Chief Financial Officer
Preferred location: Washington, District of Columbia; Greater Baltimore, Maryland; or Northern Virginia
Work arrangement: Hybrid or remote arrangements may be considered
Travel: Frequent domestic and international travel required
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) partners with the CEO and owners to finance growth, protect capital and project returns, and build a scalable finance organization across the organization and its affiliated entities. The CFO leads the Controller and future finance leaders, with functional oversight of finance. This is a hands-on, working CFO role in a lean organization. The CFO combines strategic leadership with personal execution, including building financial models and cash forecasts, preparing lender and investor materials, reviewing WIP schedules and reconciliations, and stepping into detailed accounting work when deadlines or staffing require it. The Controller leads daily accounting operations; the CFO owns financial integrity and represents the organizaiton to lenders, investors, auditors, and sureties.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
In a lean organization, the CFO personally performs much of the work described below, particularly financial modeling, cash forecasting, transaction execution, and review of project financial results.
Financial strategy and capital allocation: Lead budgets, multiyear plans, integrated financial models, and investment analysis. Advise on growth, acquisitions, joint ventures, and capital commitments; report performance, risks, and corrective actions to the CEO and owners.
Capital formation and management: Structure, negotiate, and close corporate and project debt, equity, tax equity, and tax-credit transactions with investment leadership and advisors. Manage capital deployment, financing draws, reserves, covenants, and lender and investor relationships.
Treasury and liquidity: Own rolling 13-week cash forecasts and longer-term funding plans by entity and project. Manage banking, working capital, collections, retainage, payment controls, intercompany funding, and foreign-exchange exposure.
Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) and entity governance: Oversee financial management of LLCs, subsidiaries, special-purpose entities, and joint ventures, including capitalization, contributions, distributions, ownership interests, and operating-agreement obligations. Coordinate with counsel on entity structures; govern intercompany agreements, related-party transactions, and consolidated reporting.
Construction finance: Oversee job costing, work-in-progress (WIP), estimates at completion, cost-to-complete forecasts, change orders, and margin performance. Challenge project assumptions and review bid economics, contract terms, and major procurement commitments with operations and counsel.
Reporting and controls: Direct timely entity and consolidated reporting under U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), external audits, and technical accounting decisions. Establish delegated authorities, segregation of duties, and fraud controls; resolve findings and escalate material exposures.
Tax and financial compliance: Lead tax planning and incentive qualification, documentation, and monetization with advisors. Oversee financial requirements for applicable territorial, international, and federally supported activities, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service programs, prevailing-wage records, and agency reporting.
Risk and organizational leadership: Manage financial risk, bonding capacity, and insurance with advisors. Develop finance leaders; sponsor NetSuite and reporting improvements with the Controller and information technology. Coordinate with Human Resources and compliance on payroll, benefits, and financial controls across locations.
Education and Required Qualifications
- Active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license in good standing and a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
- At least 10 years of progressive finance experience, ideally 15 years, including experience as a Controller or CFO with broad financial responsibility.
- Frequent travel to United States locations, including Pacific territories, and international destinations is required. Candidates must hold a valid passport or obtain one within the first 90 days of employment at their own expense. The role requires availability across time zones, extended hours during financial closes and financing transactions, and periodic construction site visits in compliance with site safety requirements.
- At least five years leading finance in EPC, construction, energy, or infrastructure, with direct accountability for job costing, WIP, cost-to-complete forecasts, retainage, and construction revenue recognition.
- Proven command of multi-entity finance, consolidation, intercompany and related-party transactions, liquidity planning, financial modeling, and U.S. GAAP. Experience leading external audits and resolving complex accounting judgments.
- Record of building finance teams, strengthening internal controls, and improving Enterprise Resource Planning systems and reporting in a growing, geographically distributed business.
- Executive credibility, commercial judgment, and strong negotiation and communication skills. Ability to challenge assumptions and explain financial risks clearly.
- Demonstrated hands-on working style, with recent experience personally building financial models, preparing analyses and closing deliverables, and performing detailed review and accounting work without extensive staff support.
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated success personally leading material debt or equity financings through structuring, negotiation, due diligence, and closing, with accountability for transaction outcomes and capital-provider relationships.
- Renewable energy project finance, tax equity, tax-credit transfers, and incentive diligence; surety and construction insurance experience.
- LLC and project-company governance, joint ventures, international or territorial tax and payroll, or federally supported project requirements.
- NetSuite implementation or optimization; leadership in a privately held, ownerled company. Public accounting experience or an advanced business, accounting, or tax degree is advantageous.
- Candidates need not have deep expertise in every preferred area.
