Chief Financial Officer ($142,380 - $227,820 DOE)

$142,380 - $227,820/Yr

Carlile Transportation - Anchorage, AK

Full-time - Executive

Anchorage, AK

Truck Transportation

About the position

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is a pivotal role within the organization, responsible for overseeing the administrative, financial, and information technology operations of the company. This position is crucial for the development of metrics that align with the company's strategic goals and for the ongoing monitoring of control systems that safeguard company assets while ensuring accurate financial reporting. The CFO is expected to cultivate trust and maintain positive, collaborative relationships with internal teams, lending institutions, shareholders, and the broader financial community. This role involves directing treasury functions, budgeting, audit, tax, and accounting activities, while providing strategic financial leadership and insights to the management team. In collaboration with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team, the CFO will establish a strategic vision aimed at fostering company growth and sustained profitability. This includes directing and evaluating the financial programs and supporting information systems, which encompass internal controls, budgeting, tax planning, and asset conservation. The CFO will also be responsible for developing and maintaining performance measures that support the company's strategic direction and for overseeing the preparation of financial statements, reports, and analyses, including the annual financial statement audit. The role requires the CFO to manage capital requests and budgeting processes, provide ownership of treasury functions focusing on working capital management, cash flow, cost controls, and expenses, and interact with other managers to support planning initiatives through financial analyses and recommendations. Additionally, the CFO will prepare presentations for parent company executives and the Board, oversee process improvements, and participate in retirement plan fiduciary oversight. The position also involves studying long-range economic trends to identify future opportunities and growth, enhancing internal control policies, and managing annual insurance renewals. The CFO will also be tasked with special projects as assigned and will ensure that systems and policies are in place to maximize capital investment and human asset value within the organization.

Responsibilities

• Establish the strategic vision with a path toward company growth and sustained profitability in collaboration with the CEO and Executive Leadership Team.
• Direct and evaluate the financial programs and supporting information systems of the company, including internal controls, budgeting, tax planning, and conservation of assets.
• Develop and maintain performance measures that support the company's strategic direction.
• Direct the implementation of strategic business and/or operational goals, projects, programs, and systems.
• Manage capital request and budgeting processes.
• Oversee the preparation of financial statements, financial reports, special analyses, and information reports, including oversight of the annual financial statement audit.
• Provide ownership of treasury function focusing on working capital management, cash flow, cost controls, and expenses to guide business leaders and pinpoint potential risks.
• Interact with other managers to provide consultative support to planning initiatives through financial and management information analyses, reports, and recommendations.
• Prepare and make presentations to parent company executives and its Board, including routine and ad hoc financial reviews, risk assessment, and capital allocation reports.
• Oversee process improvements, external customer audits, and utilization reporting.
• Participate in retirement plan fiduciary oversight.
• Study long-range economic trends and projects for future opportunities and growth.
• Enhance and/or develop and enforce internal control policies, guidelines, procedures, and systems.
• Coordinate and manage annual insurance renewals.
• Perform special duties and other projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting required, with an MBA or graduate degree preferred.
• CPA or CMA required.
• Fifteen years' experience in financial management with increasing responsibilities for multi-faceted direction and planning, with at least 7 years at senior leadership level.
• Supervisory and management experience required.
• Strong technical GAAP skills with public accounting experience preferred.
• Progressive management of IT delivery of services.
• Familiarity working with insurance programs, i.e. workers comp, general liability.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with NetSuite ERP.
• Demonstrable experience as a change agent and with financial and accounting system implementations.