Title: Chief Financial Officer
Compensation: $300,000- $360,000 Plus 40%-50% Bonus Plus Equity
Location: Phoenix, AZ 85018
Email your word document resume to ryan.m@conexusrecruiting.com and reference the subject as Chief Financial Officer (EVP)
Company Bio: Private Equity Backed Specialty Food Manufacturer
Company hires people who enjoy their own creativity, have a sense of urgency, bring a certain level of positivity to their personal life, and have the rigors from an analytical perspective to take their career and this organization to the next level. The remote dispersed workforce has enabled this mid-market scaling brand with a 26% CAGR to accumulate quite the talent pool amidst this 2025 consumer recession. Our client, a private equity backed organization experiencing expansive growth is disrupting those snack brands that sell through eComm, D2C, and big box channels. The company is grateful because of this growth they are able to provide this CFO opportunity for a right Executive in this significant leadership position.
Position Synopsis
Reporting directly to the CEO, this role is a hands-on opportunity to unify disparate financial operations and drive significant EBITDA expansion at this Private Equity backed portfolio company. The CFO will be responsible for transforming the entire financial infrastructure to deliver reliable, quick, and accurate insights essential for high-growth and PE ownership.
Job Duties
- As a trusted partner to the CEO, development and refine this company’s strategic goals while empowering your departments, co-leading board presentations, derive data driven decisions, and strive for operational excellence.
- Transform the entire financial infrastructure to deliver reliable, quick, and accurate insights essential for high-growth and Private Equity ownership.
- Manage the company’s trade spend as you will be partnering closely with the Sales team to optimize spend using tools like Infor, HighRadius, Visualfabriq, Confido and Vividly.
- Provide financial oversight and capital expenditure (CapEx) analysis for a business model utilizing both outsourced co-manufacturers and in-house manufacturing.
- Oversee all financial planning and analysis (FP&A), treasury, and accounting operations, ensuring standard cost accounting and general ledger accuracy.
- Strengthen internal controls and implement automation to establish robust, repeatable processes that ensure the attainment of "just-in-time" data.
- Directly manage and mentor the finance team, including the Senior Director of FP&A, Controller, and Senior Cost Accountant, fostering a culture of professional development.
- Clean up historical financials and accounting setups to ensure high-fidelity data is available for strategic decision-making and eventual exit readiness.
- Co-lead board presentations and engage the audit committee in developing short-term and strategic planning aligned with the company's growth "credo."
- Coordinate across multiple departments to review internal processes and implement strategic changes that improve reporting efficiency and visibility.
- Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) and operational drivers to enhance visibility into the performance of the Income Statement and Balance Sheet.
- System Consolidation: Lead the system integration of historical financial and accounting practices across the business, improved standard close procedures, migrate legacy ERP to NetSuite
Qualifications:
- A successful CFO or senior financial leader with experience in PE-backed, Food, Beverage, Snacks, Nutraceutical, or other dynamic consumer businesses selling to Big Box Retailers.
- Use of collaborative and facilitative approach and the flexibility to work with broad range of cultures, personalities, and work styles
- Past experience in building highly efficient teams and bringing automation to finance departments
- Budgeting/Planning/Analytic Tool Environment experience such as Vena, Adaptive Insights, Host Analytics, OneStream, HFM, Alteryx, Tableau, or Anaplan all a plus
- If you have been successful working in a cloud-based ERP environment such as Acumatica, MS Dynamics 365 NetSuite, Oracle Fusion, SAP Cloud, or Intacct also a plus
Email your word document resume to ryan.m@conexusrecruiting.com and reference the subject as Chief Financial Officer (EVP)
