Chief Financial Officer

Resource Management Group; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Performance-based bonus

Job summary

Resource Management Group is partnering with a leading entity to hire a transformational operational CFO in Detroit. The role supports the CEO in achieving performance objectives and leading a finance organization across multi-site manufacturing operations.

You will drive strategic finance, planning, and reporting processes, partner with PE sponsorship, and ensure robust controls and risk management while shaping a world-class finance function.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of senior financial leadership experience in manufacturing.
• Senior finance leadership or CFO experience in a multi-plant environment.
• Strong FP&A and transformation leadership experience.
• CPA or MBA strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Member of the Executive Leadership Team, helping shape strategy.
• Oversee reporting systems, controls and timely, accurate financial data.
• Lead annual planning and forecasting with rigorous targets.
• Optimize capital structure while maintaining financial flexibility.
• Lead treasury, accounting, and internal controls functions.
• Provide financial and business advisory to CEO and leadership.
• Ensure timely financial reporting to external constituents, incl. PE sponsor.
• Oversee controllership, FP&A, tax, treasury, and internal audit.

Skills

FP&A experience

Transformation in growth environment

Education

Undergraduate degree in Accounting/Finance

Graduate degree (CPA or MBA) preferred

Graduate degree preferred

Job description

Our client, a multi-site manufacturing company has partnered with a leading private equity firm with an aggressive growth strategy.

About the Role

They are seeking to hire a dynamic transformational operational CFO to assist the CEO in achieving the company performance objectives.

Responsibilities

• The CFO serves as a key member of the Executive Leadership Team of the Company, playing a key role in developing and implementing strategy.
• Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer and partnering with the other members of senior management, the CFO will oversee and manage reporting systems and controls, ensuring that key functional leaders and their teams are provided with accurate, timely, and relevant financial data that is helpful in running the business.
• As a proactive hands-on member of the senior team, support the execution of its strategy and assist in driving well-defined targets; establish metrics and systems that maintain accountability and manage risks.
• Lead a rigorous and disciplined annual planning and forecasting process to provide analytical insight and direction to management decision makers, while dually ensuring that aggressive yet realistic plans are established.
• Working with CEO and senior management team, ensure that the company develops and maintains an optimal capital structure, minimizing the cost of capital while maintaining financial flexibility.
• Lead and manage the company's treasury function, including financings and cash management activities.
• Lead and manage the company's accounting and control function.
• Ensure that the company maintains adequate financial and non-financial controls and that it leverages information technology in the accumulation, analysis, interpretation and distribution of financial information.
• Serve as both a financial and a business advisor to the CEO and other members of the leadership team.
• Ensure that all levels of the company, and external constituents, are provided with accurate, timely and relevant financial reporting to run the business.
• Experience working with a Private Equity Sponsor.
• Additional responsibilities will include overseeing and managing all aspects of controllership, financial planning & analysis, tax, treasury, and internal audit.
• He/ She will provide leadership to the finance organization, ensuring that the function is properly organized, staffed, developed, motivated and compensated.

Qualifications

• Professional Experience/Qualifications: Candidates will have 15 or more years of experience in senior financial positions of increasing scope and responsibility in a manufacturing company.
• Ideally, this individual will have experience as a senior finance leader or CFO in a multi plant environment.
• Candidate will be highly motivated to build a world class finance organization and drive value in the business.
• Ideal candidate will have significant FP&A experience with a heavy focus on transformation in a growth environment.

Required Skills

• Significant FP&A experience with a heavy focus on transformation in a growth environment.

Preferred Skills

• Experience working with a Private Equity Sponsor.

Education

• Education: An undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance or closely related business discipline is required, with a graduate degree preferred.
• Additionally, a CPA or MBA is strongly preferred.