Chief Financial Officer

Our client, a $500M PE-backed manufacturing company, is seeking an experienced Chief Financial Officer to lead the company’s finance organization, drive the enterprise financial model, and serve as a key strategic partner to the CEO and private equity ownership.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the primary financial partner to the CEO and PE sponsor, translating value creation plans into robust financial models and actionable initiatives.
• Lead development of short-, mid- and long-range financial plans, including revenue, margin, cash, and capital allocation scenarios that align with PE ownership objectives.
• Prepare and deliver high-quality board and lender materials, including monthly/quarterly performance packages, KPI dashboards, and variance analyses.
• Own and refine the company’s integrated financial model, including P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow, to support strategic decisions, pricing, and operational initiatives.
• Drive margin and profitability analysis at product, customer, and plant levels, identifying levers to improve contribution margin and overall EBITDA.
• Partner with Operations, Commercial, and Supply Chain to evaluate capital investments, cost-savings programs, and working capital initiatives, ensuring clear ROI and payback.
• Oversee all Tax planning, compliance, and strategy, ensuring optimized effective tax rate and alignment with PE holding structure.
• Lead Treasury activities, including cash management, liquidity forecasting, covenant compliance, and banking relationships.
• Manage debt structures and capital markets interactions in coordination with the PE sponsor, including refinancing, amendments, and reporting.
• Lead Cost Accounting across plants, ensuring accurate standard costs, overhead allocation, variance analysis, and inventory valuation.
• Implement and refine manufacturing KPIs and dashboards that connect operational performance (yield, scrap, labor, throughput) to financial outcomes.
• Partner with plant leadership to drive productivity, scrap reduction, and footprint optimization with clear financial impact on contribution margin.
• Oversee FP&A, including budgeting, forecasting, management reporting, and performance analytics.
• Lead the Controller function to ensure timely, accurate financial statements and a strong control environment.
• Optimize and standardize financial processes, close timelines, and internal controls, leveraging JD Edwards as the core ERP platform.

Qualifications:

• 10 years of progressive finance leadership experience, including CFO experience at a PE-backed manufacturing company in the $300M–$1B revenue range.
• Demonstrated success operating as a seated CFO in a private equity ownership model, including direct interaction with PE partners, boards, and lenders.
• Deep experience across Tax, Treasury, Cost Accounting, FP&A, and Controllership, with a track record of improving contribution margin and cash flow.
• Strong background in manufacturing finance, standard costing, and plant-level performance management.
• Hands-on experience with JD Edwards or a similar mid/large scale ERP; able to work at both strategic and detailed levels within the system.
• Prior experience in an interim, turnaround, or value-creation setting is strongly preferred.
• Exceptional financial modeling and analytical skills; able to simplify complexity and clearly communicate insights to both operators and investors.
• Proven ability to manage and develop finance teams, instill accountability, and create a performance-oriented culture.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced PE environment with demanding timelines, frequent change, and high expectations for execution and results.
• Strong executive presence and communication skills; able to engage credibly with CEOs, PE partners, lenders, and plant leadership.
• Highly hands-on, action-oriented, and comfortable “diving into the details” while maintaining a strategic perspective.