Executive Finance Leader - CFO

Our Client is currently seeking a Chief Financial Officer who will serve as a key contributor to the company’s continued success. Founded in 2012 this employer has experienced eleven consecutive years of record growth driven by a disciplined commitment to their core values and an entrepreneurial spirit. Our client benefits from a reputation of unmatched integrity and seeks a professional who will steward this legacy.

As a key member of the executive leadership team, the CFO will assume a strategic and hands-on leadership role in the growth and overall management of the company. The successful candidate will position her or himself as a partner to the CEO and establish credibility throughout the organization as a thought leader that implements effective and efficient solutions. The CFO will have primary day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing, managing, and controlling all financial-related activities of the company. This includes direct responsibility for accounting, finance, treasury, forecasting, strategic planning, revenue and expense performance reporting, management reporting, and all related information systems that support financial and management reporting. Further, the CFO will generally oversee the information systems of the company, including priorities and strategies as well as management of third-party vendors as it relates to hardware, software usage, and security. The CFO will oversee a team of approximately 4 accounting and financial professionals who manage functions supporting the growth and operation of the company.

Essential Job Functions

• Direct and oversee all aspects of the finance & accounting functions of the organization
• Continuously evaluate and provide leadership to ensure achievement of short and long-term strategic financial objectives
• Take a hands-on lead position of developing, implementing, and maintaining a comprehensive management reporting system that provides insight into business activities and opportunities
• Manage processes for revenue, expense, and capital forecasting and budgeting and reporting to the company, including to the board of directors
• Ensure credibility of accounting/finance team through a timely close process and an accurate analysis of budgets and performance against budgets, financial trends, and forecasts
• Provide recommendations to strategically enhance financial performance and business opportunities; provide evaluation of and advice on the financial implications of business activities
• Ensure that effective internal controls are in place and ensure compliance with GAAP and applicable federal, state, and local regulatory laws and rules for financial and tax reporting
• Enhance and develop, implement, and enforce policies and procedures of the organization by way of systems that will improve the overall operation and effectiveness of the organization
• Oversee and direct the company’s information systems management including management of third party vendors, establishment of priorities and project oversight
• Manage corporate banking relationships, overall company debt, lines of credit, and corporate recourse, and surety relationships (in association with risk management team)
• In partnership with the risk management team, assess and oversee overall business risk
• Maximize the performance and value of the company’s investments in assets and markets
• Oversee audit, compliance, and tax functions, manage, and oversee outside providers of these services as well as coordinate the audit committee’s appropriate engagement with such providers
• Manage the company’s annual valuation, oversee stock issuances and retirements, manage the relationship with the ESOP trustee

Employees may be asked to perform other tasks not listed in the essential job functions.

Position Requirements

• An exceptional capacity for managing, developing, and leading people with the ability to enforce accountability and empower the individual
• Strong interpersonal skills, proven ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization
• Strong problem-solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses
• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation
• Hands-on style, unconcerned with organizational rank
• Excellent negotiation skills

• Strong accounting/finance background
• MBA, CPA, or CFA preferred
• 5+ years in a significant management capacity
• Real estate or construction experience is a plus

Physical Demands

Low physical effort required to sit, stand at files, bend, stoop, lift, and walk. Maximum unassisted lift is 35 lbs. Average lift is less than 10 lbs. Requires ability to use a keyboard and monitor. Also requires the ability to communicate verbally, both in person and on the telephone. May require some travel by car.

Hire Type

• Direct Hire 

Schedule

• Full Time
• Hybrid (Mostly in the office, minimum three days per work week)

Salary Type

• Exempt 

Benefits

• Competitive benefits package
• PTO Included
• Paid Holidays