Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Coastal Group

Troy, MO (Headquarters) | Foristell, MO (Cold Storage Operations)

Build. Scale. Lead.

Build the financial backbone of a scaled, asset-based logistics platform, while leading the expansion of a rapidly growing cold storage operation. Direct ownership access. Significant capital deployment. real decision-making authority.

Overview

Coastal Group is a privately held, family-owned transportation and logistics platform with nearly 30 years of operating history. The company operates a diversified, asset-based model across trucking, multi-temperature logistics, and a rapidly expanding cold storage platform.

Headquartered in Troy, Missouri, with operations in Foristell, MO, Coastal continues to invest in fleet, infrastructure, and facility expansion, driving increased scale and operational complexity across the business.

With multiple operating entities spanning transportation, warehousing, and equipment assets, the company is building a disciplined financial infrastructure to support long-term growth, capital efficiency, and generational ownership transition.

Position Summary

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will serve as a key member of the executive leadership team, responsible for all financial aspects of the platform.

This is a build-and-scale mandate, not a maintenance role. The CFO will bring structure, discipline, and strategic clarity to a multi-entity, asset-intensive platform, with responsibility across accounting, tax strategy, capital allocation, and financial planning.

A central focus of the role is aligningaccrual-based operational performance with cash-based tax strategy, while supporting ongoing cold storage expansion and capital deployment initiatives.

The CFO will work directly with ownership to drive financial strategy, enhance visibility across business lines, and build a scalable finance function that supports continued growth.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Financial Leadership

Partner directly with ownership to define and execute long-term financial strategy
Lead enterprise-wide planning, forecasting, and budgeting across all divisions
Provide visibility into profitability by customer, business line, and asset class
Build a finance function that drives operational decision-making—not just reporting

Accounting & Financial Oversight

Oversee accounting across a multi-entity structure, including:
Accrual-based financial reporting (internal operations)
Cash-basis tax strategy (external reporting)
Ensure clean reconciliation between financial reporting and tax positions
Establish and maintain strong internal controls while preserving operational agility
Upgrade reporting cadence to deliver real-time financial and operational insight

Tax Strategy & Ownership Planning (Core Focus)

Lead advanced tax strategy across a multi-entity structure spanning operations, real estate, and equipment assets
Optimize tax position through:
Bonus and accelerated depreciation
Cost segregation tied to cold storage facilities and expansion projects
Strategic entity structuring across operating and asset-holding entities
Actively manage the relationship between accrual financial performance and cash-based tax outcomes to enhance liquidity
Partner with ownership ongenerational planning and long-term wealth strategy
Manage external advisors and ensure full regulatory compliance

Capital Allocation & Platform Expansion

Evaluate and prioritize significant capital deployment across:
Fleet expansion (tractors and trailers)
Cold storage development, expansion phases, and facility optimization
Equipment financing and leasing strategies
Support financial modeling and ROI analysis for ongoing expansion initiatives
Lead all lender, banking, and financing relationships across the platform
Oversee liquidity, cash flow, and working capital management

Operational Finance

Drive cost control and margin improvement across transportation and warehousing
Analyze fleet performance, driver productivity, and asset utilization
Support pricing strategy and customer profitability analysis

Systems & Infrastructure

Strengthen financial systems and reporting tools to support scale
Improve integration across accounting, TMS, and WMS platforms
Build scalable processes that provide real-time visibility into operational and financial performance

Team Leadership

Lead and develop accounting, billing, and payroll teams (7–8 professionals)
Establish accountability, reporting cadence, and performance expectations
Build a finance organization aligned with operational execution

Success Metrics

Success in this role will be measured by:

Improved after-tax cash flow and capital efficiency
Disciplined, ROI-driven capital deployment
Full visibility into profitability across business lines
Strengthened balance sheet and liquidity position
Scalable financial infrastructure supporting continued growth

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field (CPA, MBA preferred)
10+ years of progressive financial leadership experience, including senior roles
Background in transportation, logistics, warehousing, or asset-based businesses strongly preferred
Deep expertise in:
Multi-entity financial management
Accrual accounting and cash-basis tax strategy
Tax planning for privately held or family-owned businesses
Experience with:
Capital allocation and asset-heavy investment environments
Equipment financing and lender relationships
Familiarity with cost segregation and real estate-driven tax strategies strongly preferred
Proven ability to build and scale financial infrastructure and teams

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation

Competitive executive compensation aligned with senior financial leadership roles in asset-based logistics businesses
Performance-based bonus tied to profitability, cash flow, and capital efficiency
Long-term incentive structure aligned with company growth

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance
Retirement plan with company contribution
Executive-level PTO and flexible scheduling

Why Join Coastal

Direct partnership with ownership and influence on long-term strategy
Opportunity to build and scale the finance function within a growing platform
Active cold storage expansion with significant capital investment
Multi-entity environment offering operational and financial complexity
Family-owned business with a long-term, generational focus

Apply

Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit a resume and brief overview of relevant experience highlighting areas of the following to skylad@coastalcarriers.com

Multi-entity financial leadership
Tax strategy and structuring (including cost segregation, if applicable)
Capital planning in asset-based businesses

We are not engaging with third-party recruiting agencies or representatives for this position. Submissions from agencies will not be reviewed or responded to. Currently, we are only considering applications from direct candidates.

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