Chief Administrative Officer

About the role

Landrum & Brown is seeking a highly experienced Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to lead the administrative, operational, and financial management activities that support the firm's continued growth and performance. Reporting to the President of Landrum & Brown, for administrative and operational matters, and functionally to the Chief Financial Officer, for financial matters, the CAO will serve as a key member of the senior leadership team. The role will provide the operating discipline, financial insight, and cross-functional coordination required to translate business strategy into measurable results.

Responsibilities

• Lead business administration, planning, and organizational effectiveness.
• Partner with the President to implement strategic priorities and annual operating plans.
• Oversee budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and performance analysis in alignment with the CFO.
• Monitor revenue, profitability, backlog, utilization, project margins, working capital, and cash flow.
• Strengthen project financial management, commercial discipline, and operational controls.
• Identify business risks, performance gaps, and improvement opportunities, and coordinate corrective action.
• Establish effective leadership routines, dashboards, reporting, and decision-making processes.
• Coordinate with corporate functions, including Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Risk, Information Technology, and Marketing.
• Support organizational design, workforce planning, business transformation, and change initiatives.
• Lead assigned administrative, operational, and financial support teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, operations, or a related field; an MBA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent designation is preferred.
• Significant senior-level experience in operations, finance, administration, or business leadership.
• Experience in a professional services, consulting, engineering, aviation, infrastructure, or project-based organization is strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, project economics, profitability, utilization, working capital, and financial controls.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a matrixed environment with dual or functional reporting relationships.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional initiatives, organizational change, and business process improvement.
• Strong executive communication, judgment, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

What Success Looks Like

The successful candidate will improve operational effectiveness, strengthen financial performance and accountability, enhance the quality of business information, and ensure that Landrum & Brown has the processes, controls, and organizational infrastructure required to support sustainable growth. This is a senior leadership opportunity for an executive who combines strong financial acumen with operational discipline, strategic perspective, and the ability to influence across a complex organization.

Benefits

• Extensive medical, disability and life insurance coverage
• Continuing education benefits
• Paid time off
• Employee assistance program
• Retirement savings plan with company matching contributions