Our client, headquartered in Atlanta, GA, is a privately held innovative services company within the enterprise information management sector. Their culture is built on a strong foundation of providing excellent customer service to customers, and helping organizations unlock the full potential of information, enabling them to respond faster, make smarter decisions, streamline workflows, and better meet regulatory compliance.

We are seeking to hire an experienced and analytical Chief Financial Officer for their headquarters in Atlanta, GA. This is a unique opportunity to join a rapidly growing team. In this key finance leadership role, you will be responsible for direct supervision of all accounting and financial functions, which include supervising general ledger activities, payroll, AP/AR, fixed assets, treasury, banking, and job costing. Responsibility for overseeing annual audit and preparation of financial reports to ensure accurate and timely dissemination of monthly results. The Chief Financial Officer will also be part of a team that creates and implements policies and procedures to identify, resolve and document accounting issues, in addition to creating procedures to make the close and reporting processes more efficient and accurate.

The ideal candidate will act as a strategic partner to multiple departments in the company, providing insight and guidance for the business decisions that impact the company’s financial and operational success. In addition, this position will perform key analyses related to profitability, capital deployment, operational cost trends and functional investments. Most of all, the right candidate will have a passion for driving down costs and accelerating operating efficiencies to elevate earnings The right candidate possesses intellectual curiosity and is capable of ad hoc accounting, deep data analytics, and other Finance related projects. This role will report to the CEO and require frequent interaction with other executives across the broader organization as well as the Board of Directors. .

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Overseeing the preparation of financial statements and reports, including the balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow statement
• Developing and implementing financial policies and procedures
• Managing and preparing the budgeting and forecasting process with detailed analysis on short term cash flow sources and uses.
• Serve all Treasury roles including all bank reporting requirements including the coordination of the bank borrowing base and collateral audits.
• Consolidate financials for current and future acquisitions.
• Develop customer profitability modeling.
• Provide reporting and analysis for profitability by individual customers and product lines.

• Develop/enhance financial models and analysis to support key future growth opportunities
• Providing financial analysis and guidance to management
• Create presentations reviewing analysis for meetings with the senior leadership team and the Board of Directors
• Managing all reporting requirements for private equity investors on an accurate and timely basis.
• Manage audits, tax advisors and 3rd party professional service providers to ensure completion by required timelines.
• Oversight of payroll and benefits.
• Assess and properly determine the makeup of the necessary accounting and finance team.
• Management of all corporate insurance vendors and contracts

QUALIFICATIONS

• At least fifteen years of accounting and finance management experience
• CPA certification highly preferred
• Bachelor's degree in business, accounting, finance, or related discipline
• Experience working with a Board, especially within a Private Equity or Venture-backed environment.
• Demonstrated experience implementing KPIs and analytics, building processes and systems infrastructure
• Knowledge and experience developing the finance/reporting infrastructure and systems to support a high-growth business.
• Experience across a broad financial and accounting spectrum, including general accounting (GL, A/R, A/P), controls, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and related financial law.
• Knowledge of finance, accounting, budgeting, and cost control principles including generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
• Knowledge and experience in developing the finance and reporting infrastructure and systems to scale a business
• Extensive experience with data gathering, synthesis and analysis; financial modeling; valuation and forecasting/budgeting processes
• Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Excel required. Experience with CRM and QuickBooks preferred
• Strong leadership and project management skills; ability to coordinate across functional groups
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Effective strategic problem-solving skills
• Self-directed, with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, and aggressively drive project milestones to successful completion