Our client is a private equity–owned manufacturing business seeking a Chief Financial Officer to drive financial and operating performance, strengthen accounting processes, and support an upcoming sale process.
This is a hands-on leadership role for a CFO who can challenge assumptions, hold leaders accountable, and translate financial information into decisions while ensuring accurate reporting and a reliable month-end close.
Duties
- Lead all finance and accounting activities, partnering with the President, executive leadership, and private equity ownership.
- Drive budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and forward-looking business planning.
- Identify performance gaps, challenge operating assumptions, and work with leaders to execute measurable improvements.
- Oversee month-end close, financial reporting, and accounting accuracy, working through detailed accounting issues as needed.
- Consolidate spreadsheet-based reporting and disconnected data sources into consistent, reliable financial processes.
- Strengthen financial controls, reporting discipline, and the use of Epicor ERP.
- Lead financial preparation for the sale process, including data requests, diligence, and coordination with investment bankers and ownership.
- Assess and develop the lean accounting team, identifying additional controller or staff accounting support as needed.
Requirements
- CFO or senior finance leadership experience with responsibility for both business performance and accounting execution.
- Strong accounting fundamentals and hands-on experience managing month-end close and financial reporting.
- Experience in manufacturing, with an understanding of operating costs, margins, and profitability drivers.
- Proven ability to improve budgeting, forecasting, reporting, and financial processes.
- Confidence and credibility to challenge leadership, establish accountability, and drive action.
- Experience leading a lean finance team and working directly with executive leadership and owners.
- Private equity, sale-process, or transaction diligence experience preferred.
- Epicor ERP experience preferred.
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