Company Description Born deep in the heart of Texas, Sons of Liberty Gun Works builds mission-ready rifles trusted by law enforcement, military, and prepared citizens across America. Our rifles have been extensively tested and selected by some of the world's most elite military and law enforcement units and today are the preferred choice of over 400 law enforcement agencies across the country.
Our reputation of both reliability and shootability has led to rapid adoption and growth across all market segments. We're scaling rapidly, professionalizing operations, moving into a new facility, and continuing to expand our in-house manufacturing capabilities. We're looking for a Chief Financial Officer to build the financial, accounting, and systems backbone that makes disciplined growth possible.
Role Description This is a builder's seat, not a caretaker's. Reporting directly to the CEO, you'll create the budgets, cash-flow forecasts, accounting practices, and inventory discipline that turn rapid growth into durable scale. You'll be strategic in the boardroom and hands-on in the spreadsheet — equally comfortable presenting to ownership and building the 13-week cash forecast yourself.
Position at a Glance
This position spans finance, accounting, and the administrative backbone of the company. The core pillars below define the breadth of ownership:
- Financial Planning & Analysis — budgets, rolling forecasts, unit economics, margin and pricing analytics, and decision support.
- Treasury, Cash & Capital — cash-flow forecasting, liquidity management, banking relationships, debt, and equipment financing.
- Accounting, Close & Controls — GAAP accounting policy, a fast and accurate close, and internal controls built for scale.
- Inventory & Working Capital — costing, valuation, turns, and the cash tied up in inventory and receivables.
- Tax & Business Filings — multi-state sales tax, income-tax coordination, and corporate and business filings, registrations, and licenses.
- Legal, Risk & Insurance — contract and legal coordination with outside counsel, the insurance program, and enterprise risk management.
- Governance & Compliance — corporate governance and entity administration, plus the financial and recordkeeping dimensions of ATF/FFL and ITAR/export-control compliance.
- HR & Administration — payroll, benefits, 401(k), HR compliance, and the people-operations infrastructure of a growing company.
- Systems & ERP — executive ownership of the ERP/financial-systems backbone and trustworthy, decision-grade data.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience — 10+ years of progressive finance and accounting experience, including senior financial leadership (Controller, VP Finance, or CFO) in a manufacturing, inventory-driven, or other physical-product business.
- Hands-on capability — demonstrated ability to personally build budgets, cash-flow forecasts, and financial models — not just review the work of others.
- Cash & working capital — proven command of cash-flow forecasting, liquidity management, and working-capital optimization (inventory, AR, AP).
- Accounting & controls — strong US GAAP knowledge and a track record of building or restructuring accounting policies, the close process, and internal controls.
- Inventory & costing — direct experience with inventory accounting, standard costing, and margin analysis in a manufacturing environment.
- Systems — strong working knowledge of ERP systems and a data-driven approach to financial management and reporting.
- Education & credential — Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. CPA strongly preferred.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Audit background — public-accounting / big-firm (Big 4 or national firm) audit experience is strongly preferred.
- High-growth scaling — experience as a finance leader in a small but rapidly scaling company, ideally founder- or family-owned.
- Industry — firearms, defense, aerospace, or another regulated, precision-manufacturing environment.
- Regulatory — familiarity with the financial and recordkeeping dimensions of ATF/FFL and ITAR/export-control requirements, and multi-state sales-tax compliance.
- ERP implementation — hands-on experience implementing or upgrading an ERP system in a growing manufacturer.
- Breadth — prior ownership of HR/benefits, IT, insurance/risk, legal coordination, tax, or corporate governance functions.
