- Shaping the organizational vision and strategy, short- and long-term planning, and cross-functional initiatives, lending a strategic, financial, and sustainability lens to the work.
- Leading financial strategy and decision making for the operating budget and ensuring all decisions are guided by organization principles.
- Managing and leading a team of staff members—including accounts payable, reporting and audit, financial planning, and payroll teams—to ensure they are coached, developed, and well-positioned to achieve their goals.
- Cultivating strong working relationships with leadership, board members, and external stakeholders to build financial fluency and tackle financial initiatives.
- Fostering a team culture that embodies a customer service orientation where staff communicate regularly with stakeholders in order to anticipate challenges and engage in proactive problem-solving.
- Recognizing and anticipating opportunities and challenges as they relate to financial systems and procedures; streamline and improve fiscal functions through successfully implementing enhanced and efficient processes.
- Developing and maintaining systems to guarantee accuracy and compliance of accounting and reporting, as well as leading the financial affairs of the company in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and city, state, and federal government regulations.
- Partnering with organization leaders to develop budgets and ensure teams operate within budget allocations.
- Overseeing all fiscal and fiduciary responsibilities for the organization, maintaining a strategic financial plan that ensures stability and sustainability.
- Representing the client to external auditors, financial institutions, and taxing authorities.
- Effectively communicating and presenting critical financial matters to the CEO, the executive team, and the boards as well as to key external stakeholders at regular intervals and on an ad hoc basis.
- Creating and maintaining three to five-year strategic financial projections that incorporate growth plans and changing organization needs.
- Working with the operations, legal, real estate, and marketing teams to ensure the client enters into fiscally sound leases and contracts, manages debt obligations, and works with lenders to ensure compliance with all loan covenants.
- A minimum of 7-10 years of broad finance-related experience with deep expertise in finance and accounting.
- Track record of creating and improving systems and experience leveraging technology to gain insight and increase efficiency.
- Strong people manager and developer with demonstrated success managing people and teams.
- Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships built on mutual trust and respect with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
- Exceptional analytical and strategic thinking and critical thinking skills with demonstrated experience identifying problems and implementing solutions.
- Background working in PE-backed environments preferred.
- In partnership with the CEO, develop and execute a strategic growth plan that includes penetration of existing and new customers, expansion of sales & marketing channels, geographic growth, new product development, and pursuit of strategic acquisitions.
- Establish an innovative, competitive, and performance-oriented company culture focused on winning and building outstanding customer solutions.
- Support the team in delivering on revenue growth and improvements in profitability, cash flow, and production.
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POSITION SUMMARY
Eastward Partners is now seeking a new Chief Financial Officer for a leading PE-backed Landscaping Services company to accelerate the enhancement of finance processes and controls as well as the implementation of key business systems. Our client is looking to bring in a new CFO who can provide additional rigor and accountability to the business and support the execution of a growth strategy. The CFO will be a hands-on, results-oriented, and driven finance executive with a strong commercial mindset. The ideal candidate has experience working in private equity, establishing financial reporting, implementing financial discipline, and building high-performance teams.
As our client continues to evolve, it seeks to bolster its finance team, emphasizing expertise in private equity, financial planning and analysis (FPA), and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). The ideal candidate will navigate the complexities of department building, streamline financial processes, and facilitate seamless integration of acquired entities. With a strong emphasis on collaboration, our client fosters a culture of innovation, teamwork, and relentless pursuit of growth opportunities.
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