DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITES

• Work closely with the CEO on identifying and executing on strategic growth initiatives. Collaborate effectively with CEO in analyzing market issues, trends and opportunities.
• Work with executive management team to develop and execute the company’s strategic growth plan.
• Identify and address financial risks and opportunities for the company.
• Evaluate, finance, and integrate potential acquisition targets.
• Oversee execution of Percent of Completion (POC) accounting method ensuring GAAP-compliant accounting practices.
• Identify opportunities to drive efficiencies in working capital, operating costs, and capital expenditures.
• Oversee the cost accounting systems and reports, and inventory management.
• Evaluate and oversee as necessary ERP upgrades and conversions.
• The CFO will have responsibility for all accounting, controls, financial reporting, budgeting, financial planning, and forecasting.
• Coordinate with the outside CPA firm and the annual audits.
• This individual will be a leader who will provide hands-on and day-to-day management of all financial functions and best practices. As a member of the core leadership team, the CFO will provide informed and objective counsel on business issues and will offer technical and experience-based advice to peer executives and staff. This role will require a background in a manufacturing environment or equivalent and preferred experience working in a private equity-backed entity. Along with the rest of the executive leadership team, this individual should be a strong and proactive advocate for value creation and company integration.
• Develop and maintain an effective set of operating performance tracking tools (KPIs and Dashboards).

Financial and Strategic Leadership

• Coordinate the overall financial activities of the company; lead corporate finance, cash management, tax strategy and regulatory compliance and planning, accounting reporting, planning and analytics, budgeting, forecasting, credit, AR/AP and payroll. Also, leading Banking relationships.
• Build a budgeting and analysis capability.
• Monitor and advise on trends that influence inventory planning and capital outlay.
• Ensure that information systems and reporting tools provide members with the information needed to make sound business decisions.
• Work with external auditors to be proactive and out front in making sure all financial statements are created accurately and on time.
• Manage and oversee company controller and other accounting in providing monthly financial updates.
• Manage vendor relationships and interviewing of potential vendors (i.e. health insurers, retirement planning, IT vendors, etc.).
• Maximize productivity of the company’s financial resources and optimize financial statements.
• Ensure appropriate risk mitigation through systematic risk assessment and risk mitigation tools and processes.