Interim Finance Director, Transformation

Our client is a PE backed manufacture that is seeking an Interim Director, Finance Transformation. This is a temporary / consulting position with a direct client of Aprio.

Role title: Interim Director, Finance Transformation

Contract duration: 6-9 months

Hourly rate: Open for discussion ($100 - $175/hr)

Location: Atlanta, GA (Perimeter Center)

Hybrid: 4 days on-site, 1 remote

Summary:

This role is with a PE-backed manufacturing organization and sits within the Transformation Office reporting to the VP.

We are seeking a senior, hands-on finance leader to help build structure, rigor, and credibility around value-creation initiatives during an active transformation period.

This is not a steady-state FP&A or reporting role. It is a builder role for someone who has worked inside PE environments and understands how EBITDA is created, tracked, challenged, and reported.

This role is ideal for someone who has already worked inside a PE-backed business, is comfortable challenging assumptions, enjoys building structure from scratch, and is willing to roll up their sleeves to deliver real, measurable results in a 6–9 month window.

Why This Role Is Worth Your Time

• High-visibility role working closely with executive leadership and PE stakeholders
• Ownership of EBITDA realization tracking, not just forecasts
• Opportunity to build KPI frameworks and financial governance where structure is still evolving
• Short-term, high-impact engagement with real decision-making authority
• Hands-on work for operators who still like being in the data

What You’ll Own

• Design and implement financial KPI frameworks for transformation initiatives, including baselines, assumptions, and measurement methodologies
• Build and standardize EBITDA, sales uplift, and cost-savings tracking models across initiatives
• Lead the monthly transformation reporting cycle, consolidating inputs, validating results, and preparing leadership-level reporting
• Partner with FP&A and accounting to ensure alignment between initiative claims and actual financial results
• Support CAPEX evaluation, including ROI modeling, payback analysis, and post-investment benefit tracking
• Act as the financial partner to initiative owners across operations, supply chain, commercial, and corporate functions
• Drive accountability, data quality, and on-time reporting across workstreams
• Personally build and maintain Excel-based models and analyses as needed

Must-Haves

• 10 years of finance experience within manufacturing or industrial environments
• Prior experience in a private-equity-backed company (portfolio company, carve-out, or value creation office)
• Strong understanding of EBITDA bridges, initiative validation, and benefit realization
• Proven CAPEX modeling, ROI analysis, and post-investment tracking experience
• Advanced Excel skills with a hands-on approach
• Comfort influencing senior leaders and operators without direct authority
• Ability to move quickly, create structure, and operate in ambiguous environments

Nice to Have

• Experience in a formal Transformation Office or Value Creation team
• Multi-site manufacturing exposure
• Direct interaction with PE sponsors or operating partners
• Experience improving or automating recurring reporting processes