Client-Facing Chief Financial Officer - Manufacturing Focus
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a la C.A.R.T.E. SolutionsManufacturing finance
Workable workplace: remote; Workable remote: TrueFull-TimeExecutive
Salary175,000 - 185,000 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 10+ years of progressive experience in financial advisory, strategic accounting, or CFO services, including 5+ years in a senior finance leadership role within a manufacturing or production-based company
Requirements
- Bring 10+ years of progressive experience in financial advisory, strategic accounting, or CFO services.
- Have 5+ years in a senior finance leadership role within a manufacturing or production-based company.
- Demonstrate hands-on expertise in manufacturing cost accounting, including costing methods, inventory valuation, variance analysis, and product/customer profitability.
- Have experience with manufacturing ERP/MRP systems.
- Have experience partnering with operations leaders on capacity, pricing, and capital equipment decisions.
- Have a background guiding mid-market businesses through financial planning, capital strategy, lender relationships, and operational efficiency.
- Have strong knowledge of accounting principles and GAAP, including inventory accounting, and forecasting tools.
- Demonstrate the ability to advise on M&A, restructuring, and risk mitigation.
- Pass the mandatory live accounting test via Teams Screen Share.
Responsibilities
- Own client relationships and advise clients on financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, risk management, M&A, and capital investment.
- Build cost accounting structures and lead variance analysis across products, lines, and customers.
- Oversee inventory accounting, physical counts, costing methods, and obsolescence reserves.
- Translate plant data into financial decisions and KPI dashboards connecting operations to the P&L.
- Lead capital expenditure, equipment ROI, make-versus-buy, and working capital analysis.
- Manage lender relationships, borrowing base reporting, and covenant compliance.
- Build pricing and quoting models that account for material costs, tariffs, supplier terms, and demand shifts.
- Help clients use ERP/MRP systems to support accurate costing, inventory, production data, and financial reporting.
- Lead client QBRs and proactively manage client scope and margin.
- Lead and mentor client Controllers and accounting teams, and contribute manufacturing expertise to proposals and prospect conversations.
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