This executive leadership role involves owning the global financial strategy and building the necessary financial infrastructure for profitable and sustainable growth. The Chief Financial Officer will serve as a strategic partner to the CEO and senior leaders, translating financial and operational data into clear decisions on growth, investment, pricing, margin, cash, and risk. This leader will oversee the finance function across multiple subsidiaries and currencies, strengthening forecasting, controls, reporting, and commercial discipline.
Responsibilities
Partner with the CEO and executive leadership team to define enterprise strategy, growth priorities, investment decisions, and the financial roadmap for the business
Provide clear, forward-looking financial insight that helps leaders make faster, higher-quality decisions and understand the financial impact of strategic and operational choices
Lead long-range planning, annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and scenario modeling across global entities, functions, clients, and business lines
Establish decision frameworks and performance measures that connect company strategy to revenue growth, profitability, cash generation, and return on investment
Own enterprise financial performance, including revenue, gross margin, operating expense, EBITDA, cash flow, and working capital
Partner with commercial, creative, development, production, and operations leaders to improve pricing, project economics, client profitability, cost management, and resource allocation
Build visibility into profitability by client, program, category, and geography, identifying risks and opportunities early and driving corrective action
Strengthen financial discipline across inventory, purchase commitments, vendor terms, landed costs, foreign exchange exposure, and complex global supply chains
Develop executive, board, lender, and investor reporting that is concise, accurate, and focused on the decisions and actions that matter most
Provide executive oversight of accounting, consolidation, financial reporting, tax, payroll, audit, and statutory compliance across global subsidiaries
Ensure timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes and compliance with applicable accounting standards and local regulatory requirements
Design and maintain a scalable internal control environment that safeguards company assets, protects data integrity, and supports responsible growth
Manage external auditors, tax advisors, legal partners, and local consultants, ensuring coordinated, cost-effective support across jurisdictions
Set financial policies, approval authorities, and governance standards that create accountability without slowing the business unnecessarily
Lead global treasury, liquidity planning, cash forecasting, banking relationships, credit facilities, and capital allocation
Millions of jobs, with real people getting hired every day
200,000+
New jobs added daily
7,000,000+
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Optimize working capital through disciplined oversight of receivables, payables, inventory, client payment terms, and vendor commitments
Identify and manage financial, operational, currency, insurance, compliance, and business-continuity risks; present practical mitigation plans to leadership
Evaluate financing, strategic partnership, acquisition, and other growth opportunities through rigorous financial and commercial analysis
Build and lead a high-performing global finance organization with clear roles, strong succession planning, and a culture of accountability, service, and continuous improvement
Develop finance talent and strengthen business partnership capabilities so the team delivers insight and action, not only reporting
Lead finance systems, data, automation, and process improvements that increase accuracy, shorten reporting cycles, and create a reliable source of truth
Ensure the finance operating model, systems, and team structure can scale with business complexity and growth
Leverage AI to improve process efficiency and automation while preserving individual creativity, judgment, and original thinking
Requirements
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline
CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or MBA preferred
10+ years of progressive finance leadership experience, including meaningful ownership of strategy, planning, accounting, controls, and cash management
Prior CFO or senior finance executive experience strongly preferred
Demonstrated success leading finance in a global, multi-entity, multi-currency environment
Strong command of financial planning and analysis, financial reporting, tax and compliance, treasury, risk management, and internal controls
Commercial mindset with the ability to connect pricing, margin, client economics, inventory, sourcing, and operational decisions to enterprise performance
Proven ability to influence executives, challenge constructively, communicate complex financial matters clearly, and drive decisions across functions and geographies
Track record of building strong teams and scalable processes in a fast-paced, client-facing environment
Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills
Strong experience with ERP, planning, reporting, and business intelligence platforms
NetSuite or Oracle experience is preferred
High integrity, sound judgment, attention to detail, and the willingness to move between strategic leadership and hands-on execution when the business requires it
Working knowledge of AI tools (i.e. Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini), with the ability to apply them to streamline workflows, strengthen analysis, and improve business outcomes
What Success Looks Like
Leadership has timely, trusted financial insight and uses it to make sharper growth, investment, and operating decisions
Forecast accuracy, cash visibility, margin performance, and working-capital discipline improve across the business
Global reporting, controls, compliance, and systems operate consistently and scale with the company
Finance is viewed as a proactive commercial partner that helps teams solve problems, manage risk, and deliver stronger client and business outcomes
