· Lead post-closing accounting and finance initiatives for newly acquired, first-time private equity-backed enterprises, including establishing stakeholder reporting, cash management and forecasting, KPI reporting, budgeting and forecasting, working capital optimization assessments, etc.
· Lead and accelerate month-end closing processes, including ensuring close timeliness and accuracy, account reconciliations, accruals, journal entry preparation/posting, and variance analyses.
· Manage all aspects of day-to-day accounting functions and provide guidance to team members, ensuring effective team support.
· Help prepare and deliver monthly, quarterly, and annual board packages and presentations.
· Analyze and interpret financial information pertaining to the company’s performance.
· Achieve an understanding of operations to weigh in on business trends.
· Develop performance measures that support the company’s strategic direction.
· Maintain in-depth relations with private equity sponsors and all members of the management team.
· Oversee the financial operations of subsidiary companies and foreign operations, if applicable.
· Manage third -party relationships.
· Oversee the company’s transaction processing systems.
· Supervise acquisition due diligence and integration initiatives.
· Monitor and forecast financial covenants and liaise with all debt and equity stakeholders.
· Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements.
· Function as a financial advisor to members of leadership.
Ideal Candidate:
· You bring creativity, a sense of urgency, positivity, and analytical rigor to the pursuit of our mission and growth.
· You are a thoughtful team leader, skilled at establishing business priorities and the ability to persuasively gain alignment with internal and external business partners.
· You are an “owner”, and you bring projects from inception to completion in a highly organized manner and with little or no supervision.
· You are very “hands-on” and willing to roll up your sleeves.
· You excel in a high-impact position within a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
· You are extremely comfortable (and enjoy) collaborating closely with team members at all levels and being accountable for concurrent high-priority projects.
· You have a lot of M&A experience, with a focus on leading and executing short-/long-term OCFO integration and value-creation initiatives.
· You are extremely detail oriented.
Requirements:
· Bachelor’s or master’s degree in accounting or finance; active CPA certification preferred.
· 12+ years of experience in an accounting and finance environment.
· Must have prior experience working as a Controller, VP Finance or CFO for an operating company for at least five years.
· Super-Controller (P&L ownership) experience within high-growth (organic/inorganic) PE-backed companies, with an ability to play at the CFO-level a big plus.
· Extensive experience establishing daily, weekly, monthly reporting (DWMR) for all stakeholders.
· Executive presence and communication skills to effectively team/communicate with PE sponsor deal teams and portfolio company senior management.
· Ability to condense and standardize monthly financial statement closing processes through process and systems optimization.
· Expertise in all aspects of lender compliance reporting, covenant reporting (add-back treatment), financial analysis/reporting, etc.
· Strong familiarity with closing statement preparation, managing post-Closing OBS/Valuation workstreams, and other 3PLs.
· Self-starter and demonstrated ability to problem solve and align team members around strategy/tactics to push time-sensitive initiatives forward.
· Ability to travel as needed.
· Multi-industry discipline, as well as previous public accounting experience, is a plus.
