CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Linden, New Jersey | Full-Time, Exempt | 100% On-Site (5 Days per Week)
Company Overview
Our client is an established, privately owned transportation and logistics business operating in an asset-intensive environment. The company has built long-standing customer relationships, a strong operating reputation, and a culture in which ownership genuinely invests in and takes care of employees. The organization is seeking a modern, high-energy finance executive who can preserve what works, improve what can be better, and help guide the next stage of the business.
Position Overview
Reporting directly to the Owner, the Chief Financial Officer will lead the full finance and accounting function while serving as a highly engaged business partner to operations. This is a hands-on executive role for a leader who can move comfortably between strategic decisions, financial analysis, team leadership, and the practical realities
of a fast-paced transportation operation. The current CFO is retiring, and a meaningful training and knowledge transfer period will be provided.
Core Mandate
• Own accounting, financial reporting, monthly and year-end close, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, treasury, tax coordination, audit support, and internal controls.
• Provide the Owner with clear, timely, decision-ready reporting and direct recommendations on profitability, capital deployment, risk, and growth.
• Partner with operations to improve visibility into fleet economics, equipment utilization, fuel,
maintenance, labor, insurance, customer profitability, and capital expenditures.
• Strengthen working-capital discipline across receivables, payables, liquidity planning, banking
relationships, and equipment financing.
• Evaluate and improve systems, reporting, dashboards, processes, and controls without adding unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Lead, develop, and hold the accounting team accountable while creating a collaborative, high-performance finance organization.
Strategic Partnership with the Owner
The CFO will be expected to operate as a trusted, candid, and commercially minded advisor. The right person will challenge assumptions respectfully, identify issues before they become problems, and translate financial information into practical business decisions. This individual must be comfortable working directly with entrepreneurial ownership and acting with an owner's mentality.
Key Responsibilities
• Deliver accurate and timely financial statements, management reporting, forecasts, budgets, and cash-flow projections.
• Establish and monitor financial and operational KPIs that connect accounting results to day-to-day performance.
• Manage banking, lending, insurance, tax, audit, and other external financial relationships.
• Support equipment purchases, financing decisions, capital planning, and return-on-investment analysis.
• Assess customer, route, and service-line profitability and help leadership prioritize the most attractive
REPORTING
Directly to the Owner
PACKAGE
Competitive base, bonus, full benefits
EXECUTIVE OPPORTUNITY
A planned CFO succession within a successful, privately owned transportation company. The incoming leader will receive a structured handoff from the retiring CFO and become the Owner's principal financial and strategic partner. opportunities.
• Maintain strong controls while ensuring finance remains responsive, practical, and solutions-oriented.
• Recruit, mentor, and develop finance talent; clarify roles, expectations, and accountability.
• Support succession continuity through a disciplined transition with the retiring CFO.
Ideal Candidate Profile
• 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including meaningful leadership responsibility.
• Current or former CFO, VP of Finance, or accomplished Controller ready to operate at the CFO level.
• Experience in trucking, transportation, logistics, distribution, or another asset-heavy operating business is strongly preferred.
• Strong command of financial reporting, cash management, forecasting, budgeting, banking, working capital, controls, and operational finance.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline; CPA or advanced degree is preferred but not required.
Leadership Traits
• Intellectually sharp, energetic, fast-moving, and decisive.
• Hands-on and unafraid to get into the details when necessary.
• Direct, confident, and willing to challenge ideas constructively.
• High accountability, high integrity, low ego, and strong follow-through.
• Comfortable in a fully in-office, entrepreneurial environment where speed and judgment matter.
What This Role Is Not
• Not a passive reporting role or a large-company corporate finance position.
• Not an advisory-only seat removed from operations.
• Not a turnaround caused by instability; this is a planned retirement and succession.
Compensation and Benefits
The position offers a competitive base salary, performance-based bonus opportunity, comprehensive benefits, paid time off, and a 401(k) plan without a company match. The ownership team has a strong reputation for taking excellent care of employees and rewarding meaningful contribution.
Why This Opportunity
Planned CFO succession opportunities are uncommon. The successful candidate will step into a stable business, benefit from a thorough handoff, work directly with an engaged Owner, and have the authority to shape financial strategy and operating performance. This is an opportunity for a capable finance leader to become a trusted long-term partner and make a visible impact on the future of the company.
