Clayton Services is searching for a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to join a thriving, established company in Houston. The Chief Financial Officer will serve as a key member of the executive leadership team and will be responsible for leading the company's financial strategy, accounting operations, financial planning and analysis, and long-term growth initiatives. This position requires an experienced CFO with a strong background in manufacturing and the ability to operate at both the strategic and hands-on level.
Job Type: Direct Hire
Pay Rate: $225,000 - $250,000 plus bonus
Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) w/ match, PTO, and more.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Responsibilities:
- Lead the company's overall financial strategy and provide financial guidance to ownership and the executive leadership team.
- Oversee accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and financial planning and analysis.
- Develop financial models, KPIs, dashboards, and reporting that provide leadership with greater visibility into company and departmental performance.
- Partner with operations, sales, purchasing, logistics, and other departments to improve profitability, efficiency, and decision-making.
- Evaluate margins, costs, pricing, labor, inventory, and operational performance to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Provide financial leadership supporting the company's continued growth, including both organic expansion and potential mergers and acquisitions.
- Evaluate acquisition opportunities, perform financial due diligence, support transaction structuring, and assist with post-acquisition integration as needed.
- Oversee banking relationships, debt management, financial covenants, audits, tax matters, and other external financial relationships.
- Lead and develop the accounting and finance team while mentoring existing team members and building the department to support future growth.
- Assess current financial processes, controls, systems, and reporting practices and implement improvements where appropriate.
- Optimize the use of the company's ERP and other financial systems while identifying opportunities for automation and process improvement.
- Strengthen cost accounting, inventory reporting, margin analysis, and other financial disciplines important to a manufacturing environment.
- Provide thoughtful financial analysis and recommendations while having the confidence to challenge assumptions and present alternative strategies to executive leadership.
- Participate in long-term strategic planning, succession planning, capital allocation, and other major business initiatives.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Skills and Abilities:
- Strong strategic finance and executive leadership capabilities.
- Extensive understanding of manufacturing accounting, cost accounting, inventory, margins, and operational finance.
- Ability to translate complex financial information into practical business recommendations.
- Strong understanding of financial statements, cash flow, forecasting, budgeting, working capital, and profitability analysis.
- Experience working across multiple departments and influencing operational and strategic decisions.
- Strong leadership and team-development skills with the ability to mentor and develop accounting professionals.
- Demonstrated ability to identify inefficiencies and improve financial processes, systems, reporting, and controls.
- Strong ERP and financial systems experience; ERP implementation, optimization, or transformation experience is highly preferred.
- Mergers and acquisitions experience is highly preferred.
- Confident executive presence with the ability to communicate effectively with ownership, senior leadership, employees, lenders, accountants, and other outside partners.
- Hands-on leadership style with the willingness to understand the details of the business rather than operating solely at a high level.
- Forward-thinking approach to technology, automation, data, and emerging tools that can improve financial and operational performance.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field required.
- MBA, CPA, or other advanced professional credential is preferred but not required.
- Previous experience serving as a Chief Financial Officer is required.
- Previous CFO or senior financial leadership experience within the manufacturing industry is required.
- Experience leading the financial function of a substantial, growing organization is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated career stability and strong tenure with previous employers is required.
- Previous Controller or similarly hands-on accounting leadership experience prior to advancing into a CFO role is strongly preferred.
- Experience with mergers, acquisitions, due diligence, integration, or other corporate development activities is highly preferred.
- Experience with cost accounting, inventory-intensive operations, ERP systems, and operational finance is strongly preferred.
- Proven experience building, developing, and mentoring accounting and finance teams.
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) - Immediate need. Apply today!
