Chief Financial Officer - Shreveport, United States - AFS Logistics, LLC

Description

The CFO serves as both a strategic thought partner to both the Founder/Chairman and CEO as well as an operationally focused financial leader with responsibility and accountability over all direct and indirect financial activities, fintech, legal and risk management.

He or She will own the quarterly Executive Leadership Team (ELT) annual planning cycle and timely delivery of resulting work-products.

He or She will be responsible for the accurate and timely metrics that drive the business and help the CEO in the accountability to those metrics.

• Provide insightful, timely and trusted counsel to the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, Executive Leadership Team, on both financial and broad-based business issues related to the overall performance of the Company.
• Serve as a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, providing both guidance and input to peers on the financial implications of all major business decisions, as well as strategic input in shaping the Company's business objectives.
• Maintain a solid financial and risk foundation for the company with the appropriate systems and processes that will allow continued business growth (organically and acquisitively) over the next several years.
• Oversee all things accounting (monthly financial closes, general ledger entries, collections, billing, AR/AP, expense reports, Payroll, etc.).
• Identify opportunities for performance improvement, risk reduction, cost reduction, and financial systems and process enhancement.
• Manage external relationships with auditors, regulators, insurance companies, tax preparers, (including audit process to completion) and maintain compliance with all regulations and best practices.
• Provide monthly financial statements for the Chairman, CEO, and appropriate P&L/Functional leaders.
• Project acquisition and expansion prospects; analyzing organization operations.
• Manage the business forecast and assist the team with analyzing bottom line results including trends.

• He or She will work relentlessly to improve the efficiency, reliability, and accuracy of the accounting team to include, but not limited to the daily execution of a flawless payment process.
• He or She will be responsible for the creation and execution of effective tax and banking strategies.
• He or she will ensure effective cost allocations and direct internal costing while working directly with the business units and shared services to coach them through P&L optimization and cost ownership.
• He or She will optimize cash flows to ensure optimal use of company funds.
• He or She will teach, mentor, structure, and guide the team in sound business, management, and financial principles.
• Oversee the annual budget process, forecast updates and monthly financial calendar and related work products.
• Administration of Class B share program, communications, and plan.
• He or she will work side-by-side with the Chairman in matters relating to the optimization of the Chairman's financial holdings.

• He or she will be responsible for enterprise wide FinTech initiatives to include, but are not limited to payment optimization and QuickPay, custodial funds, fx and insurance.

• He or she will oversee the General Counsel and therein all of the company's legal action.

A successful Shared Service owner is a team player, driven to ensure that the P&L's achieve or exceed clearly defined annual goals that underpin the company's goal.

• World-class services in a cost-effective manner.
• Efficiencies through process innovation and improvement coupled with low-cost resources.
• Responsiveness and alignment with two-way transparency and accountability to the company and peers.
• Drive, encouragement and accountability to the business units and other shared services through training, metrics, visibility and communication.
• Responsible stewardship of the company's resources and as a member of the executive leadership team, embodying our values to all teammates.

Shared Service owners prioritize scarce resources to ensure the company goals are met and hold their teams to the highest standard of both performance and cost-control.

The CFO serves as an Executive Leadership Team Member and responsible for the coordinated development and execution of a strategic plan with a focus on growing revenue and profitability all while living out our values of ethics, excellence and engagement.

• Live our values.
• Meet or exceed the annual revenue plan.
• A high-performing team.
• On-time delivery of action items and commitments.
• Accurate, efficient resolutions to escalated customer issues.
• Ongoing on-site mentorship, coaching and encouragement of your team.
• Frequently feedback and discussions with the CEO regarding the function's strategy, its direction and its quarterly progress and the initiatives that will fuel its success.
• Documented processes and procedures for all areas of responsibility.
• Voluntary teammate turnover in the business of less than 5%.
• Other work as required.

• Translates organizational goals and objectives into actionable plans in coordination with the CEO.
• Prioritizes work to meet multiple deliverables and deadlines.
• Ability to be both a leader and hands-on "doer".
• Highly analytical and metrics driven.
• Assesses and drives improvement in teammate performance by providing clearly communicated and attainable goals, actionable coaching and maintaining clear, detailed written performance documentation.
• Identifies performance and career development needs in team members and works with the teammate to prepare an effective development plan.
• Serves as an effective subject matter expert to cross-functional teams.
• Market-aware and thinks strategically to find and implement new and better solutions and product offerings.
• Creative problem-solving and negotiating skills.
• Applies process, analytical rigor and quantitative analysis to decision making.
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and communicates clearly in all situations.

• Current financial professional with 15+ years of financial leadership roles, with at least 10 years of experience in management as a head of finance.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or business. Logistics industry and CPA preferred but not required.
• Experience managing external audits as the key internal point person required.
• Team player with strong communication, customer service, organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Prior mergers & acquisitions experience required.
• Deep knowledge of a wide range of financial vehicles.
• Ability to prioritize and work proactively and independently in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Recent experience as CFO or #2 at a fast-growing distributed operations company.
• Familiarity with software revenue recognition, metrics, and best practices.
• Ideally a combination of experience that includes a large, global complex company and a rapidly growing company that has scaled.
• Diversity of experience and exposure to a wide range of complex business models.
• Business and operationally oriented.
• Ability to develop and implement systems, tools, and processes increasing business clarity.
• Strong communication and team building skills.
• Must inspire others and maintain a culture of transparency, integrity and honesty in all aspects of your role
• Demonstrated ability (and passion) to thrive in an often chaotic and rapidly-changing startup environment
• Excellent business planning skills
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to work in a team environment

• This role is based in Shreveport, LA. It will be required to be in-office at least 8 out of 10 workdays.
• The CFO will sit in front of a computer for long hours at a time. Staring at the computer may cause eye irritation or even muscle strain.
• The job as CFO does not require any strenuous or physical activity.
• Travel is required.

AFS is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind: AFS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all teammates and to provide teammates with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.