Financial and Operational Management
- Oversee the budget process, monitor progress and present operational metrics to the board of directors and the Company's management team.
- Ensure that finance staff maintains financial record systems in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, and monitor the use of all funds.
- Oversee the preparation and approval of all financial reporting materials; prepare and communicate to the parent company all quarterly and annual financial statements.
- Manage cash flow and forecasting; direct all financial, project-based, and departmental accounting.
- Coordinate all audit activities.
- Evaluate and oversee all benefits negotiations, thus providing the most competitive packages for the Company's employees.
- Act as a conduit for the flow of timely financial reporting of financial and management reporting between the parent company and the divisions of the Company.
- Review all formal finance and IT related procedures, processes, and administration, recommending improvements to the systems in place and managing the systems going forward.
Team Management
- Develop and manage direct staff, to include managers in finance and IT;
- Facilitate cross-department collaboration that ensures that all financial and IT departments positively support the Company's evolving business strategy.
Qualifications
The CFO will have the following experience and attributes:
- A minimum of a BS and CPA; an MBA would be a plus.
- Mature and proactive, with evidence of having worked as a business partner to the chief executive of a rapidly growing company.
- Demonstrated excellence in managing finance, accounting, budgeting, control, and reporting.
- Strong analytical skills and experience interpreting a strategic vision into an operational model.
- A collaborative and flexible style, with a strong personality and the ability to multi-task.
- A highly qualified candidate will have experience in the Aerospace or Defense industry.
- Experience with cost accounting in a manufacturing environment.
- Government contracting, FARS/DFARS and DCAA experience is required.