Chief Financial Officer

Job Requirements

• Serve as the CEO's primary strategic and operational thought partner.
• Establish a disciplined, data-driven financial operating model aligned with the company's value creation strategy.
• Build KPIs, dashboards, forecasting tools, and financial reporting across multiple entities and countries.
• Provide financial modeling, scenario analysis, and strategic recommendations.
• Partner with executive leadership to evaluate business performance, risks, and growth opportunities.
• Drive accountability and financial discipline throughout the organization.
• Lead monthly financial reporting, Board presentations, lender reporting, and executive dashboards.
• Oversee annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, long-range planning, and daily cash reporting.
• Maintain an accurate 13-week cash flow forecast.
• Develop profitability reporting by product, customer, channel, and region.
• Improve financial close processes and strengthen controllership.
• Ensure GAAP compliance, reporting accuracy, and strong internal controls.
• Lead ERP implementation and financial systems modernization, including NetSuite.
• Develop enterprise reporting automation and data governance initiatives.
• Support multi-entity consolidations and multi-currency reporting.
• Build scalable reporting infrastructure that supports company growth.
• Lead cost reduction and restructuring initiatives.
• Identify operational inefficiencies and implement cost-saving opportunities.
• Improve profitability through expense optimization.
• Analyze overseas purchasing costs, tariffs, and supply chain financial impacts.
• Partner with Operations to improve operational performance.
• Partner with Sales leadership to improve pricing strategy and revenue growth.
• Analyze customer profitability, sales pipeline, channel performance, and revenue trends.
• Develop reporting and analytics that improve sales forecasting and margin performance.
• Implement dashboards that improve commercial decision-making.
• Lead financial due diligence, valuation, financial modeling, and synergy analysis.
• Partner with the CEO on acquisition strategy.
• Lead integration planning for acquired businesses.
• Develop integration playbooks covering systems, controls, reporting, and processes.
• Monitor acquisition performance against financial projections.
• Coordinate external advisors and internal integration teams.
• Maintain audit-ready financial reporting and documentation.
• Prepare the organization for audits, lender reviews, investor due diligence, and potential sale transactions.
• Support private equity value creation initiatives and KPI reporting.
• Oversee global treasury and liquidity management.
• Develop tax-efficient cash repatriation strategies.
• Partner with external tax advisors on global tax compliance and transfer pricing.
• Build and develop a high-performing finance organization.
• Create scalable finance processes and succession planning.
• Foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
• Manage relationships with banks, lenders, auditors, tax advisors, and financial consultants.
• Ensure covenant compliance.
• Lead liquidity planning.
• Present financial results and strategic insights to the Board of Directors.
• Maintain communication with private equity sponsors and investors.