A great UHY client is seeking an Interim CFO to join their team. The ideal candidate will have strong manufacturing/managerial accounting background, experience with WIP, inventory and overhead absorption and experience supervising staff.
The Interim CFO role is an onsite role. This is a temporary contracted position with the potential for direct hire.
Interim CFO Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership & Financial Management
- Act as a key advisor to senior leadership on organizational financial performance, strategy, and long-term planning.
- Lead the development of financial strategy, including capital planning, investment priorities, and resource allocation.
- Build financial models and conduct analysis to support decisions related to growth, pricing, cost structure, and new business initiatives.
- Ensure financial stability and operational scalability by evaluating systems, processes, and organizational capacity.
Financial Reporting, Controls & Compliance
- Direct all accounting and financial reporting activities across the organization.
- Maintain compliance with applicable accounting standards, tax regulations, audit requirements, and internal control frameworks.
- Oversee the monthly close process to ensure accurate, transparent, and timely financial statements.
- Lead the annual audit process and manage relationships with external auditors, financial institutions, and regulatory bodies.
- Strengthen internal controls, risk management practices, and financial policies throughout the organization.
Financial Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting
- Lead annual budgeting, long-range financial planning, and ongoing forecasting activities.
- Deliver scenario planning, cost analyses, and key operational metrics to inform business decisions.
- Collaborate with operations leadership to improve margins, optimize costs, and enhance operational performance.
- Support capital investment planning, ROI assessments, and working capital management.
Operational & Business Partnership
- Partner with cross-functional teams—including operations, commercial, design, and project management—to evaluate financial performance and develop data-driven tools.
- Oversee cost accounting, pricing methodologies, revenue recognition, and financial analysis to support profitable growth.
- Support integration efforts for new business units, acquisitions, or system enhancements within the financial function.
Leadership & Team Development
- Lead and develop a high-performing finance and accounting team.
- Establish clear roles, expectations, and performance metrics.
- Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and financial discipline.
- Serve as a collaborative, visible leader committed to cross-functional success.
Interim CFO Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required; advanced credentials (MBA, CPA, CMA) strongly preferred.
- 10–15+ years of progressive financial leadership experience, ideally in a production-oriented or similar operational environment.
- Demonstrated success guiding financial strategy, planning, and operations in a fast-paced, growth-focused organization.
- Strong knowledge of GAAP, cost accounting, financial modeling, and ERP systems.
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills with the ability to partner across all levels of the organization.
- Proven ability to lead teams, optimize processes, and implement scalable financial systems.
- High integrity, analytical strength, and a hands-on approach to leadership.
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UHY Advisors' Resource Solutions Group provides clients with accomplished professionals to support finance, accounting, internal audit and tax teams. Whether it is permanent placement, project work, loaned staff support or business process outsourcing–we are ready to meet your needs.
Our team has extensive experience with a wide range of clients from middle market, closely held organizations to large Fortune 500 companies. We focus on finance and accounting, internal audit, IT audit and tax. We offer direct, personal involvement from senior practitioners and strive to meet clients' needs rapidly.
Job Types: Contract, Temporary
Pay: $125.00 per hour
Application Question(s):
- This is a temporary contracted position with the potential for direct hire. Please confirm your understanding.
- Do you have strong manufacturing experience?
- Do you have a managerial accounting background?
- Do you have experience with WIP, inventory and overhead absorption?
- Do you have proven supervisor experience of a staff of over 5?
- Do you have a Bachelors degree in accounting or finance?
- Do you have your MBA, CPA or CMA? (strongly preferred)
- Do you have 10-15+ years of progressive financial leadership experience?
- Do you have excellent communication skills?
- Do you have a strong knowledge of GAAP, cost accounting, financial modeling and ERP systems?
Work Location: In person
