Job Description

Job Description

Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Location: New York, NY Area (Onsite)

About the Role

The Chief Financial Officer will serve as the senior financial leader for a fast-growing distribution business with 60+ locations across the U.S. and Canada. The company has doubled in size over the past several years and is executing a multiyear growth plan driven by expansion into new markets, operational improvements, and acquisitions. The CFO will be responsible for strengthening financial discipline, improving forecasting accuracy, and building the financial infrastructure required to support continued scaling.

This role requires a strategic finance leader with strong operational understanding, proven experience in multi-location environments, and the ability to partner closely with executive leadership to drive performance and long-term value creation.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Strategy & Leadership

• Lead financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning aligned with organizational goals.
• Provide financial insights to support decision-making across operations, sales, and strategic initiatives.
• Develop and maintain financial models supporting growth, market expansion, and capital allocation.

Accounting, Controls & Reporting

• Oversee accounting operations, month-end close, financial statements, and audit processes.
• Strengthen internal controls, compliance, and financial governance across all locations.
• Ensure accurate, timely, and transparent reporting to executive leadership and external stakeholders.

Cash Management & Capital Structure

• Manage cash flow, working capital, banking relationships, and credit facilities.
• Support capital planning, debt structuring, risk management, and investment analysis.
• Maintain a strong financial foundation to support continued expansion.

M&A & Integration

• Support evaluation, financial due diligence, and integration planning for potential acquisitions.
• Build scalable post-acquisition financial processes and reporting standards.
• Partner with executive leadership to assess strategic fit and long-term financial impact.

Operational & Cross-Functional Partnership

• Work closely with Operations and Regional Leadership to connect financial performance with field-level execution.
• Develop KPIs, dashboards, and performance metrics that drive accountability and operational discipline.
• Support cost control, margin improvement, and efficiency initiatives across the organization.

Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor finance and accounting teams, ensuring strong capability, accountability, and clarity.
• Build scalable processes, systems, and organizational structure to support growth.
• Promote a disciplined, high-integrity financial culture.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive finance leadership experience, ideally within distribution, multi-location, building materials, industrial supply, or related sectors.
• Experience as a CFO or senior finance executive in a growing or operationally complex business.
• Proven background in FP&A, accounting, controls, audits, and financial reporting.
• Strong experience with M&A modeling, due diligence, and integration.
• Familiarity with banking, debt structures, and capital planning.
• Ability to partner effectively with an entrepreneurial leadership team.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to influence across all levels.
• Willingness to travel as needed.

Compensation & Growth

• Competitive executive base salary: Total Comp $300K - $350K + / -
• Performance-based bonus
• Equity participation opportunity
• Full benefits package

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