Chief Financial Officer - Industrial Manufacturing and Construction - Phoenix, AZ

Gryphon Oakwood; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Gryphon Oakwood in Phoenix, AZ is seeking a seasoned Chief Financial Officer to lead the finance organization across manufacturing and construction segments. The CFO will be a strategic partner to the CEO, executive leadership and ownership, driving financial stewardship and commercial insight.

This high-visibility role requires hands-on leadership through a period of ownership transition, acquisition activity, and growth, delivering enhanced financial reporting, forecasting, and controls while

Qualifications

• Significant experience in CFO or equivalent senior financial leadership.
• Strong operational finance and technical accounting knowledge.
• Experience partnering with senior operational and executive leadership.
• Proven ability to improve financial reporting, forecasting, systems and controls.
• Experience leading finance through ownership transitions or acquisitions.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance strategy including accounting, FP&A, financial reporting, treasury, budgeting, forecasting, tax and internal controls.
• Partner with CEO and ownership to provide financial insight for major decisions.
• Guide finance through ownership transition and integration.
• Establish disciplined financial reporting and operating cadence across the organization.
• Strengthen long-range planning and forecasting to improve visibility into performance.
• Improve cash flow, working capital and project margin visibility with operations.
• Drive improvements to financial systems, processes, controls and data quality.
• Develop a high-performing finance team and succession plan.
• Provide financial leadership around strategic initiatives, capital allocation and growth opportunities.

Skills

Executive leadership

Strategic finance

Financial reporting

Forecasting

Cash flow management

Stakeholder communication

Mergers & acquisitions / ownership}.

Job description

Chief Financial Officer - Industrial Manufacturing and Construction - Phoenix, AZ

The business operates across complex, project-driven markets and is entering an important stage of its development. Against a backdrop of ownership transition and continued growth, the company is seeking an accomplished CFO to lead the finance organization and serve as a strategic partner to the CEO, executive leadership team and ownership group.

This is a highly visible executive position requiring a leader who can combine strong financial stewardship with commercial and operational insight. The CFO will play a central role in strengthening financial infrastructure, improving visibility across the business and supporting the organization through its next phase of growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the overall finance strategy and function, including accounting, FP&A, financial reporting, treasury, budgeting, forecasting, tax and internal controls.
• Serve as a key strategic partner to the CEO, executive leadership team and ownership, providing financial insight to support major business decisions.
• Lead the finance organization through an ownership transition and subsequent integration, ensuring continuity while implementing new financial requirements, processes and reporting expectations.
• Establish a consistent and disciplined financial reporting and operating cadence across the organization.
• Strengthen forecasting, budgeting and long-range planning to provide greater visibility into business performance.
• Partner closely with operational leadership to improve understanding of project performance, margins, backlog, cash flow and working capital.
• Drive improvements to financial systems, processes, controls and data quality.
• Evaluate existing finance capabilities and develop a high-performing team capable of supporting a growing and increasingly sophisticated organization.
• Provide financial leadership around strategic initiatives, capital allocation, investment decisions and growth opportunities.
• Support executive and ownership-level reporting with clear analysis of performance, risks, opportunities and forward-looking financial trends.
• Maintain appropriate governance, controls and compliance while ensuring the finance function remains commercially focused and responsive to the business.

Requirements

• Significant experience in a CFO, divisional CFO, SVP Finance or equivalent senior financial leadership position.
• Strong understanding of both operational finance and technical accounting.
• Experience partnering directly with senior operational and executive leadership.
• A track record of improving financial reporting, forecasting, systems, processes and controls.
• Experience managing finance through organizational change, acquisition, integration or ownership transition.
• Strong understanding of cash flow, working capital and financial performance within a complex operating business.
• Experience developing and leading high-performing finance teams.
• The ability to operate at both a strategic and hands-on level, particularly during periods of transition.
• Strong communication skills and the executive presence required to work effectively with senior leadership, ownership and other key stakeholders.