What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head of Finance & Accounting position at Exponent?
Lead the finance and accounting function for a PE-backed industrial services platform, driving M&A integration and scaling financial operations with a hands-on, entrepreneurial approach.
\n- Rapid Growth & Defined Timeline: Lead finance for a PE-backed platform growing by 3-4 acquisitions annually with a 3-5 yr exit timeline.
- Proven Playbook: Partner with proven PE leadership with a recent successful exit in this exact industry.
- Equity & CFO Path: $750k estimated equity value plus clear runway to earn CFO seat.
- Strong Controller & Accounting Expertise: Hands-on experience keeping the house in order across multiple acquired entities, consolidating books, and managing day-to-day accounting to ensure clean financials as the platform scales rapidly.
- Hands-On M&A Integration Experience: Comfortable managing post-close integration from a finance and accounting perspective, including system consolidation and budgeting, supporting a fast-growing platform with 3-4 acquisitions annually.
- FP&A Leadership with Budgeting Focus: Ownership of budgeting and forecasting at the platform level, leveraging robust reporting packages, and partnering closely with the CEO and stakeholders to drive financial discipline and growth.
- Integrate and consolidate accounting systems: Lead the charge on integrating multiple accounting platforms from recent acquisitions, ensuring clean, consolidated books and streamlined processes across the board.
- Oversee FP&A and budgeting: Own the existing reporting package, drive budget vs actual analysis, and develop high-level budgeting and forecasting to support strategic decision-making.
- Manage M&A finance integration: Take full ownership of post-close financial integration for 3-4 acquisitions annually, working closely with subsidiary controllers to align accounting and reporting standards.
- Lead and develop finance team: Build and mentor a growing team of controllers and accounting operations staff, establishing a scalable finance function ready for rapid growth.
- Implement ERP and process improvements: While the platform stays on QuickBooks short-term, drive the rollout of a new ERP system (NetSuite, Sage, or Microsoft Dynamics) and optimize the close process to support fast growth and compliance with upcoming debt covenants.
$200,000 - $300,000 a year
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Salary : $200,000 - $300,000