CFO in Industrial Distribution and Manufacturing

Position Overview

• Are you a strategic, self-starting financial leader who takes extreme ownership and thrives on driving growth?
• Have you always felt you're more than a traditional "accountant" and are wired like an entrepreneur?
• Do you excel in high-pressure environments, seeing opportunities where others see obstacles, and imagining bold possibilities for the future? If so, we want to talk to you.
  
  

As our CFO, you will be a key member of the executive team, reporting directly to the CEO, in a high-growth environment. In the last two years alone, we have closed three strategic deals and have more on the way. We need a visionary CFO who can provide strategic financial leadership, drive aggressive growth initiatives (including M&A), and oversee all aspects of our financial operations. This is a new role in our organization-one that requires a big-picture thinker who can anticipate market trends, identify growth opportunities, and execute impactful strategies to propel our company's success.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Financial Leadership: Partner with the CEO and executive team to develop and drive long-term strategic plans, ensuring financial strategies align with our aggressive growth goals.
• Mergers & Acquisitions: Lead financial aspects of M&A opportunities from target identification and due diligence through negotiation and integration, actively spearheading our expansion through strategic deals.
• Financial Operations Oversight: Oversee all financial functions, including accounting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and financial reporting, ensuring sound controls and efficiency as we scale.
• Growth Initiatives & Innovation: Spot trends and uncover new opportunities in the market; recommend and implement initiatives that fuel revenue growth and improve profitability.
• Team Development: Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing finance and accounting team (both on-site and remote, including international staff), fostering a culture of accountability, development, and excellence.
• Financial Modeling & Analysis: Develop innovative financial models and projection methods for scenario planning; provide forward-looking analyses that guide key business decisions in uncertain, fast-moving conditions.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with other departments (e.g., Operations, Sales, Marketing) to ensure financial perspectives are integrated into all major decisions and that the company's financial roadmap supports its operational and market objectives.
  
  

To Apply

Please complete our Culture Index survey and attach your resume and cover letter.

https://go.cultureindex.com/p/a65MdHMWqxp2gWXEftYy

Qualifications

• Education & Credentials: Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field (MBA/CPA a plus).
• Experience: 10 years of progressive finance/accounting leadership experience, including success in a CFO or senior financial executive role within a high-growth environment.
• M&A Track Record: Proven track record of driving growth through mergers and acquisitions, with hands-on experience leading due diligence, deal execution, and post-merger integration.
• Strategic Vision: Exceptional strategic thinking and business acumen - you're a forward-thinker who can anticipate challenges and chart a financial course for the future.
• Leadership & Ownership: Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and develop distributed teams. You take extreme ownership of your work, act with urgency, and hold yourself and others accountable for results.
• Entrepreneurial Mindset: Not just a number-cruncher, but a true business partner. You are wired like an entrepreneur, always seeking ways to make things work rather than reasons they can't. Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making decisions with imperfect information.
• Results-Driven: Fiercely competitive and goal-oriented; you thrive in high-pressure situations, hate to lose, and continuously push for excellence and improvement.
  
  

If you are a visionary financial leader who wants to run as hard and fast as possible and help drive our company's next chapter of growth, we want to hear from you. This role is not for the faint of heart - it's for someone who wants to build something extraordinary. If that's you, apply today and let's make big things happen together.