Chief Financial Officer

Advastar, Inc. | Recruiting & Staffing; United States; On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K with match

Paid time off

Holidays

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Advastar, Inc. in the Kansas City area is seeking a hands-on Chief Financial Officer to partner with the CEO on a growth-focused plan across operations, engineering, and project teams.

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.

Qualifications

• Experience leading finance in a project-based industrial or capital-equipment business.
• Expertise in percentage-of-completion and project accounting.
• Strong private equity-backed board, sponsor, and covenant oversight experience.

Responsibilities

• Own all finance, accounting, treasury, reporting, and controls for a growing middle-market manufacturer.
• Serve as a close financial partner to the CEO and support an aggressive growth agenda.
• Build integrated forecasting linking bookings, backlog, schedules, revenue, margin, and cash.
• Establish project governance: POC/EAC, margin visibility, and change orders.
• Drive cash and working-capital discipline and covenant management.
• Lead the finance side of acquisitions: diligence, integration, and post-close performance.
• Build a scalable finance organization and modern financial systems.

Skills

CFO leadership

Private equity exposure

Project accounting

ERP implementation

Cash flow management

M&A integration

Cross-functional partnership

Board presentation

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting/Finance

CPA or MBA valuable

Tools

SAP ERP

Oracle ERP

Job description

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, ERP, M&A, acquisition integration, EBITDA, board, sponsor, lender, covenants, controllership, GAAP, Kansas City