Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
📍 Jackson County, Missouri, United States | Remote | Full-time
✅ Required Experience
You should have at least 8 years of relevant experience in finance, accounting, financial planning, or corporate financial management, including substantial responsibility for financial leadership, budgeting, and business performance.
Experience as a CFO, Finance Director, VP of Finance, or a comparable senior leader is preferred. Candidates from different industries are welcome if they can demonstrate strong financial judgment, effective controls, and measurable improvements in business performance.
About the Opportunity
Finance Impulse is seeking a Chief Financial Officer to lead financial planning, strengthen reporting, and help company leadership make informed decisions about growth, investment, and resource allocation.
The role combines strategic advice with direct oversight of financial operations. You will establish a clear view of business performance, anticipate funding needs, and ensure that financial information supports timely decisions.
We are looking for someone who can explain what the numbers mean, challenge assumptions constructively, and work with colleagues to improve results.
📊 What You’ll Lead
Financial Strategy and Planning
- Develop a financial plan aligned with business priorities and available resources.
- Lead annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and longer-term financial planning.
- Evaluate growth proposals, investment opportunities, and changes to the operating model.
- Prepare scenario analyses that show the implications of different assumptions.
- Recommend priorities for capital allocation and expenditure.
Cash Flow and Financial Operations
- Maintain reliable cash flow forecasts and monitor liquidity requirements.
- Improve working capital through effective receivables, payables, and expenditure management.
- Oversee accounting processes, reconciliations, and financial close activities.
- Establish clear approval limits and controls over financial transactions.
- Coordinate relationships with banking partners and external financial service providers.
Reporting and Business Performance
- Deliver accurate, timely financial statements and management reports.
- Explain performance against budgets and forecasts, including the underlying causes of significant variances.
- Develop useful measures of profitability, operating costs, and business efficiency.
- Work with department leaders to improve the quality of financial inputs and forecasts.
- Present financial risks and recommended actions clearly to company leadership.
Controls and Team Development
- Assess financial processes and address gaps in documentation, ownership, and control.
- Coordinate with auditors, tax advisers, and legal specialists on applicable requirements.
- Improve financial systems and reporting workflows where there is a clear business benefit.
- Develop the finance team and establish clear responsibilities.
- Ensure critical financial knowledge and processes are documented.
🤝 What We’re Looking For
- At least 8 years of relevant professional experience, including leadership of a finance function or significant financial responsibility.
- A record of improving forecasting, financial reporting, cash management, or profitability.
- Strong knowledge of accounting principles, financial analysis, and internal controls.
- Experience preparing business cases and evaluating investment decisions.
- The ability to work effectively with commercial, operational, and technical colleagues.
- Confidence communicating with senior stakeholders and external advisers.
- Experience managing remote teams and maintaining clear reporting deadlines.
- A relevant degree in accounting, finance, economics, or a related field.
- CPA, CMA, or another relevant professional qualification is preferred.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
Experience supporting business growth, restructuring, acquisitions, or the development of a finance function would be valuable.
🎯 Your Initial Priorities
During the initial phase, you will review the company’s financial position, reporting practices, and operating requirements.
Together with company leadership, you will agree on a focused plan to improve financial visibility, strengthen cash forecasting, and address the most significant control or process gaps. Objectives will be defined around the needs and stage of the business.
💻 Working Arrangements
This is a full-time remote position associated with Jackson County, Missouri.
Eligible work locations, working-hour overlap, reporting responsibilities, and any travel requirements will be discussed during recruitment and confirmed before appointment.
📩 How to Apply
Please apply through LinkedIn with your résumé and a brief example of a financial challenge you have helped a business resolve.
Describe your responsibilities, the decisions you made, and the results achieved. Please include your earliest availability.
- We welcome qualified applicants from all backgrounds.