Chief Financial Officer (CFO) (ID 220520)

Diverse Staffing; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Diverse Staffing is seeking an accomplished Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to steer financial strategy, performance, and infrastructure for the company and its affiliates. The CFO will build scalable financial operations, strengthen internal controls, guide capital decisions, and provide leadership to enable profitable growth across multiple lines of business.

The ideal candidate brings senior financial leadership in staffing, workforce solutions, payroll, EOR, or PEO operations, with expertise

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related discipline, or equivalent senior-level business experience.
• 10+ years of progressively responsible financial experience in a large organization.
• Experience partnering with an Executive Team and advising senior leaders.
• Strong cash management, corporate finance, budgeting, forecasting, and internal controls.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute the enterprise-wide financial strategy for Diverse Staffing and affiliates.
• Lead capital planning, cash forecasting, margin strategy, budgeting, and risk modeling.
• Establish guardrails for growth, acquisitions, investments, and new service lines.
• Develop financial performance measures aligned with strategy.
• Evaluate capital requests and allocate resources accordingly.
• Attend Executive Team discussions on major business decisions.
• Direct all accounting functions and deliver audit-ready reporting.
• Maintain internal controls for multi-entity payroll and EOR exposure.
• Oversee multi-state payroll funding, tax filings, and compliance.
• Integrate ATS, HR, payroll, finance, and procurement systems.
• Lead an agile finance team and EOS processes.

Skills

Financial leadership

Executive collaboration

Excel skills

Multi-entity accounting

Payroll taxation

Internal controls

Education

Master’s degree in accounting or finance

CPA/CMA/MBA

Tools

Sage

Concur

ATS

HRIS

ERP systems

Job description

Diverse Staffing is seeking an accomplished Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to lead the financial strategy, performance, and infrastructure of our company and affiliated entities.

The CFO will build scalable financial operations, strengthen internal controls, guide capital and cash-flow decisions, and provide the financial leadership needed to support profitable growth across multiple lines of business.

The ideal candidate brings senior financial leadership experience within staffing, workforce solutions, technical services, employment services, payroll, EOR, or PEO operations. This role requires advanced expertise in multi-entity accounting, high-volume multi-state payroll, financial planning and analysis, risk management, audit readiness, and executive decision support.

What You’ll Do

Enterprise Financial Leadership and Strategy

• Own and execute the enterprise-wide financial strategy for the Diverse Staffing and its affiliated entities.
• Lead capital planning, cash forecasting, margin strategy, budgeting, and financial risk modeling.
• Establish financial guardrails for business growth, acquisitions, investments, and new service lines.
• Develop financial performance measures that support the company’s strategic direction.
• Evaluate capital requests and ensure resources are aligned with organizational priorities.
• Participate in major business decisions as a member of the Executive Team.

Accounting, Controls, Audit, and Compliance

• Direct all accounting functions, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, revenue recognition, and financial close.
• Deliver accurate, timely, and audit-ready financial reporting across the enterprise.
• Design and maintain internal controls appropriate for a multi-entity organization with payroll and EOR exposure.
• Oversee external audits, tax reviews, and regulatory or compliance examinations.
• Strengthen reporting standards, operational controls, and financial best practices.
• Ensure sufficient cash flow and debt financing to support organizational needs.

Multi-State Payroll, Tax, and Workforce Compliance

• Provide executive oversight for high-volume, multi-state payroll funding and execution.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll tax requirements.
• Guide payroll tax strategy, filings, reconciliations, and audits.
• Address W-2 and 1099 classification requirements.
• Identify and mitigate exposure related to EOR, co-employment, wage-and-hour, and workforce compliance.
• Monitor relevant legislative and regulatory developments.
• Evaluate the organization’s overall risk profile and maintain appropriate insurance coverage.

Financial Systems, Automation, and Scalability

• Ensure effective integration among ATS, HR, payroll, finance, and procurement systems.
• Oversee financial and procurement platforms such as Sage, Concur, and comparable enterprise systems.
• Use automation to improve financial controls, purchasing, expense management, data integrity, and reporting accuracy.
• Partner with technology leadership to support system security, data governance, and regulatory compliance.
• Evaluate opportunities to use AI-enabled platforms to improve financial operations and decision-making.

Executive Leadership, EOS, and Team Development

• Serve as the organization’s EOS financial seat owner.
• Own financial Scorecards, Rocks, and Level 10 meeting responsibilities.
• Build, mentor, and develop a scalable finance and payroll team.
• Lead succession planning and support effective leadership transitions.
• Manage strategic relationships with investors, bankers, auditors, and professional service providers.

Contracts and Structural Business Partnership

• Review, evaluate, and approve vendor contracts and agreements.
• Assess agreements for alignment with financial controls, risk standards, company requirements, and operational needs.
• Advise business leaders on client MSAs, payroll and EOR agreements, partnership structures, entity structures, risk allocation, and indemnification concepts.
• Partner with external legal counsel when specialized legal guidance is required. This position does not practice law.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related discipline, or equivalent senior-level business experience.
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible financial experience within a major company, large corporate division, or comparably complex organization.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with an Executive Team and advising owners or senior business leaders.
• Strong command of cash management, corporate finance, financial accounting, budgeting, forecasting, and internal controls.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Demonstrated expertise in multi-state payroll taxes and workforce-related financial compliance.
• Experience managing privately held, multi-entity accounting operations.
• Experience leading financial planning and analysis and supporting mergers and acquisitions.
• Strong written and verbal communication, critical thinking, problem-solving, and executive leadership skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment when handling sensitive financial and employment information.
• Ability to travel as business needs require.

Strongly Preferred

• CPA, CMA, or MBA.
• Financial leadership experience in staffing, workforce solutions, technical services, employment services, payroll, EOR, or PEO business models.
• Experience with Sage, Concur, ATS, HRIS, payroll, finance, or procurement platforms.
• Experience implementing automation, system integrations, AI-enabled tools, and scalable financial processes.
• Familiarity with the Entrepreneurial Operating System, including Scorecards, Rocks, and Level 10 meetings.

Compensation

Compensation for this executive position is negotiable and will be determined based on the selected candidate’s experience, qualifications, credentials, and alignment with the position’s responsibilities. Candidates should include their salary expectations when applying.

Diverse Staffing Services provides equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected status. Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified individuals with disabilities.