CAAS - Chief Financial Officer (Manufacturing & Construction Industry)

• Do you have an accounting background but are bored of doing the same tasks each month for just one company?

• Do you crave variety in the type of work you do and the clients you serve?

• Do you like to travel to clients and thrive during face-to-face interactions?

• Do you want the stability and backing of a top 10 national firm?

CLA is looking to hire a Chief Financial Officer with Manufacturing and/or Construction industry experience to join our CAAS practice based out of either one of our Wisconsin-Fox Cities office locations (Appleton, Fond du Lac, or Oshkosh WI). This is fulltime/permanent position with CLA, where you will manage a team of 15+ accounting and finance professionals to deliver outsourced accounting solutions to clients as well as provide CFO consulting services yourself to CLA clients in the local area.

As a Chief Financial Officer, you will...

• Perform CFO functions as part of the client's accounting services team.

• Be accountable for identifying and implementing best practices related to the services provided to add value to the client.

• Work with client to set financial policy and be an active participant in, and driver of, the overall strategy.

• Drive capital planning, risk management, ratio and KPI analysis, and board of director interactions.

• Lead financial administration, planning, and budgeting.

• Oversee longer-term budget planning and cost management.

• Monitor progress of budgets and presents operational metrics.

• Ensure financial staff maintains financial record systems in accordance with appropriate principles and monitors the use of funds.

• Manage cash flow and forecasting, directing financial accounting.

• Coordinate audit activities.

• Ability to effectively and efficiently manage multiple client engagements.

• Build strong client relationships and becomes a key member of client management team.

• Ability to develop key external business network and becomes service and industry thought leader.

Additional responsibilities involving business development...

• Develop key external business network to grow the Consulting & Outsourcing practice.

• When applicable, in a specific industry, be known as a Consulting & Outsourcing thought leader both within the firm and externally.

• Manage internal and external referrals through use of firm customer relationship management software.

• Interact and coordinate with internal client relationship leaders to grow services with existing CLA clients seamlessly.

• Lead proposal writing and presentation efforts as needed.

Job Requirements:

• Experience: 8 years of relevant accounting and/or financial experience is required. Relevant manufacturing and/or construction industry experience is highly preferred!

• Prior project management and client management experience preferred but not required.

• Comfortable in fast paced environment and skilled in multitasking.

• Experience/knowledge/skills in business development is highly preferred!

• Education: Bachelor's degree is required. Combination of relevant experience, education, and training may be accepted in lieu of degree.

• CPA certification preferred but not required.

• Travel: Ability to do frequent local travel to/from client sites and may require occasional non-local or overnight travel for client visits, training, meetings and/or other business-related purposes.

Our Perks...

• Flexible PTO (designed to offer flexible time away for you!)

• Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave.

• Paid Volunteer Time Off

• Mental health coverage

• Quarterly Wellness stipend

• Fertility benefits

• Complete list of benefits here

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