Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
GAV | Executive Leadership | Multi-Entity / Portfolio Environment
About the Opportunity
We are building companies designed to scale—and we're looking for a CFO who wants to help build the financial engine behind them.
GAV is a multi-venture organization that builds, operates, and invests in growing businesses.
We are looking for a strategic Chief Financial Officer who wants to be more than the head of finance. This person will partner closely with the Founder and executive leadership to improve profitability, strengthen cash flow, allocate capital intelligently, and build the financial infrastructure required to support GAV and its portfolio companies as they scale.
Our operating philosophy is:
Principle First. KPI Second.
We establish the principles that should drive the business, translate them into measurable outcomes, and build the systems and accountability required to execute.
The right CFO will bring that philosophy into finance.
This is not a role for someone who simply reports what happened.
We want someone who helps determine what should happen next.
What You'll Own
Financial Strategy & Capital Allocation
- Partner with executive leadership on long-term strategy and financial planning
- Lead capital allocation, investment analysis, and major financial initiatives
- Evaluate new ventures, expansion opportunities, and investments
- Build disciplined frameworks around return on invested capital
Cash Flow & Profitability
- Create exceptional visibility into cash across GAV and its portfolio
- Own cash forecasting, working capital, liquidity, and treasury
- Drive EBITDA and profitability improvement
- Identify financial risks before they become financial problems
- Partner with operating leaders to improve margins, pricing, labor economics, overhead, and unit economics
Financial Operations
- Own budgeting, forecasting, FP&A, financial modeling, and executive reporting
- Oversee accounting, AP/AR, payroll, tax, treasury, audit, and financial controls
- Deliver timely and accurate financial reporting
- Build scalable systems across multiple entities
- Use technology, automation, dashboards, and BI to dramatically improve financial visibility
Portfolio Leadership
- Establish a consistent financial operating framework across GAV companies
- Develop reporting that gives leadership visibility into both individual ventures and the overall portfolio
- Hold venture leadership accountable for financial performance
- Help operating leaders become stronger owners of their P&Ls
Leadership
- Build and develop a high-performing finance organization
- Create a culture of accountability, ownership, urgency, and continuous improvement
- Bring an independent financial perspective into executive decision-making
What We're Looking For
Required
- 10+ years of progressive financial leadership experience
- 5+ years in executive-level financial leadership
- Significant experience leading finance across multiple entities
- Deep expertise in cash flow management, FP&A, budgeting, forecasting, corporate finance, and GAAP
- Experience helping high-growth organizations navigate change and scale
- Proven ability to turn financial data into operating decisions
- Experience building and leading high-performing finance teams
Preferred
- CPA and/or MBA
- Experience in holding companies, portfolio companies, private equity, family enterprises, or other multi-business environments
- M&A and transaction experience
- Strong capital allocation experience
- Experience implementing ERP, FP&A, BI, dashboarding, and financial automation systems
Who Will Thrive Here
You are a strategist, operator, and builder.
You can discuss long-term capital allocation in the morning and dig into a working-capital problem that afternoon.
You don't hide behind spreadsheets. You investigate, challenge assumptions, simplify complexity, and drive decisions.
You understand that finance exists not merely to report the numbers—but to improve them.
You are comfortable operating alongside entrepreneurial leaders who move quickly, while bringing the financial discipline required to ensure that speed creates sustainable value.
And above all, you think like an owner.
How Success Will Be Measured
Success will include:
- Sustainable positive cash flow
- EBITDA and profitability improvement
- Working capital performance
- Forecast and budget accuracy
- Financial reporting accuracy and timeliness
- Return on invested capital (ROIC)
- Cost and operational efficiency
- Portfolio-level financial visibility
- Strong financial controls and compliance
- Finance automation and process improvement
- Development of a high-performing finance team
Ultimately, the question is simple:
Is GAV becoming financially stronger, more profitable, more predictable, and better at allocating capital?
Why GAV?
This is an opportunity to do more than inherit a finance department.
You will help build the financial architecture of an institution.
You'll have meaningful influence across company strategy, capital allocation, portfolio performance, financial systems, investment decisions, and executive decision-making.
We're looking for someone who wants responsibility—not simply authority.
Someone who wants to build.
Someone who wants their work to compound.
And someone who, years from now, wants to be able to say:
“I helped build the financial foundation that made this possible.”
