Chief Financial Officer

Confidential Company; Anaheim (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Company in Anaheim, California seeks a strategic and operational CFO to lead financial strategy across a multi-entity enterprise. You will report to the CEO as a trusted advisor, guiding capital allocation, managing risk, and driving profitability, with oversight of corporate finance, accounting, FP&A, payroll, and compliance.

You will align finance with field operations, estimation, and project leaders to optimize performance, asset utilization, and cash flow.

Qualifications

• Executive CFO/VP of Finance experience in multi-unit settings.
• Expertise in liquidity, working capital, bank reporting and construction accounting.
• Strong tax structuring and collaboration with external accountants.
• Capital expenditure planning and lease-versus-buy modeling.
• Proven cross-functional collaboration with field ops and estimators.
• Experience leading finance teams and standardizing workflows.
• High ethical standards and strong communication with owners and executives.

Responsibilities

• Strategic advisor to guide capital deployment and risk management.
• Align finance with operations, estimation, and project leaders.
• Direct the corporate finance division including accounting, FP&A, payroll, and compliance.
• Optimize accounting workflows, collections, and overhead transparency.
• Own cash management, forecasting, and liquidity metrics.
• Ensure timely consolidated financial reporting for audits and reviews.
• Oversee asset strategy, including leases and fleet utilization.
• Manage banking relations to secure credit lines.
• Lead tax planning with external firms and intercompany transfers.

Skills

Executive Experience

Financial Mastery

Tax Structuring

Capital Asset Oversight

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Department Management

Leadership & Integrity

Job description

We are looking for a strategic and operationally focused Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead financial strategy across our multi-entity enterprise. In this role, you will report directly to the CEO as a key partner and advisor—guiding capital allocation, managing corporate risk, and driving profitability.

You will lead our corporate finance division and integrate financial strategy directly into daily operations. By collaborating with our estimation, project management, and divisional leaders, you will ensure long-term capital deployment aligns perfectly with field execution and our corporate vision. If you are an executive who excels at turning complex multi-unit financial data into operational success, we want you on our leadership team.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Advisor: Partner with the CEO to guide capital deployment, minimize corporate risk, and shape the company's long-term vision.
• Operational Alignment: Sync financial planning with operations and estimation executives to ensure pipeline targets, pricing, and field execution support overall business health.
• Team Leadership: Direct the corporate finance division—including accounting, transactional, and FP&A leaders—while overseeing payroll and compliance functions.
• Process Optimization: Accelerate accounting workflows, improve collections efficiency, and increase overhead and asset transparency to protect net margins.
• Cash Management: Take full ownership of cash reserves, cash-flow forecasting, and short-term liquidity metrics to secure the enterprise's financial stability.
• Financial Reporting: Guarantee accurate, timely consolidated financial statements for regular reporting periods, bank reviews, and year-end external audits.
• Asset Strategy: Oversee the financial strategy for high-value equipment and logistics, analyzing lease-vs-buy options and tracking utilization metrics.
• Banking Relations: Serve as the primary contact for institutional lenders to secure credit lines and ensure strict regulatory compliance.
• Tax & Compliance: Lead major tax-planning initiatives with external CPA firms, manage intercompany transfers, and maintain financial integrity across all business units.

Required Qualifications

• Executive Experience: Proven track record as a CFO or VP of Finance, ideally within multi-unit environments, commercial contracting, or production sectors.
• Financial Mastery: Deep expertise in corporate liquidity, working capital management, bank reporting, and construction accounting (including progress billings, retention, and job costing).
• Tax Structuring: Demonstrated success managing high-level corporate tax strategies and collaborating with external accounting specialists.
• Capital Asset Oversight: Experience managing large capital expenditures and fleet/transportation assets using KPIs and lease-versus-buy financial modeling.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: History of partnering with field operations and estimating teams to align bidding and commercial actions with financial goals.
• Department Management: Experience leading finance department heads and establishing standardized workflows across general accounting and transactional teams.
• Leadership & Integrity: Uncompromising ethical standards alongside the strong presentation and communication skills required to build immediate trust with owners and executives.