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Clemens Food Group · 2 days ago

Chief Financial Operating Officer (CFOO)

Hatfield, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

15+ years exp

Clemens Food Group is seeking a bold, forward-looking Chief Financial Operating Officer to drive their business into the future. The CFOO will lead the financial areas of the business, anticipate challenges, and mobilize people, capital, and strategy to ensure the organization remains competitive in the global protein and real estate industries.

AgricultureFood and Beverage

Responsibilities

Look beyond finance to shape enterprise-wide strategy and challenge business decisions to ensure sustainable, profitable growth

Anticipate risks and opportunities before they appear; deploy proactive solutions to secure long-term competitiveness

Push the organization to think and act strategically in every decision, from operations to customer partnerships

Ensure decisions align with management, board, and shareholder expectations while securing the long-term health of the business

Drive capital allocation, acquisitions, and growth investments with discipline and speed

Champion large-scale initiatives that strengthen operations, supply chain, and market presence

Forge and deepen strategic customer and partner relationships

Serve as a visible industry leader and company ambassador in the community

Secure efficient sources of capital and optimize liquidity strategies

Lead M&A opportunities end-to-end—from financial evaluation to integration

Build a high-performing finance function that is agile, forward-thinking, and deeply integrated into the business

Demand accountability and excellence from teams; challenge them to continuously raise performance

Identify, coach, and develop future leaders across the organization

Ensure succession planning and a strong leadership pipeline

Champion cross-functional collaboration to accelerate results and innovation

Create a culture where business and finance teams partner together on the highest impact opportunities

Establish clear financial expectations and ensure transparent communication of results to stakeholders

Create efficiency in finance and accounting so the team can focus on value-creating activities

Lead rigorous risk management and mitigation strategies

Ensure critical assets are protected while enabling bold, future-focused decision-making

Oversee all reporting, compliance, and governance with clarity and precision

Qualification

Strategic LeadershipFinancial ManagementM&A ExperienceOperational ExcellenceTeam DevelopmentChange ManagementRisk ManagementCross-functional Collaboration

Required

Bold, forward-looking leadership

Ability to drive business into the future

Capability to lead financial areas of the business

Anticipate challenges before they surface

Challenge the status quo across all functions

Translate insight into decisive action

Catalyst for growth and transformation

Mobilizing people, capital, and strategy

Shape enterprise-wide strategy

Challenge business decisions for sustainable, profitable growth

Anticipate risks and opportunities

Deploy proactive solutions for long-term competitiveness

Encourage strategic thinking and action

Align decisions with management, board, and shareholder expectations

Drive capital allocation, acquisitions, and growth investments

Champion large-scale initiatives

Strengthen operations, supply chain, and market presence

Forge and deepen strategic customer and partner relationships

Serve as a visible industry leader and company ambassador

Secure efficient sources of capital and optimize liquidity strategies

Lead M&A opportunities end-to-end

Build a high-performing finance function

Demand accountability and excellence from teams

Identify, coach, and develop future leaders

Ensure succession planning and a strong leadership pipeline

Champion cross-functional collaboration

Create a culture of partnership between business and finance teams

Establish clear financial expectations

Ensure transparent communication of results to stakeholders

Create efficiency in finance and accounting

Lead rigorous risk management and mitigation strategies

Ensure protection of critical assets

Oversee all reporting, compliance, and governance

Preferred

15+ years of leadership in large-scale manufacturing (protein industry experience strongly preferred)

Company

Clemens Food Group

Founded in 1895, Clemens Food Group is a sixth-generation, family-owned vertically coordinated pork production operation, with sister organizations that include feed milling, farming, processing, transportation, and logistics.

Founded in 1895

Hatfield, Pennsylvania, USA

1001-5000 employees