

The Company The Chimes Story The story of Chimes began in 1947, when The Chimes School opened its doors with a small but devoted staff and a powerful force at its heart: the love of a mother for her child. Frances Bacon envisioned a place where children with developmental disabilities could experience more meaningful, enriching days. That vision first came to life in the basement of a Baltimore church, where Chimes began as a special education day school serving just five students and their families. From those humble beginnings, Chimes has grown thoughtfully and purposefully to meet the changing needs of the people we support. Today, that legacy continues through The Chimes School, which remains a vital part of our mission...supporting, celebrating, and empowering students to reach their fullest potential. What began as a single school has grown into a far-reaching network of services. Chimes now offers a full continuum of support that touches every stage of life, helping thousands of individuals with disabilities and mental and behavioral health needs thrive in their communities. Now known as Chimes Family of Services, we provide a broad range of offerings, including community living, day habilitation, vocational training, employment services, and behavioral health care for more than 20,000 children, adolescents, and adults each year. Through intentional, mission-driven growth, Chimes now operates in six U.S. states: Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and North Carolina, as well as the District of Columbia and Israel. With a history spanning more than 75 years, Chimes Family of Services is carried forward through three distinct business models or service components: Behavioral Health: We offer a comprehensive range of services and support for people with mental health, substance use, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and co-occurring disorders Employment Services: We are one of the nation’s largest employers of people with disabilities. Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) and Autism: Our network expands from toddler-to-senior services, with supports that are tailored to the unique abilities and needs of each person. All of our services are integrated within various communities to maximize opportunities and growth for our participants. The Opportunity Position: Chief Financial Officer Reporting Relationship: President/CEO Location: Baltimore, MD Website: https://chimes.org Role and Purpose The Chief Financial Officer will play a critical leadership role in strengthening the financial foundation of Chimes during a period of organizational complexity and growth. As the organization continues to expand across service lines and navigate increasingly rigorous regulatory and compliance requirements—particularly within its federal contracting business—the CFO will be responsible for ensuring that financial operations are disciplined, scalable, and aligned with enterprise priorities. In this context, the CFO will lead the modernization and professionalization of the finance function, addressing current gaps in processes, systems, and controls while reducing operational risk. This includes stabilizing core financial operations such as billing, invoicing, and accounts receivable; eliminating single points of failure through standardization and cross-training; and enhancing financial visibility through improved reporting, forecasting, and data-driven insights. The CFO will serve as a key strategic partner to the CEO and executive leadership team, helping to translate financial data into actionable business decisions and ensuring alignment between financial strategy and mission delivery. Success in this role will require a leader who can balance hands-on operational execution with enterprise-level thinking, while driving accountability, strengthening financial literacy across the organization, and building the infrastructure necessary to support long-term sustainability and growth. Strategic Context Chimes is entering a period of continued growth and increasing financial complexity, driven by expansion across multiple service lines, geographies, and funding models. As the organization scales, it faces heightened regulatory scrutiny, evolving audit requirements, and the need to integrate financial systems and processes across acquisitions and affiliates. This environment requires a more disciplined, transparent, and scalable financial infrastructure to support both operational execution and long-term sustainability. The CFO plays a central role in aligning financial strategy with mission priorities and operational execution, ensuring that financial systems, reporting, and controls evolve in step with the organization’s growth. This includes strengthening financial visibility, improving performance reporting, and enabling leadership to make informed, data-driven decisions in an increasingly complex and regulated landscape. Over the next 3-5 years, Chimes is navigating: • Continued organizational growth and service expansion • Increasing financial complexity across multi-state operations • Heightened regulatory and audit requirements • Integration of financial systems from acquisitions • Greater demand for financial transparency and performance reporting The Opportunity The Chief Financial Officer role at Chimes represents a critical inflection point for the organization, with the opportunity to strengthen and modernize the financial foundation of a complex, mission-driven enterprise. As Chimes continues to grow across service lines and expand its federal contracting footprint, the CFO will be instrumental in ensuring that financial systems, processes, and controls evolve to meet increasing operational scale, regulatory scrutiny, and strategic ambition. In the near term, the CFO’s priorities will center on stabilization and risk mitigation—addressing gaps in core financial operations such as billing, invoicing, and accounts receivable; eliminating single points of failure; and implementing disciplined processes and controls. This includes enhancing audit readiness, improving financial accuracy and transparency, and building greater consistency across business units. Establishing strong financial visibility and restoring confidence in financial data will be essential to enabling informed decision-making and protecting key revenue streams, particularly within the federal contracting business. Beyond stabilization, the CFO has a significant opportunity to build and scale a best-in-class finance function that supports long-term growth and sustainability. This includes implementing integrated financial systems, strengthening forecasting and planning capabilities, supporting M&A and integration efforts, and developing a capital strategy that balances current needs with future investment. As a key member of the executive team, the CFO will also play a central role in elevating financial literacy across the organization, strengthening cross-functional alignment, and ensuring that financial strategy is tightly connected to operational execution and mission impact. Ultimately, this role is both transformational and highly visible, requiring a leader who can drive immediate operational improvements while building the infrastructure, discipline, and strategic capability necessary for Chimes to scale effectively and sustainably over time. Primary Job Functions The Chief Financial Officer will oversee a broad portfolio of strategic and operational responsibilities to ensure the financial health, integrity, and sustainability of the organization. This role requires a leader who can effectively balance enterprise strategy, financial oversight, and day-to-day execution, while providing clear guidance and accountability across all aspects of the finance function. In close partnership with executive leadership and the Board, the CFO will drive financial planning, performance management, risk mitigation,