Chief Financial Officer (Private Equity backed multi-site business)

Kensington International Executive Search; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare-focused private equity firm in Columbus is seeking a hands-on CFO who will lead the financial function and play a critical role in scaling the business. The ideal candidate will have experience in lower middle market companies, possessing a CPA or MBA, with strong strategic leadership and interpersonal skills. The CFO will collaborate closely with the executive team to professionalize operations and drive growth while ensuring a high level of service to customers.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in growth-oriented companies as CFO or senior financial leader.
• Minimum of three years of public accounting experience is highly desirable.
• Experience leading M&A efforts, specifically integration.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the company's financial function and serve on the executive team.
• Partner with the sponsor and executive team to scale the business.
• Shape the direction of the company alongside the Board and key executives.

Skills

Effective communication

Team building

Strategic leadership

Creative instincts

Education

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

MBA

Job description

Our client is a lower middle market, private equity backed company in the healthcare space. The Company’s success has been driven by many factors. Among them are high quality products and services, high customer focus with strong relationships, employee involvement in a team-based continuous improvement environment, high standards for product quality, strong relationships with their customers, a dedicated management team, open communications, and more.

Recently acquired by private equity and poised for growth, the Company champions an entrepreneurial operating philosophy and continues to strive to create a working environment that supports its reputation as the leader in providing the highest level of service to customers in their industry.

The CFO is a hands-on senior leadership role that will assume responsibility for the Company’s financial function and become a key member of the executive team. The ideal candidate will bring a combination of senior leadership experience, a hands-on style, financial expertise, functional management skills, business acumen, and the leadership style necessary to help enable the Company’s vision of growing and maintaining a leadership position in their market. This CFO will play a key role in helping to aggressively scale this business. The candidate will partner with the sponsor and executive team to professionalize and grow the business.

Must have's include:

• Must currently reside in the greater Columbus area or within a daily commutable distance.
• Given the expected growth trajectory, the ideal CFO candidate will have extensive experience as CFO or as a senior financial leader within a lower-middle market size and growth oriented multi-site company, where s/he was in a hands-on role as the company scaled.
• A proven track record working in a growth oriented company where you played a key role in professionalizing the company to support growth while also working with reputable investors.
• Experience leading M&A efforts, specifically on the integration side.
• A Certified Public Account (CPA) designation or MBA is required and a minimum of three years of public accounting experience is highly desirable.
• Experience working at a strategic level as a partner to the Board, CEO, operations and other key executives helping shape the direction of the Company.
• Must possess strong interpersonal, team building, and strategically focused leadership skills that include superior communications, team-based motivational tactics, and creative instincts.