Chief Financial Officer / VP Finance
Birmingham, Alabama - ONSITE
Our client is seeking a hands-on CFO who can transform finance into a true competitive advantage. This role goes far beyond reporting—owning profitability, pricing strategy, and operational performance to help a nimble organization outperform much larger competitors. You’ll sit at the center of decision-making, driving real-time insights that directly impact growth, margin, and market positioning.
Benefits & Extras
- High-impact, strategic seat at the executive table
- Opportunity to shape pricing, product mix, and growth strategy
- Lean, agile environment with real influence across the business
- Direct partnership with sales and operations leadership
- Ability to build and modernize financial infrastructure and dashboards
- Exposure to plant operations and capital expansion initiatives
Compensation
- Competitive Compensation package
What You’ll Be Doing
- Drive product-line and customer-level profitability analysis to optimize margin mix
- Partner with sales to refine pricing strategy, deal structure, and contract profitability
- Oversee plant financial performance, including cost, yield, and efficiency metrics
- Lead working capital strategy across inventory, AR/AP, and cash flow
- Build real-time dashboards and reporting for data-driven decisions
- Enhance ERP and financial systems to improve visibility and speed
- Support growth initiatives including expansion and operational scaling
What You’ll Need to be Considered
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
- CPA Strongly preferred
- Recent manufacturing experience required
- 5+ years of direct executive-level experience presenting financial data, owning the numbers, and making strategic decisions alongside C-level leadership (not operating through an intermediary)
- Experience owning both plant finance and cost accounting in a hands-on environment
- Proven ability to influence pricing strategy and partner closely with sales
- Track record of building segment-level profitability models (product/customer)
- Experience operating in a lean, mid-sized company environment
- Exposure to ERP enhancements and real-time financial reporting tools
- MUST BE LOCATED IN THE BIRMINGHAM, AL AREA - POSITION IS ONSITE
