Job Description

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.

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