Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) is a world-renowned cultural icon with a portfolio of legendary music brands and a global footprint. Blending heritage craftsmanship with innovation and digital transformation, Fender connects with musicians worldwide and continues to grow as an iconic, multi-brand consumer company.
The Opportunity
FMIC is seeking a strategic, business-oriented Chief Financial Officer to serve as a key partner to the CEO, executive leadership team, and Board of Directors. The CFO will shape enterprise strategy, drive profitable growth, strengthen financial discipline, and build the capabilities required to scale a global, multi-brand business.
This role may be based out of Phoenix, AZ or Los Angeles, CA.
What You’ll Own
- Enterprise Strategy & Leadership: Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and executive team, providing insights that drive decision-making, performance, and profitable growth.
- Financial Planning & Performance: Lead enterprise planning, forecasting, reporting, and KPI architecture. Build dashboards and analytics that create clear visibility into performance, trends, and opportunities.
- Capital, Liquidity & Balance Sheet: Oversee capital structure, liquidity, and financing strategy in partnership with the CEO and Board. Optimize working capital, cost structure, and long-term financial flexibility.
- Board, Audit & External Partnerships: Act as the primary financial liaison to the Board and Audit Committee. Maintain strong relationships with lenders, auditors, and financial partners.
- M&A and Strategic Investments: Support evaluation and execution of acquisitions and strategic investments, including diligence, structuring, integration, and performance tracking.
- Global Finance, Tax, Treasury & Risk: Provide leadership across accounting, tax, treasury, risk management, and compliance in a global operating environment.
- Systems, Data & Insight: Partner with technology leadership to ensure financial systems, data, and tools enable scale, efficiency, and decision-quality insight.
- Team Leadership & Culture: Build and develop a high-performing global finance organization. Foster accountability, integrity, continuous improvement, and collaboration.
What Success Looks Like
- Establish world-class operating rigor through planning, forecasting, and performance management
- Strengthen cash flow and working capital discipline while enabling growth priorities
- Elevate enterprise KPI visibility and business partnering across functions and regions
- Build and develop a strong finance leadership bench and scalable operating model
- Enhance governance, risk management, and Board-ready reporting and insights
Candidate Profile
- Proven senior finance leader with CFO experience
- Strong background in consumer-focused businesses; experience with product-driven, omnichannel, and global operations strongly preferred
- Deep expertise across FP&A, financial operations, capital management, and performance management
- Track record partnering with executive teams and Boards to drive growth, margin expansion, and operational excellence
- Strategic and hands-on leader with strong judgment and clear communication across financial and non-financial stakeholders
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field; advanced degree and/or certifications are a plus
About Fender Musical Instruments:
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) is one of the world’s leading musical instrument manufacturers, marketers and distributors, whose portfolio of brands includes Fender®, Squier®, Presonus®, Gretsch®, Jackson®, EVH®, Charvel®, Bigsby®, and Groove Tubes®, among others. For more information, visit www.fender.com. FMIC offers a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, 401(k), paid time off, and an equipment purchase program to help you get the band back together. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, disability, veterans’ status, sexual orientation, or any other protected factor.
Fender is required by law in certain jurisdictions to include a pay scale in the job posting for this position. “Pay scale” means the salary or hourly wage range that Fender reasonably expects to pay for this position; it is neither a promise nor a guarantee of the compensation that the successful candidate will receive. The pay scale for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that Fender considers in making compensation decisions, including, without limitation: skill set, experience, and training, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. If this is a remote position, the pay scale disclosed herein may be adjusted further based upon the applicable geographic differential associated with the location from which the successful candidate will work. Please note that it is not typical for a Fender employee to be at or near the top of the pay scale for their role – especially as a new hire – and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Subject to the foregoing, the current pay scale for this position is $400,000.00 - 650,000.00
