Chief Financial Officer
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITES
Overview
- The CFO will have responsibility for all accounting, controls, financial reporting, budgeting, financial planning, and forecasting. 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.
- CFO will function as part of the executive leadership team to increase the sustainability, culture, and value of the business.
Strategy
- 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 team to develop and execute the company’s strategic growth plan.
Development
- Assist Board in due diligence on acquisition targets.
- Evaluate, finance and integrate potential acquisition targets
Finance
- Coordinate the overall financial activities of the company; lead corporate finance, cash management, and credit.
- Tax strategy and planning.
- FP&A: planning and analytics, budgeting, forecasting.
- Lead Banking relationships.
- Build a budgeting and analysis capability.
Accounting
Oversee company controller's team in providing:
- Monthly financial updates.
- AR/AP and payroll.
- Management reporting.
- Maximize productivity of the company’s financial resources.
- Oversee transition to fully GAAP-compliant accounting practices.
Operations
- 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. Evaluate and oversee as necessary ERP upgrades and conversions.
- Identify opportunities to drive efficiencies in working capital, operating costs and capital expenditures.
- Manage vendor relationships and interviewing of potential vendors (i.e. health insurers, retirement planning, IT vendors, etc.).
- Develop and maintain an effective set of operating performance tracking tools (KPIs and Dashboards).
Treasury/Risk
- Ensure appropriate risk mitigation through systematic risk assessment and risk mitigation tools and processes.
- Manage external financing relationships.
- Identify and address financial risks and opportunities for the company.
Compliance
- Work with external auditors to be proactive and out front in making sure all financial statements are created accurately and on time.
- Regulatory compliance.