Chief Financial Officer

Advastar, Inc; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Holidays

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Advastar, Inc. in Kansas City is seeking a hands-on Chief Financial Officer to partner with the CEO during an aggressive growth plan. This role oversees all finance, accounting, treasury, and controls in a PE-backed manufacturing environment.

The CFO will build an integrated financial operating system, drive forecasting across bookings, backlog, and cash, and lead the finance work for acquisitions with cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Accounting or Finance required; CPA/MBA valuable.
• Finance leader with project-based industrial or capital-equipment experience.
• Strong command of percentage-of-completion and project accounting.
• Experience with private equity-backed companies and board reporting.
• Proven ability to lead M&A diligence, integration, and post-close performance.
• Partnership with operations, engineering, and sales teams; ERP transformation.

Responsibilities

• Own finance, accounting, treasury, reporting, and controls for the business.
• Partner with CEO to execute growth agenda and capital strategy.
• Build forecasting linking bookings, backlog, revenue, and cash.
• Govern project accounting, EAC, margin visibility.
• Lead covenant management with lenders and PE sponsor.
• Manage acquisitions including diligence and integration.
• Build scalable finance organization and modern systems.

Skills

Project accounting

Private equity experience

M&A leadership

ERP / multi-entity finance

Operational partnering

Cash flow management

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting or Finance

CPA

MBA (valued)

Job description

#jobalert | DIRECT HIRE | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | PE-BACKED MANUFACTURING | Kansas City Metro

A growing, private equity-backed industrial manufacturer in the Kansas City metro is hiring a hands-on Chief Financial Officer to serve as the CEO's financial partner through an aggressive, multi-year growth plan. This is not a maintenance or accounting-only seat: the CFO protects financial integrity today while building the financial operating system the business needs to scale - partnering directly with operations, engineering, sales, and project teams rather than reporting results after the fact. Growth is pursued both organically and through acquisition. It is a rare seat for a finance leader who is technically excellent and equally at home on the plant floor, in a project review, and in front of a private equity board.

• Competitive base commensurate with experience, plus annual incentive and long-term / equity-style value-creation participation
• Benefits include: Health, Dental, Vision, 401K w/ match, PTO, holidays
• Based in the Kansas City metro with periodic travel to other company locations (30%+); relocation support available for the right candidate

Overview

• Own all finance, accounting, treasury, reporting, and controls for a growing middle-market manufacturer
• Serve as a close financial partner to the CEO - the discipline behind an aggressive growth agenda
• Build integrated forecasting linking bookings, backlog, schedules, revenue, margin, billing, working capital, and cash
• Establish project financial governance: percentage-of-completion / project accounting, estimate-at-completion discipline, margin and change-order visibility
• Drive cash and working-capital discipline
• Present candidly to a private equity board, sponsor, and lenders, and manage covenant relationships
• Lead the finance side of acquisitions - diligence, integration, and post-close performance
• Build a scalable finance organization and modern financial systems

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA and/or MBA valuable - but operating impact matters more than credentials alone
• Finance leadership in a project-based industrial or capital-equipment business
• Command of percentage-of-completion / project accounting, EAC forecasting, backlog, and project cash conversion
• Private equity-backed experience - board, sponsor, lender, and covenant readiness
• M&A across diligence, integration, and post-close measurement
• Operational partnership with sales, operations, engineering, and project teams
• Hands-on leadership in a lean organization - builds a stronger team over layers of staff
• ERP / reporting transformation in a multi-entity environment
• Experience scaling through organic and acquisition-driven growth

Keywords

CFO, Chief Financial Officer, VP Finance, Divisional CFO, private equity, PE-backed, portfolio company, project accounting, percentage-of-completion, POC, estimate-at-completion, EAC, backlog, capital equipment, industrial, manufacturing finance, working capital, cash conversion, milestone billing, treasury, FP&A, M&A, acquisition integration, EBITDA, board, sponsor, lender, covenants, controllership, GAAP, Kansas City

EEO

Compensation:
$250,000 per year