Chief Financial Officer

Fusion HCR; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Fusion HCR in Louisville, KY seeks a strategic CFO to partner with the owner and lead finance across multiple entities in a fast-growing, capital-intensive business. You will drive cash planning, WIP reporting, ERP modernization, and standardized processes while maintaining lender credibility and strong governance.

This role requires hands-on ownership, scalability, and the ability to educate and influence executive decision-making in a dynamic construction environment.

Qualifications

• Senior finance leadership experience in construction or capital-intensive projects.
• Direct experience scaling a business past $300M in revenue.
• Hands-on ownership of job costing, WIP reporting, and cash flow forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Own job costing and WIP reporting.
• Lead cash flow forecasting in retainage-heavy environments.
• Oversee ERP/core finance system replacement and modernization.
• Build standardized finance processes across growing teams.

Skills

Strategic finance leadership

Cash flow forecasting

Financial governance

Owner partnership

Tools

ERP systems

Job costing & WIP reporting

Core finance system replacement

Job description

Designing and implementing scalable finance processes (job costing, WIP, cash forecasting, billing, controls, reporting).

Maintaining strong cash flow, working capital discipline, and bonding/lender credibility

Partnering with the President and Operations Leader on growth decisions, risk tradeoffs, and capital planning. Co-Pilot not Gatekeeper

Leading finance systems modernization (ERP, job-cost integration, reporting cadence) Growth from 30M to 200M will break spreadsheet-based finance

Establishing enterprise-grade financial governance without slowing operations

Building and developing a finance organization capable of rapid growth scale

Required Experience (Non-Negotiable)

Search must prioritize candidates who meet all of the following:

• Prior CFO or senior finance leadership experience in construction, specialty trades, or capital-intensive project-based businesses
• Direct experience scaling a business past $300M in revenue
• Hands-on ownership of:
  • Job costing and WIP reporting
  • Cash flow forecasting in a retainage-heavy environment
  • ERP or core finance system replacement
• Proven track record working with banks, sureties, and external stakeholders
• Experience building standardized finance processes across growing teams/companies

Strongly Preferred Background

• Heavy civil, concrete, or industrial construction exposure
• Demonstrated willingness to challenge leadership when growth threatens cash, margin, or controls
• Reputation as a practical operator, not a theoretical finance leader

What Success Looks Like (12-24 Months)

• Hire a Controller to bring financial rigor, controls, and discipline.
• Finance processes operate consistently without reliance on individual "heroes"
• WIP, cash forecasts, and financial reporting are trusted by leadership, investors, lenders, and sureties
• Cash flow volatility decreases despite higher revenue
• Margin visibility improves across projects
• Finance function scales ahead of growth, not behind it

What This Role Is Not

• Not a passive reporting or compliance position
• Not a turnaround or cost-cutting mandate

The expectation is for a highly strategic, close partnership model between the owner and CFO, where the CFO functions less as a traditional reporting lead and more as a true business partner and financial co-pilot across all operating entities. (Concrete Construction, Marina, Development/Property Management)

Level of Partnership

The President is expecting a high-touch, embedded CFO relationship, not a remote or purely reporting-focused finance function.

The CFO is expected to act as a trusted advisor across construction, marina operations, and property management, helping connect operational decisions directly to financial outcomes.

Autonomy vs. Involvement

The CFO is expected to have strong autonomy over financial reporting, forecasting, systems, and controls, including the authority to standardize processes across entities.

At the same time, the CFO is expected to be deeply involved in strategic decisions, including:

• Capital allocation across business entities
• Project selection and financial structuring (especially construction)
• Investment decisions in marinas and property assets
• Development (including external tax resources) and execution of Tax strategies
• Day-to-day operational decisions remain decentralized, but financial governance and performance oversight are centralized under the CFO.

Working Relationship with Owner

The owner operates as an operator-led decision maker with limited formal financial training, which increases reliance on the CFO for interpretation, framing, and recommendation.

The CFO is expected to:

• Translate complex financial and project data into clear, decision-ready insights
• Provide direct guidance on tradeoffs, risk, and capital priorities
• Challenge assumptions when necessary, while maintaining alignment with the owner's strategic intent

The relationship should function as a continuous working dialogue rather than periodic reporting cycles

The CFO is effectively expected to bring structure, discipline, and financial rigor to a multi-vertical operating business that is still maturing in financial sophistication.

Success in the role depends heavily on the ability to educate, influence, and guide the owner through financial decision-making, not just report outcomes.