Chief Financial Officer

$200,000 - $200,000/Yr

3P Partners - Sacramento, CA

Full-time - Executive

Sacramento, CA

Publishing Industries

About the position

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) will be instrumental in shaping the financial strategy and operational excellence of the organization. This role involves direct leadership over various financial functions including treasury, budgeting, audit, tax, accounting, and forecasting. The CFO will foster a collaborative culture that encourages innovation and performance, while also ensuring robust internal controls and maintaining strong banking relationships. Additionally, the position requires partnering with cross-functional leaders to enhance budgeting processes and implement efficiency initiatives such as lean, TQM, and Six Sigma.

Responsibilities

• Manage treasury, budgeting, audit, tax, accounting, real estate, forecasting, insurance, and information systems.
• Build a culture that is collaborative yet independent, embraces evolution, and drives performance.
• Identify opportunities for operational and financial improvement and lead technology adoption.
• Develop management reporting analytics and optimize MRP/ERP systems.
• Oversee banking relationships, monitor liquidity, and maintain appropriate capital structure.
• Manage covenant compliance and optimize forecasting.
• Safeguard company assets with robust internal controls.
• Ensure accurate and timely completion of financial audits and preparation of tax returns.
• Partner with cross-functional leads to improve the annual budgeting and forecasting process.
• Enable department leads to effectively manage their respective operational segments of the business.
• Analyze cost accounting and operational issues to enhance performance across multiple sites.
• Promote efficiency practices like lean, TQM, and Six Sigma.
• Assess domestic and international economic conditions impacting the organization.
• Administer the Employer Sponsored Retirement Plan and prepare long-range forecasts and support annual valuations with external appraisal firms.
• Collaborate with executives on growth opportunities, including mergers and acquisitions or new joint ventures.

Requirements

• Degree in accounting, finance, or equivalent is required.
• Minimum 7+ years related experience in food manufacturing, ideally with perishable food products.
• Background in FP&A at a privately held company with experience recommending process improvements after analyzing production data.
• Experience assessing the capital structure, financing, and capital allocations.
• Proven ability to build high-performing teams and elevate finance and IT functions.
• Prior experience with advanced MRP/ERP systems is preferred.
• Knowledge of audit and regulatory requirements to provide guidance to Corporate Controller.

Nice-to-haves

• MBA, CMA, or CPA preferred but not required.
• Experience with Dynamics 365 manufacturing.

Benefits

• Retirement plan